Doohamlat is younger than 98% of Irish towns: a median age of 30.8
Nearly three in five households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns: 43%). Few places have so few households in flats: 2.1% here, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put Doohamlat’s population at 287, in 95 households. Locally, 11% of residents said they have no religion.
+6% since 2016: slower than 64% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Monaghan’s towns.
Doohamlat ranks below 88% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 7.7%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For Doohamlat, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
Doohamlat sits above 76% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (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
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 93% of Irish towns: 3.1 people each on average
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.
The share of one-person households trails 70% of Irish towns: 20%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Doohamlat ranks below 99% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 1.1%
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
Most homes are connected: 90% have broadband, and 7.5% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). The share of households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
€52,360 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.
€52,360 a year before tax puts the median household 13% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Monaghan the median is €50,620.
9.1% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 82% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland; in Doohamlat, 20%. Typically, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. French leads the languages spoken at home (2.1%), among the 13% who speak another language there; 1.4% speak English not well or not at all.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 2.6% in Doohamlat, more than in 97% 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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 105 residents (40% of those aged 3 and over). The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Doohamlat, 83% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 96% 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: 87% of Doohamlat · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (10%), Irish Traveller (1.4%) and Black or Black Irish (1.1%).
Doohamlat ranks above 92% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 6.6%
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.
Married residents 15 and over: 32% here and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Unpaid carers: 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 64% of Irish towns, at 31%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 7.5% of adults; primary level or less for 8.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Doohamlat has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doohamlat | 287 | — | 30.8 | 7.7% | 59% |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 4.9 km | 37.2 | 13% | 41% |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 5.7 km | 38 | 16% | 42% |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 15.6 km | 39.8 | 16% | 40% |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 17.9 km | 40.6 | 18% | 37% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 18.7 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 Doohamlat’s residents
What is the population of Doohamlat?
Doohamlat had 287 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Doohamlat?
The median age is 30.8. 33% are under 18 and 7.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Doohamlat?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (105 people), and 2.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Doohamlat?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 9.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Doohamlat?
83% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.1% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Doohamlat good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Doohamlat are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Doohamlat?
Median gross household income in Doohamlat was €52,360 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).