Photo: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainStradbally is older than 95% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.4
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 93% in Stradbally and 78% across Ireland’s towns. At 2.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 86% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 1,404, in 551 households. Here, 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What stands out about the people of Stradbally
Older than most towns
Half of Stradbally’s residents are under 43.4 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 21% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Stradbally changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 61% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Laois’ towns, by more than +8%.
Stradbally: 21% of residents are 65 or over, above 92% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Laois 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 73% 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
Students among residents 15 and over: 9.1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households: 33%, a higher share than 93% 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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. Across the comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children: just over two fifths of the total.
97% of homes are houses
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
85% have broadband at home and 12% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% of the total. Every 6th household or so has no car or van, the 3rd highest share in Co. Laois.
€53,050 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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €53,050 a year, 12% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Laois, the middle household has €59,520.
Stradbally sits below 98% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (9.3%)
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (5%), then outside the EU and UK (1.8%). 4.6% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 0.5% of residents speak Irish daily 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
Top of Co. Laois: Abbeyleix, at 1.4%. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 98% of Irish towns, at 85%
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: 93% of Stradbally · Co. Laois’ towns 84% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Stradbally comes in at 9.7%. Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (5.4%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%) and Black or Black Irish (0.4%).
A larger share of unpaid carers than 87% of Irish towns: 6.4%
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 35%. About 90 residents (6.4%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
19% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 91% 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 Stradbally’s adults, 6.6% went on to postgraduate study and 17% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Every nearby town is younger than Stradbally
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stradbally | 1,404 | — | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 10.2 km | 36.7 | 9.1% | 57% |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 10.6 km | 35.9 | 9.5% | 50% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 11.0 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 15.2 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 16.3 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 16.6 km | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
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 Stradbally’s residents
What is the population of Stradbally?
Stradbally had 1,404 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stradbally?
The median age is 43.4. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Stradbally?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (468 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Stradbally?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.3% were born abroad and 4.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Stradbally?
85% are Catholic, 9.7% have no religion and 5.1% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Stradbally good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Stradbally are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stradbally?
Median gross household income in Stradbally was €53,050 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).