Older than 91% of Irish towns: half of Mucklagh is over 42.4
0.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Mucklagh counted 918 residents and 281 households at the 2022 Census. In Mucklagh, 4.4% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Mucklagh changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 75% 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.
19% of Mucklagh is 65 or over, a higher share than 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, against 14% in Mucklagh. The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 8.7% of residents.
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%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of Irish towns: 3%
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
Administrative and secretarial stand out among workers: 13%, against a typical 9.8%. For Mucklagh, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 11%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Mucklagh ranks above 86% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 53%
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 Mucklagh the average household is 3.1 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. One-person households account for 16%.
More holiday homes than 84% of Irish towns: 1% of 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Most homes are connected: 87% have broadband, and 6.9% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €70,520 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 €70,520 sits 17% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Offaly, the median is €56,050.
Mucklagh ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 6.7%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (4.3%) or outside the EU and UK (1.3%). Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 1.8% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.6% in Mucklagh, less than in 90% 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
385 residents, 47% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Offaly, Ferbane has the highest share (1%). By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
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 Mucklagh · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 89%, Mucklagh is ahead of 99% of Irish towns on that count. Across the comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Black or Black Irish (0.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%).
42% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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.
At 5.9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 53% of Irish towns: 37%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 7.4% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Older than Mucklagh: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Mucklagh’s residents
What is the population of Mucklagh?
Mucklagh had 918 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mucklagh?
The median age is 42.4. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mucklagh?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (385 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mucklagh?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.7% were born abroad and 1.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mucklagh?
89% are Catholic, 6.3% have no religion and 5.1% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Mucklagh good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mucklagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mucklagh?
Median gross household income in Mucklagh was €70,520 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).