Photo: dan kearney · CC BY-SA 3.0In Burnfoot, 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Burnfoot. Lower than in 94% of Irish towns: 3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. There were 146 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 413 residents. Locally, 52% of households are parents with children.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Burnfoot behind 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Donegal’s towns, by more than +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 9.2%, a lower share than 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Burnfoot is 36.5, lower than in 65% of Irish towns. Locally, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Donegal, the oldest of Co. Donegal’s towns by this measure, it is 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Irish towns, at 3.8%
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 19%, against a typical 11%. The census found that 12% of residents 15 and over are students in Burnfoot. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
In Burnfoot, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% 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.
A household here has 2.8 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%.
Only 13% of households have no car or van in Burnfoot
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
At 1.1%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. One household in 8 has no car or van.
A median household income of €37,370 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €37,370 a year, 38% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Donegal the median is €42,500.
41% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 94% 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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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.
5.6% speak another language at home, most often Polish (0.2%); 1% speak English not well or not at all. Burnfoot has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 80% of Irish towns, at 9.4%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish: 28% of Burnfoot’s residents can speak it
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
At 0.8%, daily speakers of Irish outside education sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. No town in Co. Donegal beats Letterkenny (2.6%).
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns: 87%
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 Burnfoot · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 9.1% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 96% of Irish towns: 7%
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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, 35% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
Only 27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Burnfoot
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 18%, against 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. Postgraduate: 5.2% of adults.
Burnfoot is younger than 4 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnfoot | 413 | — | 36.5 | 9.2% | 52% |
| Muff | 1,418 | 8.2 km | 40.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 9.5 km | 39.8 | 16% | 47% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 9.6 km | 36.1 | 12% | 55% |
| Ramelton | 1,288 | 16.1 km | 41.5 | 18% | 41% |
| Milford | 1,076 | 19.1 km | 39 | 17% | 48% |
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 Burnfoot’s residents
What is the population of Burnfoot?
Burnfoot had 413 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Burnfoot?
The median age is 36.5. 29% are under 18 and 9.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Burnfoot?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (99 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Burnfoot?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 41% were born abroad and 9.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Burnfoot?
87% are Catholic, 9.1% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 9.7% didn’t say.
Is Burnfoot good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Burnfoot are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Burnfoot?
Median gross household income in Burnfoot was €37,370 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).