Photo: . · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer flats than 98% of Irish towns: 1.2% of households
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns. Pollagh had 231 residents in 80 households at the 2022 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%. 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%.
Since 2016, Pollagh has changed by +2%, slower than 82% 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 Co. Offaly’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Pollagh is older than 64% of Irish towns: a median age of 38.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 0–4, with 8.7% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. At 13%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 73% of Irish 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 99% of Irish towns: 1.3%
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
Little separates the share of students among residents 15 and over here, 9.7%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.9 people per household, more than in 77% 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.
23% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 43% of households are parents with children in Pollagh.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of Irish towns: 4.2%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband reaches 76% of households; 22% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €46,520 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 €46,520 sits 23% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Offaly, the median is €56,050.
In Pollagh, 3.1% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 99% 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 born abroad were most often born in the UK (1.8%), then elsewhere in the EU (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Pollagh sits below 96% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.5%)
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
35 residents, 16% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. The highest share in Co. Offaly belongs to Ferbane (1%).
4.4% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 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: 98% of Pollagh · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 71% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic in Pollagh comes in at 94%. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Pollagh: 41% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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.
Against a figure of 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Pollagh comes in at 3%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
14% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 96% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Pollagh’s adults, 4.7% went on to postgraduate study and 37% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Pollagh
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 Pollagh’s residents
What is the population of Pollagh?
Pollagh had 231 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Pollagh?
The median age is 38.8. 25% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Pollagh?
16% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (35 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Pollagh?
98% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 3.1% were born abroad and 1.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Pollagh?
94% are Catholic, 4.4% have no religion and 1.3% another religion; 1.7% didn’t say.
Is Pollagh good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Pollagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pollagh?
Median gross household income in Pollagh was €46,520 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).