Photo: Irish Government · Public domainQuigleys Point sits above 98% of Irish towns for holiday homes (8.4%)
Asked about religion, 7.1% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. There are 2% fewer residents than in 2016. Here, 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 99% of Irish towns: 8%.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 98% 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%.
Half of Quigleys Point is over 42.6, older than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 7.2% of residents 15 and over are students
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
Set against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Quigleys Point. As a yardstick, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households: 30%, a higher share than 83% 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.
In Quigleys Point the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are common here: 44%, more than in 59% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats: 5.1%, a lower share than 87% 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
10% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 90% of households. Set beside that, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
The middle household earns €40,500 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 €40,500 a year, 33% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Donegal as a whole, the figure is €42,500.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 41% in Quigleys Point, more than in 94% 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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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 with another country’s citizenship: 5.4% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born in the UK (39%) and outside the EU and UK (1.9%).
In Quigleys Point, Irish is spoken by 35% of 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
69 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Quigleys Point has fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 56% of Irish towns, at 1%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more 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: 95% of Quigleys Point · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 71% across Ireland’s towns, nine in ten residents said they are Catholic here. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%.
Quigleys Point sits above 97% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (44%)
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.
7% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 26% in Quigleys Point, less than in 75% of Irish towns
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 8.1% of adults here, while 17% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Quigleys Point
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quigleys Point | 213 | — | 42.6 | 16% | 44% |
| Muff | 1,418 | 7.7 km | 40.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Moville | 1,390 | 12.6 km | 44.8 | 24% | 37% |
| Carndonagh | 2,768 | 14.6 km | 37.4 | 16% | 45% |
| Greencastle | 1,268 | 15.7 km | 41.5 | 16% | 45% |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 15.9 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 Quigleys Point’s residents
What is the population of Quigleys Point?
Quigleys Point had 213 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Quigleys Point?
The median age is 42.6. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Quigleys Point?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (69 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Quigleys Point?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 41% were born abroad and 5.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Quigleys Point?
90% are Catholic, 7.1% have no religion and 3.3% another religion; 1.4% didn’t say.
Is Quigleys Point good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Quigleys Point are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Quigleys Point?
Median gross household income in Quigleys Point was €40,500 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).