Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds of parents with children make up 59% in Clonygowan, more than in 97% of Irish towns
Households without a car or van make up 2.9%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Clonygowan’s 105 households held 308 residents at the 2022 Census. Residents with no religion: 7.5% of the total. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Clonygowan grew +28% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 96% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Offaly’s towns, +7%.
8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Clonygowan, 8.4%. What’s more, half of the town’s residents are under 35.9, younger than in 71% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Clonygowan, 8.7% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 82% 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
Nearly a third of Clonygowan’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 14% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Clonygowan, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Clonygowan households average 3 people, larger than in 82% 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.
In Clonygowan, 18% of households are one person living alone, beside 24% across Ireland’s towns.
100% of homes are houses
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 are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. At home, 89% have broadband, while 9.6% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €65,580 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 €65,580 gross, 9% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Offaly the median is €56,050.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 94% 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 6.8%, below 95% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Poland (4.2%) and in the UK (3.6%).
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.3% 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
112 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
Clonygowan sits above 92% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (81%)
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 Clonygowan · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (8.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (2%) and Other, including mixed (1.3%). The comparison figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 71% across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 89% of Irish towns: 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
More unpaid carers than 82% of Irish towns: 6.2% of residents
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 share of married residents 15 and over is 35%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
Clonygowan sits below 78% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (25%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.4% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Clonygowan
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonygowan | 308 | — | 35.9 | 8.4% | 59% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 7.0 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 8.3 km | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 12.6 km | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 15.8 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 16.4 km | 35.9 | 9.5% | 50% |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 17.1 km | 38.1 | 14% | 43% |
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 Clonygowan’s residents
What is the population of Clonygowan?
Clonygowan had 308 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 28% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonygowan?
The median age is 35.9. 32% are under 18 and 8.4% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonygowan?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (112 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonygowan?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonygowan?
81% are Catholic, 7.5% have no religion and 12% another religion; 0.3% didn’t say.
Is Clonygowan good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonygowan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonygowan?
Median gross household income in Clonygowan was €65,580 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).