Census 2022: Ireland's average age increases as number of people identifying as Catholic falls 

The proportion of people identifying as Roman Catholic fell from 79% in 2016 to 69% in 2022, according to Census data.

The average age of the population of Ireland has increased to 38.8 while the proportion of people identifying as Roman Catholic has dropped from 79% to 69%, according to the results of the landmark 2022 Census.

Furthermore, the proportion of people owning their own home has fallen, from 70% in Census 2011 to 66% in Census 2022. And the number of households renting from a private landlord has risen by 7% to 330,632.