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51,157 Private vehicles registered
531.7 Vehicles per 1,000 people
#13 of 26 Rank by cars per capita
4.4% Electric vehicle share
Volkswagen Most popular car brand

Fuel mix

Fuel Vehicles Share
Diesel 30,704 60%
Petrol 12,492 24.4%
Petrol and electric hybrid 3,699 7.2%
Electric 2,256 4.4%
Petrol/plug-in hybrid electric 1,533 3%
Diesel and electric hybrid 239 0.5%
Diesel/plug-in hybrid electric 114 0.2%
Ethanol and petrol 104 0.2%
Gas 15 0%
Other fuel types including unknown 1 0%

Car brands in Westmeath

Rank Brand Vehicles Share of fleet
1 Volkswagen 7,126 13.9%
2 Toyota 6,106 11.9%
3 Hyundai 4,231 8.3%
4 Audi 3,897 7.6%
5 Ford 3,396 6.6%
6 Nissan 2,914 5.7%
7 Skoda 2,851 5.6%
8 BMW 2,699 5.3%
9 Renault 2,532 4.9%
10 Kia 2,479 4.8%
Show all 40 brands with 10+ vehicles in Westmeath
11 Mercedes Benz 1,727 3.4%
12 Peugeot 1,721 3.4%
13 Opel 1,180 2.3%
14 Dacia 1,120 2.2%
15 Honda 937 1.8%
16 Citroen 920 1.8%
17 Seat 871 1.7%
18 Volvo 666 1.3%
19 Mazda 492 1%
20 Vauxhall 476 0.9%
21 Suzuki 417 0.8%
22 Land Rover 296 0.6%
23 Mini 296 0.6%
24 Mitsubishi 252 0.5%
25 Fiat 230 0.4%
26 Lexus 204 0.4%
27 Tesla 202 0.4%
28 MG 162 0.3%
29 Cupra 126 0.2%
30 Jaguar 113 0.2%
31 Porsche 51 0.1%
32 Subaru 36 0.1%
33 Alfa Romeo 34 0.1%
34 Saab 34 0.1%
35 DS 32 0.1%
36 Daihatsu 16 0%
37 Ssangyong 16 0%
38 Chevrolet 12 0%
39 Jeep 12 0%
40 Chrysler Jeep 11 0%

Fleet profile

  • Most common CO2 band: Band A4 (WLTP-era band; see caveats)
  • Most common year of manufacture: 2016
  • 2022 census population: 96,221