Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns, at 7.7%
Where just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, Cloonfad has 0.7%. The share of one-person households stands at 32%. Lower than in 94% of Irish towns: 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At the 2022 Census Cloonfad was home to 376 people in 142 households.
Cloonfad grew +12% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 72% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +12% across Co. Roscommon’s towns.
Half of Cloonfad is under 34.6, younger than 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 97% of Irish towns: 7.5% of residents 15 and over are students
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
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 8.8%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 57% 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.
42% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 55% of Irish towns.
9.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 76% of Irish towns
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
Internet at home: broadband for 89%, nothing for 9.6% (typical: 7.6%). About one household in 10 lives without a car or van. Holiday homes are more common here than in 86% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €44,060 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 €44,060 gross, 27% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Roscommon comes in at €51,010 at the median.
27% born outside Ireland, more than in 68% 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (14%) and outside the EU and UK (8.9%). 13% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Cloonfad ranks below 90% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.6%
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
Some 105 people here, 31% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Roscommon belongs to Roscommon (1.1%).
Below 84% of Irish towns: 12% of residents said they have no religion
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: 74% of Cloonfad · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (10%), Irish Traveller (8.2%) and Other, including mixed (6.8%). More residents who said they are Catholic than in 83% of Irish towns: 77%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with no religion come to 17%. With residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 74%, Cloonfad is behind 64% of Irish towns on that count.
Unpaid carers make up 4.5% in Cloonfad, less than in 82% 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.
Married residents 15 and over are rarer here than in 54% of Irish towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
Below 77% of Irish towns: 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 2.8% of adults; primary level or less for 14% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
2 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Cloonfad
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfad | 376 | — | 34.6 | 9% | 42% |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 8.3 km | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
| Knock | 1,029 | 16.1 km | 49 | 33% | 28% |
| Claremorris | 3,857 | 16.8 km | 37.4 | 13% | 38% |
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 Cloonfad’s residents
What is the population of Cloonfad?
Cloonfad had 376 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cloonfad?
The median age is 34.6. 32% are under 18 and 9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cloonfad?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (105 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cloonfad?
74% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 27% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cloonfad?
77% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 11% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Cloonfad good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cloonfad are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cloonfad?
Median gross household income in Cloonfad was €44,060 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).