Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of Irish towns: half of Shinrone is over 44.1
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 85% in Shinrone. Its 272 households held 707 residents at the 2022 Census. Households in flats: 1.1% of the total. Higher than in 93% of Irish towns: 33% of households are one person living alone.
Shinrone’s population changed by +8% since 2016, more than in 52% 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.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25% in Shinrone, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. 40–44 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 7.8%
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
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, against 4.7% in Shinrone. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Shinrone sits below 71% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (38%)
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Shinrone, 2.5. Measured more widely, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the town.
More holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 1.7% 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
The share of households without a car or van is 12%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
Median gross household income: €42,360 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 €42,360 a year here, 30% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Offaly, the median is €56,050.
Residents born outside Ireland: 11%, a lower share than 96% 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: 6.9% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. At home, 5.9% use another language, chiefly Polish (1.3%), and 1.7% speak English not well or not at all.
Irish: 29% of Shinrone’s residents can speak it
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
On daily speakers of Irish outside education, 0.9% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 180, or 29% of residents aged 3 and over.
Shinrone ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 8%
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: 90% of Shinrone · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Shinrone. The share of residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns is 17%. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (4.5%), Irish Traveller (2.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.5%).
35% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 53% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 4.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
16% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 95% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
2.9% of Shinrone’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 18% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Shinrone are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinrone | 707 | — | 44.1 | 25% | 38% |
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 9.4 km | 37.8 | 15% | 43% |
| Birr | 4,726 | 12.4 km | 39.4 | 18% | 40% |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 13.4 km | 38.5 | 18% | 42% |
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 Shinrone’s residents
What is the population of Shinrone?
Shinrone had 707 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shinrone?
The median age is 44.1. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shinrone?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (180 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shinrone?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shinrone?
85% are Catholic, 8% have no religion and 6.9% another religion; 6.1% didn’t say.
Is Shinrone good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shinrone are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shinrone?
Median gross household income in Shinrone was €42,360 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).