CENSUS 2022: Non-Irish Citizens Account For 12% Of Population

The CSO has been looking at Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity, Irish Travellers & Religion.

Non-Irish citizens now account for 12% of the population.

Today the CSO released Census 2022 details on Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity, Irish Travellers & Religion.

In the year leading up to the Census almost 10,000 people came to Ireland from India, while over 5,000 arrived from Brazil.

In Laois, Polish citizens made up 25% of non-Irish citizens in the county, with their total at just under 2,300. 

In Offaly, there are 1,560 Polish citizens, and 1,832 in Westmeath. 

CSO statistician Brendan Murphy outlines some of the other key citizenship findings:

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