Indians are Ireland’s third-largest non-Irish community after Polish and British nationals. Those from Romania and Lithuania are the other largest non-Irish groups, followed by Indians. Brazilian, Italian, Latvian and Spanish citizens were also among the larger non-Irish groups, according to Census data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The Republic of Ireland’s population exceeded the five million mark for the first time in nearly 200 years.
There were 5,149,139 people in the State on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, an 8 per cent increase since April 2016.
The average age of the population increased from 37.4 in 2016 to 38.8 in 2022.
The number of people with dual Irish citizenship was 170,597 which represents a 63 per cent increase from 2016.
Roman Catholic identification has decreased from 79% in 2016 to 69% in 2022.
A change was made to the question people were asked in the 2022 Census. In 2016, it was framed simply as “What is your religion?” While in 2022 it was “What is your religion, if any?”
The total number of Roman Catholics fell overall by 180,783.
The figure for people with no religion increased by 284,269 and now stands at 736,210.
The Church of Ireland category showed little change but remained the second-largest religious category with 124,749 people.
Other categories with large numbers included Orthodox (100,165) and Islam (81,930).
The number of Hindus more than doubled from 13,729 to 33,043.
There was a drop from 87 per cent to 83 per cent in the proportion of people who reported their health was good or very good since 2016.