97% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Flats are home to 2.8% of households, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Half of Clonbullogue’s residents are over 41.2, older than in 86% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 401 residents locally, living in 142 households. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 7.7%.
Clonbullogue changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 54% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +7% across Co. Offaly’s towns.
17% of Clonbullogue is 65 or over, a higher share than 71% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s 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. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Irish towns: 1.8%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Clonbullogue, 23% and 22%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
2.9 people per household, more than in 73% 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.
One-person households make up 22%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. For Clonbullogue, the census puts households of parents with children at 41%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 83% of Irish towns: 8.1%
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
Internet at home: broadband for 72%, nothing for 24% (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €60,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Clonbullogue’s households have a gross income above €60,250 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €56,050 across Co. Offaly.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 6.2% in Clonbullogue, less than in 99% 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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 3.7%, Clonbullogue is behind 99% of Irish towns on that count. As a reference point, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (3.5%) and outside the EU and UK (1.5%).
Clonbullogue sits below 90% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.6%)
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
102 residents, 30% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Offaly, Ferbane has the highest share (1%).
Clonbullogue: 84% of residents said they are Catholic, above 97% of Irish towns
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: 97% of Clonbullogue · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
One in ten residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 59% 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.
5.2% of residents give unpaid care. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Clonbullogue, 14% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 96% 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 3.9% of adults; primary level or less for 16% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Every neighbour of Clonbullogue has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonbullogue | 401 | — | 41.2 | 17% | 41% |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 7.6 km | 35 | 9.2% | 54% |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 8.9 km | 36.9 | 11% | 48% |
| Derrinturn | 1,837 | 13.1 km | 33.7 | 8.4% | 60% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 13.4 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 13.8 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 14.4 km | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
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 Clonbullogue’s residents
What is the population of Clonbullogue?
Clonbullogue had 401 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonbullogue?
The median age is 41.2. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonbullogue?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (102 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonbullogue?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.2% were born abroad and 3.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonbullogue?
84% are Catholic, 9.7% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 13% didn’t say.
Is Clonbullogue good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonbullogue are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonbullogue?
Median gross household income in Clonbullogue was €60,250 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).