List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population

Dublin, the capital of Ireland

This is a list of urban areas in Ireland by population. The one hundred largest towns are listed below, as well as county towns which fall outside the top 100 list. Populations are from the 2016 Irish census, except for Tallaght, [1] and represent the entire settlement area of each town and city (including suburbs and environs). For convenience, all cities included are shown in bold, while county towns/cities are highlighted in green.

Cities and towns list

1st, Dublin
2nd, Cork
3rd, Limerick
4th, Galway
5th, Waterford
6th, Drogheda
7th, Swords
8th, Dundalk
9th, Bray
10th, Navan
11th, Kilkenny
12th, Ennis
13th, Carlow
Rank
2016		 Change
since 2011		 Urban Area County Population 2016 Increase
since 2011
1Steady 0Dublin[lower-alpha 1]County Dublin1,173,179[2]5.6%
2Steady 0Cork[lower-alpha 1]County Cork208,669[3]5.1%
3Steady 0Limerick[lower-alpha 1]County Limerick & County Clare94,192[4]3.0%
4Steady 0Galway[lower-alpha 1]County Galway79,934[5]4.1%
5Steady 0WaterfordCounty Waterford & County Kilkenny53,504[6]3.9%
6Steady 0DroghedaCounty Louth & County Meath40,956[7]6.2%
7Increase 1Swords[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]Fingal39,248[8]6.3%
8Decrease 1Dundalk[lower-alpha 1]County Louth39,004[9]3.1%
9Steady 0BrayCounty Wicklow & County Dublin32,600[10]2.3%
10Steady 0Navan[lower-alpha 1]County Meath30,173[11]5.7%
11Increase 1Kilkenny[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]County Kilkenny26,512[12]8.6%
12Decrease 1Ennis[lower-alpha 1]County Clare25,276[13]-0.3%
13Increase 1Carlow[lower-alpha 1]County Carlow & County Laois24,272[14]5.4%
14Decrease 1Tralee[lower-alpha 1]County Kerry23,691[15]-0.0%
15Steady 0NewbridgeCounty Kildare22,742[16]5.5%
16Increase 2Port Laoise[lower-alpha 1]County Laois22,050[17]9.5%
17Increase 4BalbrigganFingal21,722[18]8.8%
18Decrease 2Naas[lower-alpha 1]County Kildare21,393[19]3.3%
19Decrease 2AthloneCounty Westmeath & County Roscommon21,349[20]5.9%
20Decrease 1Mullingar[lower-alpha 1]County Westmeath20,928[21]4.1%
21Increase 2CelbridgeCounty Kildare20,2883.8%
22Decrease 2Wexford[lower-alpha 1]County Wexford20,1880.6%
23Decrease 1LetterkennyCounty Donegal19,274-1.6%
24Steady 0Sligo[lower-alpha 1]County Sligo19,199-1.3%
25Increase 1GreystonesCounty Wicklow18,1403.8%
26Decrease 1ClonmelCounty Tipperary & County Waterford17,140-4.3%
27Steady 0MalahideFingal16,5504.4%
28Increase 1CarrigalineCounty Cork15,7706.7%
29Decrease 1LeixlipCounty Kildare15,5040.3%
30Steady 0Tullamore[lower-alpha 1]County Offaly14,6071.7%
31Increase 2MaynoothCounty Kildare14,58516.6%
32Decrease 1KillarneyCounty Kerry14,5042.0%
33Decrease 1ArklowCounty Wicklow13,1631.2%
34Steady 0CobhCounty Cork12,8003.7%
35Increase 3AshbourneCounty Meath12,67911.7%
36Steady 0MidletonCounty Cork12,4964.1%
37Steady 0MallowCounty Cork12,4597.4%
38Decrease 3Castlebar[lower-alpha 1]County Mayo12,068-2.0%
39Increase 1Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-DonacarneyCounty Meath11,8729.0%
40Increase 1EnniscorthyCounty Wexford11,3815.0%
41Increase 3Cavan[lower-alpha 1]County Cavan10,9146.4%
42Steady 0Wicklow[lower-alpha 1]County Wicklow10,5842.2%
43Steady 0TramoreCounty Waterford10,3810.5%
44Decrease 5BallinaCounty Mayo10,171-8.3%
45Increase 2SkerriesFingal10,0433.8%
46Increase 2Longford[lower-alpha 1]County Longford10,0084.2%
47Increase 4RushFingal9,9437.7%
48Increase 4GoreyCounty Wexford9,822[22]7.8%
49Decrease 3ShannonCounty Clare9,7290.6%
50Decrease 5AthyCounty Kildare9,677-2.5%
51Increase 2RatoathCounty Meath9,5335.4%
52Decrease 2PortmarnockFingal9,4661.9%
53Decrease 4Dungarvan[lower-alpha 1]County Waterford9,227-2.1%
54Increase 1TrimCounty Meath9,19411.2%
55Decrease 1Nenagh[lower-alpha 1]County Tipperary8,9686.3%
56Steady 0TuamCounty Galway8,7676.4%
57Increase 1KildareCounty Kildare8,6346.0%
58Increase 3PortarlingtonCounty Laois & County Offaly8,3687.4%
59Decrease 2New RossCounty Wexford8,040-1.4%
60Steady 0YoughalCounty Cork7,9632.2%
61Decrease 2ThurlesCounty Tipperary7,9400.1%
62Increase 1LuskFingal7,78610.9%
63Decrease 1Monaghan[lower-alpha 1]County Monaghan7,6783.0%
64Increase 3DonabateFingal7,4439.8%
65Decrease 1EdenderryCounty Offaly7,3595.5%
66Increase 2ClaneCounty Kildare7,2808.6%
67Decrease 2DunboyneCounty Meath7,2724.5%
68Increase 2BandonCounty Cork6,9574.8%
69Decrease 3BuncranaCounty Donegal6,785-0.8%
70Decrease 1BallinasloeCounty Galway & County Roscommon6,6620.0%
71Increase 6Kinsealy-DrinanFingal6,64314.3%
72Steady 0Newcastle WestCounty Limerick6,6194.6%
73Decrease 2FermoyCounty Cork6,5851.5%
74Decrease 1WestportCounty Mayo6,1982.2%
75Steady 0KellsCounty Meath6,1354.2%
76Increase 4KilcockCounty Kildare6,09310.1%
77Increase 2Roscommon[lower-alpha 1]County Roscommon5,8763.2%
78Increase 5SallinsCounty Kildare5,84910.7%
79Decrease 1Passage WestCounty Cork5,8430.9%
80Decrease 6Carrick-on-SuirCounty Tipperary & County Waterford5,771-2.7%
81Decrease 5BirrCounty Offaly & County Tipperary5,741-1.3%
82Increase 3LoughreaCounty Galway5,5569.8%
83Increase 3BlessingtonCounty Wicklow5,52010.2%
84Decrease 2RoscreaCounty Tipperary5,4460.8%
85Increase 4KinsaleCounty Cork5,2817.9%
86Increase 9CarrigtwohillCounty Cork5,08011.6%
87Increase 1CarrickmacrossCounty Monaghan5,0322.2%
88Increase 4OranmoreCounty Galway4,9904.0%
89Decrease 6TipperaryCounty Tipperary4,979-6.2%
90Decrease 3ArdeeCounty Louth4,9280.0%
91Decrease 1Ballybofey-StranorlarCounty Donegal4,8520.0%
92Decrease 1ListowelCounty Kerry4,820-0.2%
93Steady 0MountmellickCounty Laois4,7770.9%
94Increase 6TullowCounty Carlow4,67317.6%
95Decrease 1ClonakiltyCounty Cork4,592-2.7%
96Increase 5AthenryCounty Galway4,44512.5%
97Decrease 1CashelCounty Tipperary4,4229.2%
98Increase newRathcooleSouth Dublin4,35127.2%
99Increase newMonasterevinCounty Kildare4,24614.4%
100Decrease 4KilcooleCounty Wicklow4,2394.7%

