Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns, at 93%
The share of households without a car or van tops 88% of Irish towns: 35%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in Carna. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 90% of Irish towns. 2,897 people lived in the neighbourhood on Census night in 2022, in 1,073 households, with a median age of 39.5 (older than 73% of Irish towns).
Since 2016, Carna has changed by +2%, slower than 82% 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. Dublin’s towns +6%.
Older than 73% of Irish towns: half of Carna is over 39.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here, more than in 62% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Carna, 39.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Carna sits below 98% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (2.8%)
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
The biggest occupational gap is in elementary occupations: 17%, against a typical 11%. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Students among residents 15 and over account for 8.1%.
Larger households than 59% of Irish towns: 2.7 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Carna, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 24% across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children account for 43%.
Only 7.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Carna
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
Internet at home: broadband for 83%, nothing for 14% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
€50,830 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Carna’s households have a gross income below €50,830 a year, 15% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 99% of Irish towns, at 6%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 5.5%, most often Spanish (0.6%); 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. At 3.1%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 99% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Carna, 0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns
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
Irish speakers number 490, or 19% of residents aged 3 and over. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 81%, a higher share than 94% 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: 93% of Carna · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (2.9%), Black or Black Irish (1.8%) and Other, including mixed (1.2%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
Below 86% of Irish towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are married
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 are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5.8%. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 11%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 2.7% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 26% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (2,557 to 3,263 people), the 14th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Kilbarry (30.4) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Carna in age: Skibbereen (39.2), Mayfield (39.3), Ballina (39.6) and Blarney (39.6).
Carna sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carna | 2,897 | — | 39.5 | 17% | 43% |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 0.5 km | 33 | 6.8% | 49% |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 0.6 km | 38.8 | 17% | 41% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 0.9 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 1.4 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 1.6 km | 40.4 | 18% | 42% |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 1.7 km | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Carna’s residents
What is the population of Carna?
Carna had 2,897 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carna?
The median age is 39.5, older than 73% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carna?
19% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (490 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carna?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6% were born abroad and 3.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carna?
81% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 8.8% didn’t say.
Is Carna good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carna?
Median gross household income in Carna was €50,830 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).