Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 94%
17% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. There were 115 households in Rockcorry at the 2022 Census, home to 302 residents. The census found that 47% of households are parents with children here. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Rockcorry grew +11% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 68% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Monaghan’s towns +9%.
A young town: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Rockcorry is 38.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Monaghan 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 12% in Rockcorry, more than in 78% 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
Here 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 73% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone.
Only 13% of households in Rockcorry have no car or van
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
Households in flats: 9.6% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €53,600 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €53,600 gross, 11% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Monaghan as a whole, the figure is €50,620.
Only 4.7% of residents are citizens of another country in Rockcorry
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 largest groups were born in the UK (8.1%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.7%). The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside Ireland: 13% here, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns.
Above 97% of Irish towns: 2.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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 92, or 32% of residents aged 3 and over. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 90% of Irish towns: 11%
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: 94% of Rockcorry · Co. Monaghan’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (4.1%), Irish Traveller (1.4%) and Black or Black Irish (0.7%). Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 77% of Irish towns: 76% of residents said they are Catholic.
28% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns
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 census found that 5.6% of residents give unpaid care in Rockcorry. 62% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 28% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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 4.1% of adults; primary level or less for 23% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Rockcorry
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcorry | 302 | — | 38.4 | 17% | 47% |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 6.9 km | 40.6 | 18% | 37% |
| Ballybay | 1,329 | 7.4 km | 37.2 | 13% | 41% |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 14.4 km | 39.8 | 16% | 40% |
| Clones | 1,885 | 15.9 km | 39.5 | 19% | 37% |
| Castleblayney | 3,926 | 17.7 km | 38 | 16% | 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 Rockcorry’s residents
What is the population of Rockcorry?
Rockcorry had 302 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rockcorry?
The median age is 38.4. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rockcorry?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (92 people), and 2.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rockcorry?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 4.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rockcorry?
76% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 13% another religion; 1% didn’t say.
Is Rockcorry good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rockcorry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rockcorry?
Median gross household income in Rockcorry was €53,600 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).