Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.07% of residents said they have no religion, below 99% of Irish towns
Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, against 2.9% in Convoy. Locally, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% here, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns. The town had 1,702 residents in 619 households at the 2022 Census.
Convoy’s population moved +7% on 2016, less than in 53% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Donegal’s towns.
17% of residents are 65 or over, a share 74% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Convoy’s residents are under 37.5, younger than in 52% of Irish towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: 8.5% of residents. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.9% of residents 15 and over are students, below 94% of Irish towns
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
Compared with a typical 8.3%, caring, leisure and other services account for 17% of workers. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households of parents with children make up 47% in Convoy, 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.
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
More holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 2.2% of homes
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
14% of households have no car or van (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
The median household brings in €38,840 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Convoy’s households have a gross income below €38,840 a year, 35% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Donegal, the middle household has €42,500.
Only 8.6% of residents are citizens of another country in Convoy
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.
7.7% speak another language at home, most often Polish (0.7%); 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. Convoy has fewer residents born outside Ireland than 53% of Irish towns, at 21%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Convoy sits below 90% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.6%)
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
346 residents, 22% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 89%, a higher share than 96% of Irish towns
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: 89% of Convoy · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). Convoy has fewer residents who said they are Catholic than 74% of Irish towns, at 65%. Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 31% in Convoy, less than in 73% 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: 4.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 21% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Convoy
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 6.3% of adults; primary level or less for 18% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Convoy
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convoy | 1,702 | — | 37.5 | 17% | 47% |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 4.0 km | 40.1 | 20% | 41% |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 10.3 km | 39.3 | 17% | 44% |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 11.5 km | 35.7 | 12% | 43% |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 11.6 km | 39.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 17.8 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 Convoy’s residents
What is the population of Convoy?
Convoy had 1,702 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Convoy?
The median age is 37.5. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Convoy?
22% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (346 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Convoy?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 8.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Convoy?
65% are Catholic, 7% have no religion and 28% another religion; 4.6% didn’t say.
Is Convoy good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Convoy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Convoy?
Median gross household income in Convoy was €38,840 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).