Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Shannonbridge is over 57.3, older than 99% of Irish towns
The figure for households of parents with children is 28% in Shannonbridge and 43% across Ireland’s towns. More holiday homes than in 93% of Irish towns: 3.1%. The 2022 Census counted 167 residents in 80 households. For Shannonbridge, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 98%.
Slower growth than 84% of Irish towns: Shannonbridge changed by +2% since 2016
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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Offaly’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
4.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
3.4% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
2.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 38% of households are one person living alone
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.
Households average 2.1 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.5%, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%.
Below 88% of Irish towns: 5% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Shannonbridge comes in at 14%. The wider picture: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €45,300 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €45,300 gross, 25% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Offaly, the median is €56,050.
6.6% 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 with another country’s citizenship make up 3.1%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. The largest groups were born in the UK (4.2%) and elsewhere in the EU (1.8%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.6%, a lower share than 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
Speakers of Irish: 62 residents, 40% of those aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
Only 7.6% of residents said they have no religion in Shannonbridge
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 Shannonbridge · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 90%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns, at 11%
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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%.
18% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Shannonbridge, 17%, and 4.7% hold a postgraduate qualification. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Shannonbridge is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannonbridge | 167 | — | 57.3 | 37% | 28% |
| Banagher | 1,907 | 10.7 km | 41.1 | 17% | 42% |
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 13.4 km | 38.5 | 19% | 41% |
| Ferbane | 1,324 | 13.6 km | 42.6 | 22% | 41% |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 17.5 km | 36.4 | 13% | 40% |
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 Shannonbridge’s residents
What is the population of Shannonbridge?
Shannonbridge had 167 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shannonbridge?
The median age is 57.3. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shannonbridge?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (62 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shannonbridge?
98% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.6% were born abroad and 3.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shannonbridge?
90% are Catholic, 7.6% have no religion and 1.9% another religion; 6% didn’t say.
Is Shannonbridge good for families?
28% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 14% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shannonbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shannonbridge?
Median gross household income in Shannonbridge was €45,300 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).