Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainDaingean ranks below 98% of Irish towns on households in flats: 1.4%
Residents with no religion: 8.5% here and 17% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 52% of households are parents with children in Daingean. Half of the town’s residents are under 34.8, younger than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. This Co. Offaly town had 1,223 residents in 432 households at the 2022 Census.
Daingean’s population changed by +9% since 2016, more than in 57% 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. Offaly’s towns +7%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 92% of Irish towns: 8.1%
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 19%, against a typical 11%. In Daingean, 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
In Daingean, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 96% 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 Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Daingean, 2.9. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. The usual figure: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
A holiday town: 0.6% of homes are holiday homes
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
One in ten households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 89% have broadband. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in just over half of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
A median household income of €55,670 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 €55,670 sits 7% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Offaly, the figure is €56,050.
Daingean ranks below 98% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 8.5%
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.
6.3% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.3%); 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. At 5.2%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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
Some 380 people here, just over a third of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Offaly belongs to Ferbane (1%). Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Daingean sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (94%)
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 Daingean · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (4.8%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 78% across Ireland’s towns. 86% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 99% of Irish towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 87% of Irish towns, at 6.4%
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.
With married residents 15 and over at 33%, Daingean is behind 66% of Irish towns on that count. Elsewhere, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Daingean sits below 95% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (16%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Daingean’s adults, 4.2% went on to postgraduate study and 15% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Daingean are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daingean | 1,223 | — | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 12.9 km | 38.2 | 14% | 53% |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 13.4 km | 38.1 | 14% | 43% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 15.4 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 16.3 km | 36.9 | 11% | 48% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 17.2 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
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 Daingean’s residents
What is the population of Daingean?
Daingean had 1,223 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Daingean?
The median age is 34.8. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Daingean?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (380 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Daingean?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.5% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Daingean?
86% are Catholic, 8.5% have no religion and 5.7% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Daingean good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Daingean are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Daingean?
Median gross household income in Daingean was €55,670 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).