Households in flats: 2.8%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.1%), Mullagh is below 94% of Irish towns. On the census count, 51% of households are parents with children. With a median age of 34.4, Mullagh is younger than 85% of Irish towns. The town had 1,651 residents in 562 households at the 2022 Census.
A growing town: +14% since 2016, faster than 81% 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 Co. Cavan’s towns the median is +10%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
15% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 10% in Mullagh and 14% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 83% of Irish towns: 13% of residents 15 and over are students
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 Mullagh, 24% and 20%. Locally, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 83% of Irish towns: 3 people each on average
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.
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Mullagh comes in at 22%.
Households without a car or van: 6.4%, a lower share than 91% 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
90% have broadband at home and 7.6% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 0.9% of homes are holiday homes.
€52,730 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €52,730 a year before tax, the median household income is 12% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cavan as a whole has a median of €52,320.
Only 19% of residents were born outside Ireland in Mullagh
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 in the UK (6.1%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.5%). By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 12% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 67% of Irish towns.
In Mullagh, 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% 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
Speakers of Irish: 536 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Mullagh ranks below 86% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 12%
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: 82% of Mullagh · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here just over four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Residents who said they are Catholic are more common here than in 83% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (11%), Black or Black Irish (3.3%) and Other, including mixed (2.1%).
Below 66% of Irish towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are 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 5.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Mullagh ranks below 86% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Mullagh, 11%, and 6% hold a postgraduate qualification. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Mullagh is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullagh | 1,651 | — | 34.4 | 10% | 51% |
| Virginia | 3,211 | 9.4 km | 35.8 | 13% | 46% |
| Kells | 6,608 | 10.5 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | 11.3 km | 38.2 | 15% | 43% |
| Kingscourt | 2,955 | 13.4 km | 35.2 | 10% | 50% |
| Oldcastle | 1,409 | 14.8 km | 38 | 13% | 45% |
| Ballyjamesduff | 2,917 | 17.9 km | 35.5 | 8.7% | 45% |
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 Mullagh’s residents
What is the population of Mullagh?
Mullagh had 1,651 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mullagh?
The median age is 34.4. 31% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mullagh?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (536 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mullagh?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mullagh?
77% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 11% another religion; 4.5% didn’t say.
Is Mullagh good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mullagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mullagh?
Median gross household income in Mullagh was €52,730 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).