Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 7,888 people, this town lies in Co. Offaly. Its heritage includes 53 buildings on the national inventory.
Jobs and pay trail most towns: jobs reach 63% of 15 to 64s, and unemployment is 12%. At C overall, Edenderry ranks #239 of 320 Irish towns. It comes out better than a quarter of Irish towns. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: bad health runs at 172 and disability at 109 per 100 expected for its ages. Cost of living is where it shines — prices run to a median €265,000, 4.9 times local household income.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · work and health, CSO Census 2022.
The 3 things Edenderry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Edenderry with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 4 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Edenderry.
At the census, three quarters of commuters went by car. Short trips: 39% under 15 minutes, below Co. Offaly’s towns (51%) but above Irish towns (31%). Unemployment runs at 12%.
| Census 2022 | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 32 min | 23.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 39% | 51% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 63% | 61% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 12% | 12% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Ages taken into account, Edenderry counts 109 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. At the census, just over a fifth of people here had a disability, below Co. Offaly’s towns (27%) and close to Irish towns (22%). 86% of people in Edenderry rate their own health good or very good.
| Census 2022 | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
The EPA’s radon map puts 2.7% of homes in Edenderry above the reference level. No part of Edenderry is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
64% of households own their home, higher than Co. Offaly’s towns (57%) and near Irish towns (61%). Council and housing-body homes hold 15% of households. Renting privately is how 20% of households live.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €328,000 | 69 |
| Second-hand homes | €249,000 | 269 |
| The last 12 months | €285,500 | 120 |
| Housing | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €265K | €200K | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,270 | €1,104 | €1,606 |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 57% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 20% | 25% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Assaults and harassment topped the graded crimes in Edenderry (2023–2025). In all, 43.5 crimes per 1,000 residents are recorded a year. Homes see 6.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 43.5 | 52.3 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 9.4 | 10 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Within 3 km of Edenderry there are 7 schools (5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools). DEIS, the support scheme, covers 57% of them, lower than Co. Offaly’s towns (86%) yet higher than Irish towns (35%). St Mary's Secondary School is the nearest secondary school, 0.3 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 480 | Catholic |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 1,035 | Catholic |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 69 | Catholic |
| Oaklands Community College DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 733 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 57% | 86% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 0% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −3% | +1% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
The mean temperature over a year in Edenderry is 9.8°C. Here July highs average 20.0°C, near both Co. Offaly’s towns (19.9°C) and Irish towns (19.9°C). Winter lows in Edenderry average 2.0°C in January.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.0°C | 2.1°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 20.0°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its 5 parks give Edenderry 25 ha of green space between them. Within 1 km, 7% of the land is woodland, lower than Co. Offaly’s towns (10%) yet higher than Irish towns (2.7%). A park or green space is within 400 m for 95% of homes.
| Outdoors | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 7% | 10% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 95% | 78% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.4 km per km² | 0.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 1.7% | 5.2% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The coming days top out somewhere between 7°C and 11°C; Thursday looks warmest. Edenderry’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 10°C, nights fall to 4°C. A dry day with a stiff breeze lies ahead today: wind building to 23 km/h, then a low of 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 238 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 183 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 228 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 6°C | 254 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of residents, above both Co. Offaly’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%). 28% of residents were born abroad. Over-65s are 11% of the population.
Women make up 49.6% of Edenderry
3,915 women and 3,973 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 27% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 15% | 16% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 18% | 25% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Offaly and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fianna Fáil lead Offaly County Council with 8 of 19 seats, but no party has a majority: 10 are needed. Offaly County Council is the one council for Edenderry; Ireland has no town or county councils between it and the government. This Co. Offaly town sits in the Edenderry local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 48% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 60% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The pre-1919 share of homes is 4.5%. 4 archaeological sites are on the record, below both Co. Offaly’s towns (6) and Irish towns (11). Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 53 buildings in Edenderry, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Edenderry | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 67 | 153 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4.5% | 7.9% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Edenderry; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CastleGrange Castle2.6 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or prioryClonard Abbey13 km north
Castle · Office of Public WorksTrim Castle30 km northeast
CathedralCathedral of Christ the King28 km northwest
Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court28 km south
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House35 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 53 buildings in Edenderry, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 4 sites here.
10 notable people were born in Edenderry.
Andrew Killian: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Neil Delamere: Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenderry | 7,888 | — | C | B+ | C | C− |
| Derrinturn Kildare | 1,837 | 8.1 | — | B− | B− | C |
| Kinnegad Westmeath | 3,064 | 13 | B | B+ | C+ | C |
| Rathangan Kildare | 3,263 | 14 | A+ | A | A | B |
| Allenwood Kildare | 1,685 | 15 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
| Longwood Meath | 1,685 | 15 | — | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 16 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Edenderry had 7,888 people at the 2022 census, up from 7,250 in 2016: 8.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Edenderry is 36.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 22% of residents are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over.
5% mostly work from home, and 39% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Offaly
Edenderry has 7,888 people, in the area of Offaly County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).