Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Emyvale is over 42.4, older than 91% of Irish towns
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.1%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. In 2022, the Census found 638 residents in Emyvale, living in 280 households. Across Emyvale, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
Emyvale’s population moved −5% on 2016, less than in 99% 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.
Fewer young people than 87% of Irish towns: 11% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: nearly one in ten residents. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 16%, more than in 67% of Irish towns. In Clones, the oldest of Co. Monaghan’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 98% 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
The biggest occupational gap is in process, plant and machine operatives: 18%, against a typical 7.8%. Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students, a lower share than in 92% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Emyvale households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 92% 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.
Where 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, Emyvale has 40%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 96% of Irish towns: 2.1%
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
By its share of households without a car or van (13%), Emyvale is below 67% of Irish towns. 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, less than in 98% of Irish towns, against a typical 12% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 0.3% of homes are holiday homes locally.
Before tax, the median household income is €47,540 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €47,540 a year here, 21% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Monaghan as a whole has a median of €50,620.
Residents born outside Ireland: 32%, a higher share than 84% 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.
At home, 21% use another language, chiefly French (0.3%), and 7.5% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 75% of Irish towns: 20% of residents are citizens of another country.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns, at 0.7%
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
Irish speakers number 174, or 31% of residents aged 3 and over. In Co. Monaghan, Monaghan has the highest share (1.6%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Emyvale sits above 95% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (83%)
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: 75% of Emyvale · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (21%), Other, including mixed (2.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%). The wider picture: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are scarce here: 75%, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns.
Emyvale sits below 91% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (3.9%)
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over is 36%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 22% in Emyvale, less than in 86% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 5.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 17% finished at primary level or earlier, against 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 places around Emyvale
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emyvale | 638 | — | 42.4 | 16% | 40% |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 10.9 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 Emyvale’s residents
What is the population of Emyvale?
Emyvale had 638 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Emyvale?
The median age is 42.4. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Emyvale?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (174 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Emyvale?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 32% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Emyvale?
83% are Catholic, 8.3% have no religion and 8.9% another religion; 9.7% didn’t say.
Is Emyvale good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Emyvale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Emyvale?
Median gross household income in Emyvale was €47,540 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).