A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.4%
54% of households are parents with children, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 90%. Lackaghbeg has fewer households in flats than 96% of Irish towns, at 2.9%. The 2022 Census counted 576 residents in 207 households.
From 2016 to 2022, 62% of Irish towns grew faster than Lackaghbeg: +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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Galway’s towns, +7%.
In Lackaghbeg, 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 13% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 9.2% in Lackaghbeg. With a median age of 41.3, Lackaghbeg is older than 86% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Lackaghbeg sits below 94% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (4%)
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
45% of Lackaghbeg’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 18% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 70% of Irish towns: 2.8 people on average
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.
Locally, a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Only 4.5% of households in Lackaghbeg have no car or van
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
The share of households with broadband is 92%; 4% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Census figures put holiday homes at 0.5% in Lackaghbeg. Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €73,400 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Lackaghbeg’s households have a gross income above €73,400 a year, 22% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Galway the median is €59,640.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 6.9% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (8.4%) and outside the EU and UK (3.3%). Fewer residents born outside Ireland than in 77% of Irish towns: 17%. Residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
1.3% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
Within Co. Galway, Knocknacarra has the largest share, 4.5%. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 86%, a higher share than 99% 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: 90% of Lackaghbeg · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 9.9%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (7.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (1.2%). To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Above 97% of Irish towns: 44% 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.
Across Lackaghbeg, 5.2% of residents give unpaid care. 49% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 44% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
43% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 65% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Lackaghbeg’s adults, 17% went on to postgraduate study and 5.7% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Lackaghbeg are all younger
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 Lackaghbeg’s residents
What is the population of Lackaghbeg?
Lackaghbeg had 576 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lackaghbeg?
The median age is 41.3. 29% are under 18 and 9.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Lackaghbeg?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (251 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Lackaghbeg?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 6.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Lackaghbeg?
86% are Catholic, 9.9% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Lackaghbeg good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Lackaghbeg are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lackaghbeg?
Median gross household income in Lackaghbeg was €73,400 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).