Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Between 2016 and 2022, its population grew by 10%. A town of 385 in Co. Donegal.
Culdaff takes 4.6 years of the median household income to buy the median home, at €165,200. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 8% of commuters. Median gross household income: €36,110 a year.
There are no grades for Culdaff: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The 3 things Culdaff does most differently from other towns.
7 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Culdaff.
Within 3 km of Culdaff there is one school. 108 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Bodain DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 108 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 7% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
Culdaff’s nearest bathing water is Culdaff, 1.5 km away, rated excellent in 2025. Radon is rarely a worry in the town: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 1.8% | 0.5% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Averaged across the seasons, Culdaff sits at 10.0°C. January nights bottom out at 3.5°C in the town, higher than both Co. Donegal’s towns (2.5°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C). This Co. Donegal town gets 1,195 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 17.8°C | 18.6°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 3.5°C | 2.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,195 mm | 1,316 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 9.7°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Just over a third of people in the HSE West and North West health region hold a medical card. Allowing for its ages, Culdaff has 102 residents with a disability per 100 expected, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (113) and Irish towns (106). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.6% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 4.7% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% |
| With a disability | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 86% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
62% of households own their home, above Co. Donegal’s towns (55%) and close to Irish towns (61%). Council and housing-body homes hold 16% of households.
| Housing | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €165K | €181K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 62% | 55% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 16% | 15% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area F93, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Woodland covers 5.2% of the land within 1 km, above Co. Donegal’s towns (4.5%) and Irish towns (2.7%) alike. Among the protected sites near Culdaff is North Inishowen Coast SAC. Every 1,000 residents of Culdaff share 0.1 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 54% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 20% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 5.2% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 0.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Usually, November days warm to 10°C and nights cool to 6°C; Culdaff’s forecast is read against that. It should stay dry today, with a fresh breeze of up to 28 km/h and a low near 8°C. December follows with normal highs of 8°C and lows of 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 4°C | 365 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 6°C | 231 mm |
| Summer | 17°C | 11°C | 265 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 8°C | 334 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Co. Donegal’s towns (13%) and Irish towns (23%). Workers spend 30.6 min getting to work, on average. The jobless rate is 10%.
| Census 2022 | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 30.6 min | 20.9 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 37% | 56% | 31% |
| Median household income | €36,110 | €39,838 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 10% | 13% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, below Co. Donegal’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. 22% of residents have a birthplace overseas. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.
50.1% of Culdaff’s residents are women
193 women and 192 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 15% | 14% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 24% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Donegal and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
There is no majority on Donegal County Council; Fianna Fáil have the most seats, 10 of 37, short of 19. Donegal County Council runs Culdaff: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it. Also worth knowing: 53% voted at the last local elections.
| Turnout | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 53% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 59% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
9.5% of its homes were built before 1919, above Co. Donegal’s towns (4.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. Its archaeology runs to 7 recorded sites. Culdaff’s built heritage counts 8 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 208 | 105 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 9.5% | 4.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 7 | 18 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Culdaff; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleCarrickabraghy Castle14 km west
CastleNorthburgh Castle15 km southeast
MuseumFort Dunree Military Museum27 km west
CastleBurt Castle37 km southwest
FortNeds Point Fort25 km southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Culdaff’s built heritage counts 8 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 7 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
No notable person born in Culdaff is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Gary Doherty: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0 · John Colgan: Emmanuel di Como, Public domain · John Wallace Crawford: Bennett and Brown photographers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Public domain · Honoria Lawrence: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culdaff | 385 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 8 | B− | A+ | B− | C |
| Moville | 1,390 | 13 | — | A− | A− | C+ |
| Greencastle | 1,268 | 13 | — | B | A− | B |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Culdaff had 385 people at the 2022 census, up from 351 in 2016: 9.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Culdaff is 39.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 21% of residents are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Donegal
385 people live in Culdaff, in the area of Donegal County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).