Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Clonmany ranks above 98% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 9.8%
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish (97%), Clonmany is above 99% of Irish towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%. At 2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 95% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 569 residents in 202 households.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 89% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Donegal’s towns +6%.
Clonmany is older than 88% of Irish towns: a median age of 41.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with nearly one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. At 13%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 64% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 3.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Clonmany
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 Clonmany, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in just over a quarter of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 19%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households: 28%, a higher share than 69% 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 share of households of parents with children is 46%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 24%. On average, 2.7 people share a household.
Households without a car or van make up 14% in Clonmany, less than in 65% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of households with broadband is 83%; 13% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €34,520 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 €34,520 a year before tax: 43% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Donegal has a median of €42,500.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 2.3%, a lower share than 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.
Compared with 22% across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents were born outside Ireland here. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (13%) or outside the EU and UK (1.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%.
Can speak Irish: 24% of Clonmany’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
In all, 128 residents aged 3 and over (24%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Clonmany sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (5.4%)
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: 97% of Clonmany · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic; in Clonmany, 93%. The share of residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 69% of Irish towns, at 37%
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: 6.2%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 92% of Irish towns: 19%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.7% of adults here, while 30% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Clonmany has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmany | 569 | — | 41.8 | 25% | 46% |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 9.4 km | 37.4 | 16% | 45% |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 13.9 km | 39.8 | 16% | 47% |
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 Clonmany’s residents
What is the population of Clonmany?
Clonmany had 569 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Clonmany?
The median age is 41.8. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonmany?
24% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (128 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonmany?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 2.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonmany?
93% are Catholic, 5.4% have no religion and 1.8% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Clonmany good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonmany are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonmany?
Median gross household income in Clonmany was €34,520 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).