Photo: N-a · CC BY-SA 2.0In Glaslough, 8.2% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 98% of Irish towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 88%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Still, at 7.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of Irish towns. Glaslough counted 443 residents and 144 households at the 2022 Census. Across Glaslough, 38% of households are parents with children.
Glaslough changed by +1% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 86% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Monaghan’s towns.
Half of Glaslough is under 36.4, younger than 66% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are 65 or over; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 14%. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 97% of Irish towns, at 7.5%
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
14% of workers are in elementary occupations, against a typical 11%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
In Glaslough, 34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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.
In Glaslough the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 58% of Irish towns. The share of one-person households across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
In Glaslough, 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% 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
In Glaslough, 7.5% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €50,810 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Glaslough’s households have a gross income below €50,810 a year, 15% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Monaghan as a whole, the figure is €50,620.
Glaslough sits below 75% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (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.
Compared with 22% across Ireland’s towns, a quarter of residents were born outside Ireland here. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (17%) and outside the EU and UK (4.2%).
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 96% of Irish towns, at 0.5%
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
Within Co. Monaghan, Monaghan has the largest share, 1.6%. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 67% of Irish towns: 15%
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: 88% of Glaslough · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents said they are Catholic (Ireland’s towns: 71%). Against that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Above 86% of Irish towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
Across Glaslough, 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. Half of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 40% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 41%, a higher share than 62% of Irish towns
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 14% of adults; primary level or less for 8.8% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
The places around Glaslough
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaslough | 443 | — | 36.4 | 13% | 38% |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 9.4 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 Glaslough’s residents
What is the population of Glaslough?
Glaslough had 443 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glaslough?
The median age is 36.4. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glaslough?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (147 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glaslough?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glaslough?
73% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 13% another religion; 8.8% didn’t say.
Is Glaslough good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glaslough are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glaslough?
Median gross household income in Glaslough was €50,810 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).