Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 45.9: Eyrecourt is older than 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone; in Eyrecourt, 40%. 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 97% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 254 people lived locally, in 113 households. Locally, 87% of residents said they are Catholic.
A change of +5% since 2016 leaves Eyrecourt behind 67% 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 the median change is +8%; across Co. Galway’s towns, +7%.
In Eyrecourt, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Eyrecourt, 11%. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
4.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Eyrecourt, 27% and 18%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 96% 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.
Households of parents with children: 34%, below 80% of Irish towns.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment
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. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 16% of households have no car or van. Broadband reaches 62% of households; 29% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
€42,820 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.
€42,820 a year before tax puts the median household 29% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Galway as a whole has a median of €59,640.
Below 88% of Irish towns: 14% 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 8.6%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Polish leads the languages spoken at home (1.6%), among the 8.9% who speak another language there; 1.2% speak English not well or not at all. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 38% in Eyrecourt
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 91, or 38% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 97% of Irish towns, at 8.6%
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: 90% of Eyrecourt · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (9.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 96% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never 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.
Married residents 15 and over account for 34%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5.5%.
18% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
6.9% of Eyrecourt’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 17% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Eyrecourt is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyrecourt | 254 | — | 45.9 | 26% | 34% |
| Banagher | 1,907 | 10.4 km | 41.1 | 17% | 42% |
| Portumna | 1,690 | 13.2 km | 41.3 | 21% | 38% |
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 15.5 km | 38.5 | 19% | 41% |
| Birr | 4,726 | 19.2 km | 39.4 | 18% | 40% |
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 Eyrecourt’s residents
What is the population of Eyrecourt?
Eyrecourt had 254 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Eyrecourt?
The median age is 45.9. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Eyrecourt?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (91 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Eyrecourt?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Eyrecourt?
87% are Catholic, 8.6% have no religion and 4.9% another religion; 3.9% didn’t say.
Is Eyrecourt good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Eyrecourt are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Eyrecourt?
Median gross household income in Eyrecourt was €42,820 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).