Photo: MaxPride · Public domainAnagaire is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 50.6
Set against 71% across Ireland’s towns, nearly nine in ten residents said they are Catholic in Anagaire. This Co. Donegal town had 309 residents in 132 households at the 2022 Census. In Anagaire, 21% of homes are holiday homes. On one-person households, Anagaire sits higher than 93% of Irish towns: 33%.
What stands out about the people of Anagaire
Irish spoken every day, in the Gaeltacht
27% of residents speak Irish every day outside education, more than in 99% of Irish towns; 80% can speak it. Anagaire is in the Gaeltacht. Irish speakers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns, at 27%
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 237, or 80% of residents aged 3 and over. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 76% 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 higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Anagaire and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 7.4%
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
Nearly a quarter of workers are in elementary occupations, against a typical 11%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 2.7%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Anagaire ranks below 99% of Irish towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%
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.
Against a figure of 43% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children in Anagaire comes in at 32%. Across Ireland’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.7%. Households average 2.4 people.
Fewer households in flats than 98% of Irish towns: 1.5%
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
10% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
Household income, middle of the range: €39,010 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €39,010 a year before tax, the median household income is 35% under that of Ireland (€60,120). County median: €42,500 (Co. Donegal).
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 7.4%, a lower share than 91% 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.
Set against 22% across Ireland’s towns, a quarter of residents were born outside Ireland in Anagaire. Elsewhere, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 3.3% speak a language other than English at home, Spanish most of all (0.6%); 1% speak English not well or not at all.
Anagaire ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 7.3%
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: 91% of Anagaire · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 83% across Co. Donegal’s towns and 78% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with no religion come to 17%.
Married residents 15 and over: 44%, a higher share than 98% 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.
7.8% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Anagaire
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 8% of adults; primary level or less for 21% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Anagaire
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagaire | 309 | — | 50.6 | 25% | 32% |
| An Clochán Liath | 1,247 | 8.3 km | 48.4 | 24% | 36% |
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 Anagaire’s residents
What is the population of Anagaire?
Anagaire had 309 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Anagaire?
The median age is 50.6. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Anagaire?
80% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (237 people), and 27% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns. Anagaire is in the Gaeltacht, the districts where Irish is the community language.
How diverse is Anagaire?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 7.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Anagaire?
89% are Catholic, 7.3% have no religion and 4% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Anagaire good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Anagaire are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Anagaire?
Median gross household income in Anagaire was €39,010 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).