A median age of 44.2: Loch Gowna is older than 97% of Irish towns
3.5% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Loch Gowna is home to 168 residents in 76 households, by the 2022 Census. For Loch Gowna, the census puts holiday homes at 11%. More one-person households than in 98% of Irish towns: 38%.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Loch Gowna ahead of 55% 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.
More residents aged 65 and over than 86% of Irish towns: 19%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
50–54 is the most common age band: 9.5% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Loch Gowna ranks below 87% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 8.5%
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
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 6.6%. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Loch Gowna households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 94% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Loch Gowna, 7.9%. Nearly a third of households are parents with children.
Only 13% of households have no car or van in Loch Gowna
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
At home, 82% have broadband, while 15% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€52,490 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €52,490 a year before tax: 13% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cavan’s median household income is €52,320.
In Loch Gowna, 18% of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 67% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (8.3%) or in the UK (6.5%). Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents were born abroad, against 24% across Co. Cavan’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns.
0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 82% of Irish towns
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
Irish speakers number 50, or 36% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Loch Gowna sits above 95% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (82%)
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: 78% of Loch Gowna · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (18%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Black or Black Irish (0.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%. 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Loch Gowna: 7.1% of residents give unpaid care, above 96% of Irish towns
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 74% of Irish towns: 31%. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
32% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Loch Gowna’s adults, 15% went on to postgraduate study and 11% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Loch Gowna
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. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’s towns of 2,500 or more and over 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 Loch Gowna’s residents
What is the population of Loch Gowna?
Loch Gowna had 168 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Loch Gowna?
The median age is 44.2. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Loch Gowna?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (50 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Loch Gowna?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Loch Gowna?
82% are Catholic, 3.5% have no religion and 14% another religion; 16% didn’t say.
Is Loch Gowna good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Loch Gowna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Loch Gowna?
Median gross household income in Loch Gowna was €52,490 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).