Town

Passage East

An Pasáiste

Passage East is a town in Waterford. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationPassage East52.23328° N · 6.97572° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

An Pasáiste · Irish · main form · validated name
Passage East · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Waterford
Barony: Gaultiere
Civil parish: Kill Saint Nicholas
Within: Passage West
Within: Passage East
Coordinates: 52.23328, -6.97572
Logainm ID: 50345 ↗

Population over time

Passage East — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

817people · 2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

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Passage East — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	827
2022	817

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Passage East, Waterford — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

573people · 1996

These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Passage East, Waterford — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	542
1996	573

Source: CSO A0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 1991 and 1996 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Passage East, Waterford

Published census settlement populations

827people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Passage East, Waterford — census population
Census year	Population
2011	806
2016	827

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Passage East, Co Waterford — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

634people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Passage East, Co Waterford — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	634

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Passage East. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.