Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.035% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Irish towns
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Shercock’s 238 households held 574 residents at the 2022 Census. In Shercock, 8.6% of residents said they have no religion. 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 97% of Irish towns.
A +1% change since 2016: slower than 88% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Cavan’s towns +10%.
Shercock is older than 54% of Irish towns: a median age of 38
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents are 65 or over in Shercock.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 5.4% 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
By occupation, process, plant and machine operatives are over-represented: 32%, against a typical 7.8%. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.4%.
Shercock ranks below 74% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 37%
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.
On the census count, 4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The comparison figure for households of parents with children is 43% across Ireland’s towns.
More holiday homes than 76% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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
83% have broadband at home and 13% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). The comparison figure for holiday homes is 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 15%. At 14%, the share of households in flats is higher than in three fifths of Irish towns.
€52,790 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.
€52,790 a year before tax puts the median household 12% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cavan as a whole, the figure is €52,320.
33% of residents were born outside Ireland, a share 86% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
Against a figure of 15% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship in Shercock comes in at 27%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The most common home language after English is Polish (7%); in all 29% speak another language, and 8.3% speak English not well or not at all.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns: 0.6%
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 143 residents (27% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 94% of Irish towns, at 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: 67% of Shercock · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (23%), Asian or Asian Irish (6%) and Other, including mixed (2.3%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are scarce here: 67%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. The wider picture: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 65% 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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.4% in Shercock. 55% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 33% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
In Shercock, 20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.1% of adults here, while 16% stopped 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.
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Shercock
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shercock | 574 | — | 38 | 14% | 37% |
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | 10.4 km | 38.2 | 15% | 43% |
| Kingscourt | 2,955 | 11.7 km | 35.2 | 10% | 50% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 12.1 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 14.6 km | 37.2 | 13% | 41% |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 14.6 km | 40.6 | 18% | 37% |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 16.5 km | 38 | 16% | 42% |
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 Shercock’s residents
What is the population of Shercock?
Shercock had 574 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shercock?
The median age is 38. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shercock?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (143 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shercock?
67% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 33% were born abroad and 27% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shercock?
82% are Catholic, 8.6% have no religion and 9.3% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Shercock good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shercock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shercock?
Median gross household income in Shercock was €52,790 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).