A median age of 43.8: Rosscahill is older than 96% of Irish towns
One-person households make up 15%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census Rosscahill was home to 327 people in 106 households. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 92%. On households in flats, Rosscahill sits lower than 97% of Irish towns: 1.9%.
A growing town: +9% since 2016, faster than 60% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Galway’s towns.
Rosscahill sits above 81% of Irish towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (14%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 45–49: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 14%.
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%.
Rosscahill sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (2.5%)
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
55% of Rosscahill’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 11% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
Rosscahill ranks above 95% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 58%
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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Households average 3.2 people. The usual figure: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 3.1% in Rosscahill, less than in 99% 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
On holiday homes, 0.9% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van.
€72,180 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Rosscahill’s households have a gross income above €72,180 a year, 20% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Galway the median is €59,640.
Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 95% of Irish towns: 6.8%
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 share of residents born outside Ireland trails 85% of Irish towns: 15%. The largest groups were born in the UK (8%) and outside the EU and UK (5.2%).
More daily speakers of Irish outside education than 81% of Irish towns: 1.6%
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
No town in Co. Galway beats Knocknacarra (4.5%). On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns, at 4.7%
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: 91% of Rosscahill · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Elsewhere, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 43%
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 Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care; in Rosscahill, 7.6%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Rosscahill: 45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 70% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, nearly a quarter of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 10% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Rosscahill
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosscahill | 327 | — | 43.8 | 14% | 58% |
| Maigh Cuilinn | 2,279 | 6.9 km | 38.1 | 13% | 51% |
| Oughterard | 1,846 | 7.0 km | 42 | 17% | 46% |
| Headford | 1,235 | 12.9 km | 38.2 | 13% | 44% |
| Rahoon | 3,486 | 15.4 km | 35.2 | 11% | 39% |
| Dangan | 4,621 | 15.7 km | 27.5 | 13% | 27% |
| Knocknacarra | 18,398 | 15.8 km | 38 | 11% | 44% |
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 Rosscahill’s residents
What is the population of Rosscahill?
Rosscahill had 327 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rosscahill?
The median age is 43.8. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rosscahill?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (158 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rosscahill?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rosscahill?
92% are Catholic, 4.7% have no religion and 3.1% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Rosscahill good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rosscahill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rosscahill?
Median gross household income in Rosscahill was €72,180 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).