Photo: Shane Killen · CC BY-SA 2.0In Bridge End, 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 96%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 373 residents in 144 households. 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in 77% of Irish towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
Slower growth than 85% of Irish towns: Bridge End changed by +2% since 2016
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 Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Donegal’s towns, +6%.
Bridge End sits below 74% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 37.8, Bridge End is older than 52% of Irish 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%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of Irish towns: 5.2%
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
At 10%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
47% of households are parents with children, more than in 71% of Irish towns
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.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%.
97% of homes are houses
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Locally, 17% of households have no car or van. Connected households: 88% on broadband; 11% offline (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €33,980 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €33,980 a year before tax: 43% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Donegal the median is €42,500.
54% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 99% 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 65%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 4.1%, below 98% of Irish towns. Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Bridge End, 0.3% 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
Top of Co. Donegal: Letterkenny, at 2.6%. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 86%
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: 96% of Bridge End · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 9.3%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (3.3%), Irish Traveller (0.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%).
Below 86% of Irish towns: 4.3% of residents give unpaid care
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.
On the census count, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married. About 20 residents (4.3%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns: 21%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 7.5% of adults. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 20%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Bridge End: 3 of the 4 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge End | 373 | — | 37.8 | 11% | 47% |
| Muff | 1,418 | 7.5 km | 40.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 9.4 km | 36.1 | 12% | 55% |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 11.9 km | 39.8 | 16% | 47% |
| Ramelton | 1,288 | 17.5 km | 41.5 | 18% | 41% |
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).
- 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 Bridge End’s residents
What is the population of Bridge End?
Bridge End had 373 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bridge End?
The median age is 37.8. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bridge End?
18% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (63 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bridge End?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 54% were born abroad and 4.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bridge End?
86% are Catholic, 9.3% have no religion and 4.9% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Bridge End good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bridge End are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bridge End?
Median gross household income in Bridge End was €33,980 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).