Photo: liam murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 97% of Irish towns: 59%
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. On the census count, 14% of households are one person living alone. 479 residents in 146 households: that is Fennagh at the 2022 Census. The share of residents who said they are Catholic tops 95% of Irish towns: 82%.
From 2016 to 2022, Fennagh outgrew 61% of Irish towns: +10%
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 Co. Carlow’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 34.6: Fennagh is younger than 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Fennagh, 8.6% of residents are 65 or over, beside 14% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 locally.
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%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Irish towns: 5.5%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Fennagh, 33% and 22%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
3.3 people per household, more than in 98% of Irish towns
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1%, below 94% of Irish towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns, at 2.1%
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
Home broadband covers 81% of households, while 9.9% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €65,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €65,180 a year before tax: 8% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Carlow’s median household income is €53,120.
In Fennagh, 11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
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 largest groups were born in the UK (4.4%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.7%). For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 7.6% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns.
Irish: 33% of Fennagh’s residents can speak it
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Some 145 people here, 33% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 90%, a higher share than 96% of Irish towns
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: 90% of Fennagh · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 12%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (8.3%), Other, including mixed (1.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%).
Half of adults have never married
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.
At 4.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Married residents 15 and over account for 34%.
26% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 75% 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 6.3% of adults; primary level or less for 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Fennagh has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennagh | 479 | — | 34.6 | 8.6% | 59% |
| Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) | 2,945 | 8.1 km | 39.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 12.4 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 14.4 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Bunclody | 2,053 | 14.6 km | 37.9 | 17% | 38% |
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 Fennagh’s residents
What is the population of Fennagh?
Fennagh had 479 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Fennagh?
The median age is 34.6. 31% are under 18 and 8.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Fennagh?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (145 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Fennagh?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 7.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Fennagh?
82% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.1% another religion; 4.8% didn’t say.
Is Fennagh good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Fennagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fennagh?
Median gross household income in Fennagh was €65,180 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).