Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0In Culdaff, 46% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 99% of Irish towns
In Culdaff, 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, beside 78% across Ireland’s towns. Census day 2022: 385 residents and 139 households in the town. On the census count, 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. 52% of households are parents with children, a higher share than in 84% of Irish towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2016, faster than 62% 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%.
Older than 76% of Irish towns: half of Culdaff is over 39.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 16% in Culdaff. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 77% of Irish towns: 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 6.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 64% of Irish towns, at 27%
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 holds 2.7 people on average. The wider picture: 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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
16% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 78% have broadband. On households without a car or van, Culdaff sits lower than 89% of Irish towns: 6.6%. The share of households in flats across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
The middle household earns €36,110 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 €36,110 a year before tax: 40% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Donegal as a whole has a median of €42,500.
Culdaff sits below 82% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (9.1%)
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (18%), then outside the EU and UK (2.9%). Just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 51% of Irish towns. For comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 23% in Culdaff
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
Some 83 people here, nearly a quarter of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Donegal, Letterkenny has the highest share (2.6%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
7.4% said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% 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: 92% of Culdaff · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Culdaff has 84%. Residents with no religion: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (7%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 70% 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.
At 4.7%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 81% of Irish towns, at 24%
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 6.5% of adults; primary level or less for 15% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Culdaff, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culdaff | 385 | — | 39.7 | 16% | 52% |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 8.0 km | 37.4 | 16% | 45% |
| Moville | 1,390 | 12.7 km | 44.8 | 24% | 37% |
| Greencastle | 1,268 | 13.4 km | 41.5 | 16% | 45% |
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 Culdaff’s residents
What is the population of Culdaff?
Culdaff had 385 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Culdaff?
The median age is 39.7. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Culdaff?
23% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (83 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Culdaff?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 9.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Culdaff?
84% are Catholic, 7.4% have no religion and 9% another religion; 1.6% didn’t say.
Is Culdaff good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Culdaff are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Culdaff?
Median gross household income in Culdaff was €36,110 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).