Photo: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion: 11%, a lower share than 89% of Irish towns
Households without a car or van make up 25%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 31%. Lower than in three quarters of Irish towns: 37% of households are parents with children. Granard’s 416 households held 1,058 residents at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Granard
A mix of backgrounds
36% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 87% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (26%), Other, including mixed (4.8%) and Irish Traveller (1.9%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, Granard outgrew 83% of Irish towns: +16%
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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Longford’s towns.
A median age of 36.5: Granard is younger than 65% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 9.5% of residents. Higher than in 61% of Irish towns: 15% of residents are 65 or over. In Lanesborough-Ballyleague, the oldest of Co. Longford’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Granard, 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% 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
Among the working population, process, plant and machine operatives make up 25%, against a typical 7.8%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Across Granard, 11% of residents 15 and over are students.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 67% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 6.7%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
13% of households live in a flat, more than in 52% 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, 0.4% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €39,740 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€39,740 a year before tax puts the median household 34% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Longford, the figure is €47,220.
Above 88% of Irish towns: 27% 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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 outside Ireland: 29%, above 77% of Irish towns. Against that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The most common home language after English is Polish (12%); in all 28% speak another language, and 6.8% speak English not well or not at all.
0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns
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
218 residents, 27% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
64% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, below 87% 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: 64% of Granard · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (26%), Other, including mixed (4.8%) and Irish Traveller (1.9%). 75% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 74% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 66% of Irish towns: 33%
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.
4.8% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns, at 14%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 24%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Postgraduate: 3% of adults.
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Granard
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granard | 1,058 | — | 36.5 | 15% | 37% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 11.7 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 17.0 km | 39.3 | 17% | 40% |
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 17.8 km | 34.2 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 18.4 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Longford 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 Granard’s residents
What is the population of Granard?
Granard had 1,058 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Granard?
The median age is 36.5. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Granard?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (218 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Granard?
64% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 27% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Granard?
75% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 14% another religion; 20% didn’t say.
Is Granard good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Granard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Granard?
Median gross household income in Granard was €39,740 in 2022, against €47,220 across Co. Longford 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).