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Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 94% here and 78% across Ireland’s towns. In 2022, the Census found 249 residents in Clonegall, living in 93 households. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 28%, more than in 70% of Irish towns.
Clonegall’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 65% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Carlow’s towns, by more than +9%.
Clonegall is older than 91% of Irish towns: a median age of 42.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Clonegall ranks below 91% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.5%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
Where 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns, Clonegall has 8.4%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Clonegall sits below 93% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (2.2%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
A household here has 2.7 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. 43% of households are parents with children. For comparison, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 7.1% in Clonegall, less than in 88% of Irish towns
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
Households in flats: 5.4% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €57,680 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €57,680 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Carlow, the median is €53,120.
Only 8.5% of residents were born outside Ireland in Clonegall
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (4%) and in the UK (3.6%). Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 7.1% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 94% of Irish towns.
An Irish-speaking town: 2.7% speak it daily outside education
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
95 residents, 42% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 95% of Irish towns, at 83%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 94% of Clonegall · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Clonegall sits above 93% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (41%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%; Clonegall has 7.2%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
28% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 8.1% of adults; primary level or less for 20% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Clonegall
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Carlow has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Clonegall’s residents
What is the population of Clonegall?
Clonegall had 249 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonegall?
The median age is 42.4. 29% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonegall?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (95 people), and 2.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonegall?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.5% were born abroad and 7.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonegall?
83% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 5.2% another religion; 7.2% didn’t say.
Is Clonegall good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonegall are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonegall?
Median gross household income in Clonegall was €57,680 in 2022, against €53,120 across Co. Carlow and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).