Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.019% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Asked about religion, 7.5% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. 308 people lived in An Charraig on Census night in 2022, in 119 households, with a median age of 42. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. One-person households are more common here than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of An Charraig
Irish spoken every day, in the Gaeltacht
12% of residents speak Irish every day outside education, more than in 99% of Irish towns; 79% can speak it. An Charraig is in the Gaeltacht. Irish speakers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 12% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
An Charraig is in the Gaeltacht, the districts where Irish is the community language. In all, 236 residents aged 3 and over (79%) can speak Irish.
Since 2016, An Charraig has changed by −1%, slower than 96% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Donegal’s towns.
A median age of 42: An Charraig is older than 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 16%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 14%, a higher share than 91% of Irish towns
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: 4% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 67% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Locally, just over two in five households are parents with children.
4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
Most homes are connected: 84% have broadband, and 15% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). By way of comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Here, 16% of households have no car or van.
A median household income of €41,420 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €41,420 sits 31% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Donegal comes in at €42,500 at the median.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 6.7% in An Charraig, less than in 95% 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (12%) and outside the EU and UK (3.3%). On residents born outside Ireland, An Charraig sits lower than 79% of Irish towns: 16%. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 98% 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: 92% of An Charraig · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (4.3%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are common here: 88%, more than in 99% of Irish towns.
Above 73% of Irish towns: 37% 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.
An Charraig sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 24%, a lower share than 80% 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 An Charraig’s adults, 6.7% went on to postgraduate study and 17% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Still in education: 18% of residents 15 and over. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around An Charraig
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Charraig | 308 | — | 42 | 22% | 42% |
| Killybegs | 1,258 | 12.7 km | 46.2 | 26% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Donegal’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).
- Speaking Irish. CSO asks everyone aged 3 and over whether they can speak Irish and how often; “daily outside education” leaves out speaking it only at school.
- 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 An Charraig’s residents
What is the population of An Charraig?
An Charraig had 308 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in An Charraig?
The median age is 42. 27% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in An Charraig?
79% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (236 people), and 12% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is An Charraig?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 6.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in An Charraig?
88% are Catholic, 7.5% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 1% didn’t say.
Is An Charraig good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near An Charraig are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in An Charraig?
Median gross household income in An Charraig was €41,420 in 2022, against €42,500 across Co. Donegal 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).