Kitchen designs in Westmeath

According to CSO Census 2022 (table F2007A), Co. Westmeath has 34,003 permanent private households (population 96,221, average 3.31 bedrooms per home). The county's housing mix directly shapes the kitchen layouts and specifications local designers build most often:

• Detached and rural one-off homes (53% of Westmeath households — 17,875 homes). Against a national average of 41%, Westmeath has a high share of spacious detached houses and rural kitchens (with 38,486 residents living outside census towns). These wider kitchen-dining rooms (typically 4.0m to 5.5m wide) easily accommodate a 1.8m to 2.4m central island (€2,000 to €5,000) with a 1,200mm walkway and a separate utility boot-room run.
• 2000s boom-era kitchens (9,562 homes built 2001–2010, 28% of Westmeath stock). Thousands of houses built across Athlone, Mullingar, Kinnegad in the 2000s now have 15-to-25-year-old foil-wrapped or orange-pine kitchens where hinges have dropped and worktops have worn. Replacing them on the existing plumbing footprint typically sits in our €9,000 to €20,000 mid-range bracket.
• Pre-1981 houses and terraced cottages (12,851 pre-1981 homes; 10% terraced). Older homes in Westmeath often have narrower separate kitchens or rear scullery extensions. Using full-height 900mm wall cabinets, 800mm wide pan drawers and galley or slimline layouts (€4,500 to €10,000) transforms storage without moving external walls.
• New-build kitchens (2,036 homes built 2011–2022, plus 740 finished in 2025). For self-builders and PC-sum buyers in Co. Westmeath (155 single one-off houses and 455 scheme houses completed in Westmeath in 2025), a designer can work directly from your architect's floor plans to mark first-fix island ducting, 32A hob cables and plumbing points before the floor screed is poured.

Main towns covered across Co. Westmeath (CSO Census 2022 town populations): Athlone (22,869), Mullingar (22,667), Kinnegad (3,064), Moate (3,013), Kilbeggan (1,575), Killucan-Rathwire (1,574).