County towns

There are four county towns which do not appear on the above list due to boundary definition, administrative reasons or because they do not rank in the top 100.

Urban Area County Population 2016
Tallaght[lower-alpha 1]South Dublin71,504[lower-alpha 4][23]
Dún Laoghaire[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 5]Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 26,525[24]
Carrick-on-Shannon[lower-alpha 1]County Leitrim4,062[25]
Lifford[lower-alpha 1]County Donegal1,626[26]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29    indicates this city or town is the county town of its respective county.
  2. ↑ Swords is the county town of Fingal, an administrative county within the traditional County Dublin.
  3. ↑ Kilkenny, while officially a town, may legally call itself a city. (Local Government Act, 2001 §10(16) and Local Government Act, 2001 §11(16).)
  4. ↑ This is the 2011 population and not 2016. Population, not of the centre of Tallaght, but all Tallaght Electoral Districts - including Tallaght-Kilnamanagh which reaches Greenhills and Walkinstown
  5. ↑ Population, not of the town of Dún Laoghaire, but all Dún Laoghaire Electoral Districts

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2016". Central Statistics Office.
  2. ↑ "Settlement Dublin City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Settlement Cork City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Settlement Limerick City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Settlement Galway City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Settlement Waterford City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Settlement Drogheda". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Settlement Swords". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Settlement Dundalk". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Settlement Bray". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Settlement Navan (An Uaimh)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Settlement Kilkenny". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Settlement Ennis". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Settlement Carlow". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "Settlement Tralee". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Settlement Droichead Nua (Newbridge)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Settlement Portlaoise (Formerly Maryborough)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Settlement Balbriggan". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Settlement Naas". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Settlement Athlone". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "Settlement Mullingar". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Settlement Gorey". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Population Density and Area Size by Electoral Division, Statistical Indicator and Census Year". CSO. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  24. ↑ Population of all Dún Laoghaire Electoral Districts: 042 East Central 043 Glasthule 044 Glenageary 045 Monkstown Farm 046 Mount Town 047 Sallynoggin East 048 Sallynoggin South 049 Sallynoggin West 050 Sandycove 051 Salthill 052 West Central
  25. ↑ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Carrick-On-Shannon". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  26. ↑ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Lifford". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.