Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
308 people call this town in Co. Donegal home.
A typical home sold for €191,400, or 4.6 years of the town’s median household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 9% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. Just over one in ten residents speak Irish every day outside school.
Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves An Charraig out for now.
The 3 things An Charraig does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 1 archaeological site.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in An Charraig.
Since 2019/20, pupils changed −9%, below Co. Donegal’s towns (+7%) and Irish towns (+4%) alike. Families in An Charraig have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. Coláiste na Carraige is the nearest secondary school, 0.7 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S N na Carraige Gaeltacht schoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 59 | Catholic |
| Coláiste na Carraige DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 210 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 50% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −9% | +7% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 0% | 39% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in An Charraig has radon above the reference level. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.
| Share of homes | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 10% | 0.5% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
An Charraig gets 1,924 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.9°C, between Co. Donegal’s towns (9.7°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). On a January night, the temperature in An Charraig falls to about 3.4°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 17.4°C | 18.6°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,924 mm | 1,316 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.4°C | 2.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 9.7°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
34% of people in the HSE West and North West health region hold a medical card. At the census, 25% of people here had a disability, close to Co. Donegal’s towns (25%) and above Irish towns (22%). Ages taken into account, An Charraig counts 101 people in poor health for every 100 predicted.
| Census 2022 | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 89% | 86% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.9% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Home ownership stands at 70% of households. 15% live in social housing, close to Co. Donegal’s towns (15%) and above Irish towns (13%).
| Housing | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 11% | 24% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 70% | 55% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €191K | €181K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area F94, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.2 km per km² of paths and tracks, about level with Co. Donegal’s towns (0.4 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). The sea makes up 22% of the area within 5 km, above Co. Donegal’s towns (8.7%) and Irish towns (0%) alike.
| Outdoors | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 54% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 20% | 4.7% | 1.8% |
| Sea within 5 km | 22% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 0.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Little rain is due later in the week: 5 of the next 6 days stay dry. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 22 km/h; the low is 6°C. December follows with normal highs of 9°C and lows of 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 4°C | 572 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 6°C | 360 mm |
| Summer | 17°C | 11°C | 424 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 8°C | 567 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Household income averages €41,420 a year before tax. The average trip to work took 19.1 min, lower than both Co. Donegal’s towns (20.9 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min). On top of that, 7.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
| Census 2022 | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 64% | 56% | 31% |
| Average trip | 19.1 min | 20.9 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 7.2% | 13% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €41,420 | €39,838 | €57,760 |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Nearly a fifth of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of the town, above Co. Donegal’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
Women make up 50.0% of An Charraig
154 women and 154 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 17% | 14% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.8% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 24% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Donegal and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Local government for An Charraig is Donegal County Council alone; Ireland has a single tier. No party holds a majority on Donegal County Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 10 of 37 seats, short of the 19 needed. In the Dáil, An Charraig is part of Donegal, which elects 5 TDs.
| Turnout | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 53% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 59% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
1 archaeological sites are on the record, below Co. Donegal’s towns (18) and Irish towns (11) alike. The pre-1919 share of homes is 5.1%. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 6 buildings in An Charraig, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded one site here.
| Heritage | An Charraig | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 195 | 105 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 18 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of An Charraig; with them, the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksDonegal Castle34 km east
CastleClassiebawn Castle25 km southeast
GardenLissadell House & Gardens34 km south
MuseumBallyshannon and District Museum34 km southeast
MuseumDonegal Railway Heritage Centre34 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 6 buildings in An Charraig, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded one site here.
One notable person was born in An Charraig; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Charraig | 308 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Killybegs | 1,258 | 13 | — | A− | A− | B |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
12.1% of residents speak Irish every day outside school, against 1.1% in the median of Irish towns; 79% can speak it.
An Charraig had 308 people at the 2022 census, down from 311 in 2016: 1% fewer, while the median of Irish towns grew 7.6%.
The median age in An Charraig is 42, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Donegal
An Charraig has 308 people, in the area of Donegal County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).