Hettie across Ireland.
An AI voice that answers a home care agency's line every night and puts urgent calls straight through to a person. Pick your town to see the local picture: older population, HSE home support office, hospitals, hospices and out-of-hours GP cover.
Home care is delivered one county at a time.
The HSE commissions home support through local offices, hospitals and hospices differ from one area to the next, and the out-of-hours GP service changes at the county line. Each page below pulls those local facts together for the 50 largest settlements in the State, ranked by the CSO 2022 census.
Nationally, 60,463 people were receiving HSE home support at the end of 2025, 5,286 had been assessed and were waiting for a carer in May 2026, and the population aged 65 and over grew 22% between 2016 and 2022. Sources: HSE reply to PQ 5691/26, 6 Feb 2026; HSE reply to PQ 54735/26, 24 Jul 2026; CSO Census 2022, Population Changes.
The 50 largest towns and cities.
Leinster
County Dublin
195,664 people aged 65+ up 18.6% since 2016
- Dublin 1,263,219
- Swords 40,776
- Balbriggan 24,322
- Malahide 18,608
- Rush 10,875
- Portmarnock 10,750
- Skerries 10,743
County Kildare
29,720 people aged 65+ up 35.0% since 2016
County Meath
27,059 people aged 65+ up 30.2% since 2016
- Navan 33,886
- Ashbourne 15,680
- Laytown-Bettystown 15,642
County Wexford
27,403 people aged 65+ up 24.6% since 2016
- Wexford 21,524
- Enniscorthy 12,310
- Gorey 11,517
County Wicklow
23,661 people aged 65+ up 27.4% since 2016
- Bray 33,512
- Greystones 22,009
- Arklow 13,399
- Wicklow 12,957
Munster
County Cork
89,461 people aged 65+ up 21.2% since 2016
- Cork 222,526
- Carrigaline 18,239
- Cobh 14,148
- Midleton 13,906
- Mallow 13,456
Connacht
Ulster
Populations are CSO Census 2022 settlement figures (SAP2022T1T1ATOWN22). County 65+ figures are calculated from CSO table FY006B; County Dublin adds Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Tallaght, Blanchardstown and Dún Laoghaire are part of the CSO settlement Dublin city and suburbs, so they are covered on the Dublin page. Checked 15 October 2026.
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