Only 3% of households have no car or van in Craughwell
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Craughwell is below 97% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 1,034 residents and 358 households here. 14% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 20% here, more than in 67% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Craughwell
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 7.5% lone parents with children, more than in 89% of Irish towns; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
Craughwell went from about 870 people in 2016 to 1,034 in 2022, +19%: faster growth than in 87% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +19% since 2016, faster than 87% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Galway’s towns.
In Craughwell, 7.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Craughwell’s residents are under 35.6, younger than in 75% of Irish towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Newcastle, the oldest of Co. Galway’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 70% of Irish towns: 9.2%
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
Among workers, professional occupations stand out: 28%, against a typical 21%. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 10%.
54% of households are parents with children, a share 89% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Craughwell the average household is 3 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.4% here. The benchmark for households of parents with children across Ireland’s towns: 43%.
3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 94% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 12% across Ireland’s towns.
€80,720 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€80,720 a year before tax puts the median household 34% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Galway, the figure is €59,640.
Craughwell ranks below 68% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 12%
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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (7%) and outside the EU and UK (5%). The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%. Here just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
Able to speak Irish: 44% in Craughwell
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
The highest share in Co. Galway belongs to Knocknacarra (4.5%). Speakers of Irish: 416 residents, 44% of those aged 3 and over. There is little gap on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.2%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Craughwell: 73% of residents said they are Catholic, above 60% 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: 78% of Craughwell · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (14%), Irish Traveller (4.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%). The usual figure: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 78%.
Married residents 15 and over: 41%, a higher share than 92% of Irish towns
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.
Craughwell sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Craughwell, 55% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 86% 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 just over a fifth of adults here, while 5.8% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Craughwell sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
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 Craughwell’s residents
What is the population of Craughwell?
Craughwell had 1,034 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Craughwell?
The median age is 35.6. 30% are under 18 and 7.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Craughwell?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (416 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Craughwell?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Craughwell?
73% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 7.7% another religion; 4.2% didn’t say.
Is Craughwell good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Craughwell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Craughwell?
Median gross household income in Craughwell was €80,720 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).