Legan: 91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 98% of Irish towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The census found that 31% of households are one person living alone in Legan. The town had 346 residents in 131 households at the 2022 Census. By its share of households of parents with children (47%), Legan is above 72% of Irish towns.
A +16% change since 2016: faster than 83% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Longford’s towns.
Legan is younger than 57% of Irish towns: a median age of 37.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Legan comes in at 11%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 7% in Legan, less than in 99% 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 Legan, 18% and 27%. On residents who moved in within the year, Legan sits lower than 94% of Irish towns: 4.1%.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 58% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Holiday homes: 2.1%, a higher share than 91% 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
Just over a fifth of households have no car or van (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of holiday homes is 0.2%.
The midpoint household income is €36,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €36,280 gross, 40% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Longford the median is €47,220.
Legan sits below 98% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (10%)
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.3%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.9%). To put it in context, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 97% of Irish towns.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns, at 0.6%
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
105 residents, a third of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns: 87%
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 Legan · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (5.9%), Irish Traveller (2.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 96% of Irish towns.
Legan ranks below 82% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 30%
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.
With unpaid carers at 3.8%, Legan is behind 92% of Irish towns on that count. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 97% of Irish towns: 13%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Legan, 22%, and 3.3% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Legan, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legan | 346 | — | 37.1 | 14% | 47% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 8.4 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 11.1 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 15.6 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
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 Legan’s residents
What is the population of Legan?
Legan had 346 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Legan?
The median age is 37.1. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Legan?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (105 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Legan?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Legan?
87% are Catholic, 8.7% have no religion and 4.5% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Legan good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Legan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Legan?
Median gross household income in Legan was €36,280 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).