Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0No religion: 10% of residents, a lower share than 94% of Irish towns
In Castleblayney, 32% of households are one person living alone, beside 24% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% of the total. Higher than in 64% of Irish towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over. 3,926 residents in 1,554 households: that is Castleblayney at the 2022 Census.
A growing town: +9% since 2016, faster than 58% 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 15 to 24 make up 11% in Castleblayney, less than in 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents. With a median age of 38, Castleblayney is older than 54% of Irish towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Clones, the oldest of Co. Monaghan’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Castleblayney, 38. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 82% of Irish towns: 8.7%
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 18%, against a typical 7.8%. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 7.1% here, fewer than in 55% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Castleblayney households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 79% of Irish towns
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.
Just over two in five households are parents with children.
21% of households have no car or van, more than in 68% 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
Little separates the share of holiday homes here, 0.4%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. About one household in 5 lives without a car or van, the 2nd highest share in Co. Monaghan. Across Castleblayney, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment.
€40,670 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.
At €40,670 a year before tax, the median household income is 32% under that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €50,620 across Co. Monaghan.
A larger share of residents born outside Ireland than 84% of Irish towns: 31%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (14%) or in the UK (10%). Few places have as many residents with another country’s citizenship: 19% here, more than in 71% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
Only 0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Castleblayney
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: 1,141 residents, nearly a third of those aged 3 and over. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Castleblayney sits above 88% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (79%)
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: 73% of Castleblayney · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.8%). The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. 73% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a lower share than in 66% of Irish towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 80% of Irish towns, at 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.
At 4.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 83% of Irish towns: 23%
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 Castleblayney, 16%, and 6% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 3,398 to 4,573 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Saggart (32) and the oldest Montenotte (46.5). Nearest to Castleblayney in age: Rathbane (37.9), Grange (38), Farranree (38.1) and Charleville (38.2).
The towns around Castleblayney are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | — | 38 | 16% | 42% |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 10.4 km | 37.2 | 13% | 41% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 15.7 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
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 Castleblayney’s residents
What is the population of Castleblayney?
Castleblayney had 3,926 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castleblayney?
The median age is 38, older than 54% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castleblayney?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,141 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castleblayney?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 31% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castleblayney?
79% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 11% another religion; 6.3% didn’t say.
Is Castleblayney good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castleblayney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castleblayney?
Median gross household income in Castleblayney was €40,670 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).