Photo: Kenneth Gallery Smyth · CC BY-SA 2.00.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 87% in Geashill and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 392 residents in 141 households. Here, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. Higher than in 57% of Irish towns: 26% of households are one person living alone.
Since 2016, Geashill has changed by +3%, slower than 78% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Offaly’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of Irish towns: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Geashill. Add to that, with a median age of 37.8, Geashill is older than 52% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 81% of Irish towns: 5.4%
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
Nothing unusual on students among residents 15 and over: 9.5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 61% of Irish towns: 2.7 people each on average
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.
The share of households of parents with children stands at 44%.
0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
12% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 83% have broadband. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are holiday homes.
A median household income of €63,760 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €63,760 a year here, 6% above Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Offaly overall, the median comes to €56,050.
Only 7.4% of Geashill’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 2.8% in Geashill. The largest groups were born in the UK (4.9%) and outside the EU and UK (1%). Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Irish speakers make up 37% of Geashill
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
The highest share in Co. Offaly belongs to Ferbane (1%). Here, 0.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96%, a higher share than 99% 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: 96% of Geashill · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 8.2% in Geashill. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (3.7%), Irish Traveller (0.3%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%.
Above 85% of Irish towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.1%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Geashill
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 10%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 8% of adults.
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Geashill are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geashill | 392 | — | 37.8 | 15% | 44% |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 7.4 km | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 12.1 km | 38.1 | 14% | 43% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 12.4 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 13.2 km | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 18.6 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
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 Geashill’s residents
What is the population of Geashill?
Geashill had 392 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Geashill?
The median age is 37.8. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Geashill?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (134 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Geashill?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.4% were born abroad and 2.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Geashill?
87% are Catholic, 8.2% have no religion and 4.7% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Geashill good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Geashill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Geashill?
Median gross household income in Geashill was €63,760 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).