Annaghdown is older than 95% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.6
Households without a car or van make up 4.1%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census Annaghdown was home to 202 people in 78 households. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 84%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 87% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, 61% of Irish towns grew faster than Annaghdown: +6%
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 +7% across Co. Galway’s towns.
5.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 65 and over at 18%, Annaghdown is ahead of 83% of Irish towns on that count. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Annaghdown ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 5%
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
48% of Annaghdown’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 17% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 1.5% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Annaghdown households average 2.6 people, smaller than in 63% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, against 26% in Annaghdown. Across Annaghdown, just over two in five households are parents with children.
100% of homes are houses
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Connected households: 84% on broadband; 11% offline (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €71,200 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €71,200 gross, 18% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Galway, the median is €59,640.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 11% of residents were born outside Ireland
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
6.2% speak another language at home, most often French (0.5%); 2% speak English not well or not at all. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 98% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
Of Annaghdown’s residents, 43% can speak Irish
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Irish speakers number 79, or 43% of residents aged 3 and over.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 96%
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: 96% of Annaghdown · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Annaghdown, 15%. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 47%
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 make up 3.5% of residents, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Degree or higher: 36% of adults
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Annaghdown, 6.2%, and 10% hold a postgraduate qualification.
No nearby town is as old as Annaghdown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annaghdown | 202 | — | 43.6 | 18% | 42% |
| Baile Chláir | 1,632 | 7.5 km | 34.6 | 5.6% | 54% |
| Tuam | 9,647 | 13.0 km | 38.1 | 13% | 41% |
| Headford | 1,235 | 13.4 km | 38.2 | 13% | 44% |
| Castlegar | 4,315 | 14.4 km | 33.1 | 10% | 31% |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 14.5 km | 34.1 | 7.1% | 41% |
| Ballinfoile and Terryland | 5,851 | 15.1 km | 30.4 | 12% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Galway’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 Annaghdown’s residents
What is the population of Annaghdown?
Annaghdown had 202 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annaghdown?
The median age is 43.6. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Annaghdown?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (79 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Annaghdown?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Annaghdown?
84% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 1.5% another religion; 4% didn’t say.
Is Annaghdown good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Annaghdown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annaghdown?
Median gross household income in Annaghdown was €71,200 in 2022, against €59,640 across Co. Galway 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).