Older than 98% of Irish towns: half of Cloontuskert is over 44.7
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Cloontuskert has 97%. The 2022 Census counted 179 residents in 79 households. One-person households account for 38%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, 77% of Irish towns grew faster than Cloontuskert: +4%
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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Roscommon’s towns, by more than +12%.
Cloontuskert sits above 79% of Irish towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (14%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Cloontuskert, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
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. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 1.2% in Cloontuskert, less 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
Compared with a typical 8.3%, caring, leisure and other services account for 18% of workers. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%. Across Cloontuskert, just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 93% 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.
Across Cloontuskert, 42% of households are parents with children. Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 5.1%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Cloontuskert: 2.1% of homes are holiday homes, above 91% 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
No internet at all: 15% (typical: 7.6%). The comparison figure for holiday homes is 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 84% of households.
Median household income: €47,990 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Cloontuskert’s households have a gross income below €47,990 a year, 20% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Roscommon, the middle household has €51,010.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 10% in Cloontuskert, less than in 97% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (4.5%), among the 5.8% who speak another language there; 2.2% speak English not well or not at all. Across the comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 99% of Irish towns: 2.9% of residents are citizens of another country.
Of Cloontuskert’s residents, 36% can speak Irish
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
No town in Co. Roscommon beats Roscommon (1.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
In Cloontuskert, 7.1% 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: 97% of Cloontuskert · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Cloontuskert, just over nine in ten residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Cloontuskert: 8.9% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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.
35% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Ireland’s towns, unpaid carers come to 5.4%.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 16% in Cloontuskert, less than in 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
Primary level or earlier: 7.1%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Postgraduate: 6.3% of adults.
No nearby town is as old as Cloontuskert
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloontuskert | 179 | — | 44.7 | 16% | 42% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 2.5 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 13.9 km | 38.3 | 16% | 45% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 14.8 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
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 Cloontuskert’s residents
What is the population of Cloontuskert?
Cloontuskert had 179 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cloontuskert?
The median age is 44.7. 18% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cloontuskert?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (58 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cloontuskert?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 2.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cloontuskert?
91% are Catholic, 7.1% have no religion and 2.4% another religion; 5.6% didn’t say.
Is Cloontuskert good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cloontuskert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cloontuskert?
Median gross household income in Cloontuskert was €47,990 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).