Photo: Cathar11 · CC0Inniskeen sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.2% in Inniskeen and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 8% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 35%, more than in 95% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 405 residents in 165 households.
Inniskeen grew +13% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 75% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Monaghan’s towns.
8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 65–69: 9.6% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Half of Inniskeen’s residents are over 41.6, older than in 87% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Inniskeen, 7% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over a quarter of Inniskeen’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 22% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. For Inniskeen, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.1%.
Inniskeen households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 85% 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.
The figure for households of parents with children is 37% in Inniskeen and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats: 5.5%, a lower share than 85% 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
There is little gap on holiday homes: 0.5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 14% of households have no car or van. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€50,520 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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €50,520 a year, 16% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Monaghan, the middle household has €50,620.
In Inniskeen, 9% 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.
The share of residents born outside Ireland trails 64% of Irish towns: 19%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (12%) and elsewhere in the EU (5%).
Irish speakers: 28% of Inniskeen’s 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: 106 residents, 28% of those aged 3 and over. Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than in 74% of Irish towns: 0.8%.
Inniskeen sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (88%)
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: 90% of Inniskeen · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (9.2%), Other, including mixed (0.8%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
Inniskeen sits above 63% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (36%)
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.
Unpaid carers make up 4.9%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 24% in Inniskeen, less than in 79% 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 4.8% of adults; primary level or less for 18% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Inniskeen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inniskeen | 405 | — | 41.6 | 26% | 37% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 9.2 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
| Dundalk | 43,112 | 12.4 km | 36.5 | 14% | 45% |
| Dromiskin | 1,292 | 14.7 km | 36.1 | 10% | 59% |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 16.2 km | 38 | 16% | 42% |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 16.8 km | 37.7 | 14% | 46% |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 17.3 km | 41.4 | 19% | 41% |
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 Inniskeen’s residents
What is the population of Inniskeen?
Inniskeen had 405 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Inniskeen?
The median age is 41.6. 25% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Inniskeen?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (106 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Inniskeen?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Inniskeen?
88% are Catholic, 8% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 1.7% didn’t say.
Is Inniskeen good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Inniskeen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inniskeen?
Median gross household income in Inniskeen was €50,520 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).