Annayalla is younger than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 28.4
Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children; in Annayalla, 68%. The 2022 Census counted 205 residents in 66 households. For Annayalla, the census puts one-person households at 14%. Lower than in just over three quarters of Irish towns: 7.6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Annayalla’s population changed by +9% since 2016, more than in 55% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Monaghan’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 2.9% in Annayalla, less than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
13% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 83% 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
Where 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, Annayalla has 10%. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; here, 30% and 14%.
Annayalla sits below 99% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.5%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Monaghan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households in Annayalla hold 3.1 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). As a reference point, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Only 4.7% of households in Annayalla have no car or van
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 rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
€50,790 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.
A median gross household income of €50,790 sits 16% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Monaghan has a median of €50,620.
Residents born outside Ireland: 32%, a higher share than 85% 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.
20% speak a language other than English at home, French most of all (2%); 2.5% speak English not well or not at all. Annayalla has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 60% of Irish towns, at 13%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily Irish outside education: 1.6% of residents
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
Speakers of Irish: 75 residents, two fifths of those aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 92% of Irish towns, at 10%
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 Annayalla · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 80% in Annayalla. Against that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 82%.
Annayalla ranks below 73% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 31%
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.
3.9% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 68% of Irish towns, at 29%
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 5.2% of adults here, while 7.2% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Every nearby town is older than Annayalla
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annayalla | 205 | — | 28.4 | 2.9% | 68% |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 5.7 km | 38 | 16% | 42% |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 8.6 km | 37.2 | 13% | 41% |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 15.2 km | 39.8 | 16% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Monaghan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Monaghan 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 Annayalla’s residents
What is the population of Annayalla?
Annayalla had 205 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annayalla?
The median age is 28.4. 38% are under 18 and 2.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Annayalla?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (75 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Annayalla?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 32% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Annayalla?
82% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 7.8% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Annayalla good for families?
68% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 38% of residents are under 18. Schools near Annayalla are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annayalla?
Median gross household income in Annayalla was €50,790 in 2022, against €50,620 across Co. Monaghan 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).