Photo: kevin higgins · CC BY-SA 2.03.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Durrow comes in at 90%. The median age in the town is 38.1, higher than in 56% of Irish towns. The town’s 344 households held 946 residents at the 2022 Census. 26% of households are one person living alone.
Faster growth than 64% of Irish towns: Durrow changed by +10% since 2016
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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Laois’ towns.
Durrow sits above 61% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (15%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 9% of residents. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 57% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Stradbally, the oldest of Co. Laois’ towns by this measure, it is 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Laois 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% 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 Durrow, 34% and 12%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Durrow households average 2.7 people, larger than in 54% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Laois’ towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Against a figure of 43% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children in Durrow comes in at 44%. On the census count, 5.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 70% of Irish towns, at 12%
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 about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 0.5%. One household in 8 has no car or van.
Before tax, the median household income is €56,520 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 €56,520 a year, 6% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Laois as a whole has a median of €59,520.
Residents born outside Ireland: 15%, a lower share than 83% 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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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 outside the EU and UK (5.6%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.3%). Lower than in 75% of Irish towns: 10% of residents are citizens of another country. For comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 41% in Durrow
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. Laois belongs to Abbeyleix (1.4%). The ability to speak Irish extends to 327 residents (41% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 1%.
80% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 89% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Durrow · Co. Laois’ towns 84% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (8.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 77% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 93% of Irish towns: 6.7% of residents
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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, against 36% in Durrow. By way of comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Durrow sits below 82% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (23%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.4% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 9.3% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Durrow sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durrow | 946 | — | 38.1 | 15% | 44% |
| Ballyragget | 1,116 | 7.2 km | 41.9 | 22% | 47% |
| Abbeyleix | 1,897 | 8.9 km | 41.4 | 18% | 43% |
| Castlecomer | 1,496 | 13.0 km | 40.5 | 19% | 47% |
| Rathdowney | 1,368 | 13.5 km | 37.4 | 17% | 43% |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 18.4 km | 37.3 | 16% | 50% |
| Mountrath | 2,070 | 18.6 km | 35.8 | 13% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Laois’ towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Laois has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Durrow’s residents
What is the population of Durrow?
Durrow had 946 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Durrow?
The median age is 38.1. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Durrow?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (327 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Durrow?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Durrow?
80% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 7.3% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Durrow good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Durrow are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Durrow?
Median gross household income in Durrow was €56,520 in 2022, against €59,520 across Co. Laois 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).