99% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 8.7% of households have no car or van here. Meanwhile, with a median age of 38.8, Cloghfin is older than 64% of Irish towns. Its 46 households held 121 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 28%.
Cloghfin changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, behind 71% 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 Co. Donegal’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Cloghfin, more than in 64% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
For Cloghfin, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 16% of residents, 2.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 3.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Cloghfin
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
In Cloghfin, 11% of residents 15 and over are students, beside 10% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of households of parents with children than 65% of Irish towns: 46%
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.
At 2.7 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
2% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 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
Connected households: 56% on broadband; 40% offline (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €39,020 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 €39,020 a year, 35% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Donegal the median is €42,500.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 0.8% in Cloghfin, less 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 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.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland (Ireland’s towns: 22%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Can speak Irish: 27% of Cloghfin’s residents
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 31 residents, 27% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.8% of residents said they have no religion
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: 99% of Cloghfin · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who said they are Catholic (97%), Cloghfin is above 99% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Cloghfin, 42% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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.
Unpaid carers make up 5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 18%, a lower share than 92% of Irish towns
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: 24%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 6.1% of adults.
Cloghfin sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloghfin | 121 | — | 38.8 | 16% | 46% |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 4.0 km | 40.1 | 20% | 41% |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 4.7 km | 39.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Convoy | 1,702 | 6.9 km | 37.5 | 17% | 47% |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 14.9 km | 39.3 | 17% | 44% |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 16.9 km | 35.7 | 12% | 43% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 17.2 km | 36.1 | 12% | 55% |
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 Cloghfin’s residents
What is the population of Cloghfin?
Cloghfin had 121 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cloghfin?
The median age is 38.8. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cloghfin?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (31 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cloghfin?
99% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 0.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cloghfin?
97% are Catholic, 0.8% have no religion and 2.5% another religion; 0% didn’t say.
Is Cloghfin good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cloghfin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cloghfin?
Median gross household income in Cloghfin was €39,020 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).