Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 7.6% of residents said they have no religion
With a median age of 41.1, Banagher is older than 85% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 1,907 residents and 721 households here. The share of holiday homes stands at 1.5%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Banagher has 27%.
Banagher changed by +5% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 65% 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 +7% across Co. Offaly’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of Irish towns: 17%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 8.3% of residents. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Banagher sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 12%. In Ferbane, the oldest of Co. Offaly’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%, a lower share than 85% 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
Among workers, skilled trades stand out: 18%, against a typical 11%. The census found that 9.4% of residents 15 and over are students in Banagher. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 58% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Banagher, 42% of households are parents with children. 4.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 53% of Irish towns.
Only 16% of households in Banagher 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
At home, 82% have broadband, while 15% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. In Banagher, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Median gross household income: €46,590 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €46,590 sits 23% below Ireland (€60,120). County median: €56,050 (Co. Offaly).
Residents born outside Ireland make up 18% in Banagher, less than in 72% 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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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.
12% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2.5%); 2.9% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Banagher sits lower than 57% of Irish towns: 14%.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.4% 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
Top of Co. Offaly: Ferbane, at 1%. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 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: 85% of Banagher · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (8.4%), Irish Traveller (2.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.2%).
38% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 5.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
23% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 82% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Banagher, 11%, and 6.8% hold a postgraduate qualification. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Banagher, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Offaly 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 Banagher’s residents
What is the population of Banagher?
Banagher had 1,907 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Banagher?
The median age is 41.1. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Banagher?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (597 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Banagher?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Banagher?
88% are Catholic, 7.6% have no religion and 4.5% another religion; 9.8% didn’t say.
Is Banagher good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Banagher are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Banagher?
Median gross household income in Banagher was €46,590 in 2022, against €56,050 across Co. Offaly 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).