Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainAthleague: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 98% of Irish towns
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.7% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 296 residents in 121 households. Census figures put holiday homes at 2.3% in Athleague. Lower than in 96% of Irish towns: 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
From 2016 to 2022, Athleague outgrew 80% of Irish towns: +14%
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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +12% across Co. Roscommon’s towns.
Younger than 60% of Irish towns: half of Athleague is under 36.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Athleague, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Athleague, 12% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 76% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Athleague, 36% and 18%. At 9.7%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 74% of Irish towns.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 85% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Roscommon’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The figure for households of parents with children is 37% in Athleague and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
Athleague sits above 59% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (19%)
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
With households in flats at 11%, Athleague is behind three fifths of Irish towns on that count. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%.
Households here have a median income of €46,750 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €46,750 a year, 22% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €51,010 (Co. Roscommon).
30% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 81% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 21%, most often Polish (6.4%); 5.1% speak English not well or not at all. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents with another country’s citizenship: 23% here, more than in 83% of Irish towns.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.4%
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. Roscommon belongs to Roscommon (1.1%). Speakers of Irish: 90 residents, nearly a third of those aged 3 and over.
No religion: 9.4% of residents, a lower share than 95% 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: 73% of Athleague · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 73% in Athleague. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (24%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). Lower than in 50% of Irish towns: 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
Athleague sits above 87% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (6.4%)
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.
Married residents 15 and over make up 36%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 29% in Athleague, less than in 66% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
6.1% of Athleague’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 10% 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 places around Athleague
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athleague | 296 | — | 36.9 | 13% | 37% |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 8.2 km | 38.3 | 16% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Roscommon’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Roscommon 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 Athleague’s residents
What is the population of Athleague?
Athleague had 296 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Athleague?
The median age is 36.9. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Athleague?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (90 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Athleague?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 23% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Athleague?
71% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 20% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Athleague good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Athleague are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Athleague?
Median gross household income in Athleague was €46,750 in 2022, against €51,010 across Co. Roscommon 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).