Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainFewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.5%
Against a figure of 71% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic in Keenagh comes in at 84%. Households in flats: 0.4% of the total. At 53%, the share of households of parents with children is higher than in 87% of Irish towns. This Co. Longford town had 753 residents in 262 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 35.5.
Keenagh grew +9% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 59% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Longford’s towns +11%.
A median age of 35.5: Keenagh is younger than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Keenagh, 10%. What’s more, residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 89% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of students among residents 15 and over than 76% of Irish towns: 12%
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 Keenagh, 27% and 14%. 5.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.9 people per household, more than in 77% 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.
Census figures put one-person households at 23% in Keenagh.
Keenagh ranks below 74% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 11%
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: 1%. The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €49,210 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €49,210 sits 18% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Longford, the figure is €47,220.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 18% in Keenagh, less than in 69% 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 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 abroad were most often born in the UK (9.2%), then outside the EU and UK (3.2%). Lower than in 66% of Irish towns: 12% of residents are citizens of another country. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 90% 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
288 residents, 42% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 8.4% of residents said they have no religion
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: 80% of Keenagh · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 78%. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (12%), Black or Black Irish (2.9%) and Other, including mixed (2.5%). Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Below 76% of Irish towns: 31% 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.
At 6.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 76% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 6% of adults here, while 9.1% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Keenagh are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenagh | 753 | — | 35.5 | 10% | 53% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 7.5 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 11.7 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 13.2 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 15.8 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
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 Keenagh’s residents
What is the population of Keenagh?
Keenagh had 753 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Keenagh?
The median age is 35.5. 34% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Keenagh?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (288 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Keenagh?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Keenagh?
84% are Catholic, 8.4% have no religion and 7.5% another religion; 4.1% didn’t say.
Is Keenagh good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Keenagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Keenagh?
Median gross household income in Keenagh was €49,210 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).