Photo: Sarah777 · CC0Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1% in Cootehall and 12% across Ireland’s towns. On households without a car or van, Cootehall sits lower than 96% of Irish towns: 4.8%. Its 107 households held 287 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, just over half of households are parents with children.
A +26% change since 2016: faster than 95% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +12% across Co. Roscommon’s towns.
A median age of 34.7: Cootehall is younger than 82% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
0–4 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns.
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%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 68% of Irish towns, at 8.8%
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
Students among residents 15 and over make up 11%, against 10% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Cootehall sits above 61% of Irish towns for one-person households (26%)
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 Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Cootehall, 2.7. The comparison figure for one-person households is 24% across Ireland’s towns.
A holiday town: 3.2% of homes are holiday 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
5.8% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 93% have broadband. The usual figure: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €59,230 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 €59,230 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Roscommon has a median of €51,010.
A higher share of residents born outside Ireland than 66% of Irish towns, at 26%
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 13%, most often Polish (4.5%); 1% speak English not well or not at all. 14% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 54% of Irish towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 2.4% in Cootehall, more than in 97% 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
Irish speakers number 118, or 47% of residents aged 3 and over. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Cootehall sits above 75% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (76%)
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: 80% of Cootehall · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (12%), Black or Black Irish (3.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%). For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Higher than in 57% of Irish towns: 80% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. On top of that, the figure for residents with no religion is 18% in Cootehall and 17% across Ireland’s towns.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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.
Unpaid carers: 6.3%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 57% of Irish towns, at 39%
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 just over one in ten adults; primary level or less for 3.1% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Cootehall
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cootehall | 287 | — | 34.7 | 8.7% | 51% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 6.3 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 9.3 km | 43.8 | 25% | 37% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 10.2 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
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 Cootehall’s residents
What is the population of Cootehall?
Cootehall had 287 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 26% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cootehall?
The median age is 34.7. 35% are under 18 and 8.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cootehall?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (118 people), and 2.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cootehall?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cootehall?
76% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 6.9% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Cootehall good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 35% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cootehall are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cootehall?
Median gross household income in Cootehall was €59,230 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).