Irish and dual-Irish citizens made up 84% of the population.
For the first time in 171 years, Ireland's population has exceeded the five million threshold.
The average age of the population increased from 37.4 in 2016 to 38.8 in 2022, compared with 36.1 in 2011.The highest increase in population was seen in the over-70s at 26% while there was a 4% fall in the number of people aged 25 to 39. There was a drop from 87% to 83% in the proportion of people who reported their health was good or very good since 2016.Approximately a third of all workers reported to work from home for at least some part of their week.
More than 700,000 people indicated that they undertook voluntary work, and of those, nearly 300,000 people volunteered in a sporting organisation.Of the 1.8 million occupied private households counted during Census 2022, 348,443 completed the Time Capsule.Senior Statistician in the Census Division, Cormac Halpin, said the Census 2022 was met with an"overwhelmingly positive response from the public.
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