Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 62%
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van; in Corrofin, 3.5%. There were 238 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 745 residents. One in ten residents said they have no religion. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 94% of Irish towns: 2.1%.
A change of +6% since 2016 leaves Corrofin behind 59% 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. Galway’s towns, by more than +7%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of Irish towns: 8.6%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. For Corrofin, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7%. With a median age of 36.3, Corrofin is younger than 68% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
51% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Corrofin sits close to the norm on students among residents 15 and over: 9.5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. At 7%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 58% of Irish towns.
In Corrofin, 11% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
In Corrofin the average household is 3.2 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
2% of homes are holiday homes, a share 91% of Irish towns don’t reach
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. The wider picture: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. At home, 94% have broadband, while 5.3% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €75,910 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 €75,910 a year, 26% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Galway, the middle household has €59,640.
5.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 98% 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 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (8.8%) and outside the EU and UK (1.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%. Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 77% of Irish towns, at 1.5%
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
Knocknacarra leads Co. Galway with 4.5%. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher White Irish share than 98% of Irish towns: 92% of residents
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 Corrofin · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
83% of residents said they are Catholic (Ireland’s towns: 71%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 45%
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 6.3%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Corrofin, 47% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 71% 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 17% of adults here, while 5.1% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Corrofin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Corrofin’s residents
What is the population of Corrofin?
Corrofin had 745 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Corrofin?
The median age is 36.3. 33% are under 18 and 8.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Corrofin?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (324 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Corrofin?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Corrofin?
83% are Catholic, 9.9% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 2% didn’t say.
Is Corrofin good for families?
62% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Corrofin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Corrofin?
Median gross household income in Corrofin was €75,910 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).