Photo: CraoibhinBeo · CC BY-SA 4.01.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Frenchpark is home to 572 residents in 227 households, by the 2022 Census. The census found that 14% of residents said they have no religion in the town. The median age here is 40.6, higher than in just over four fifths of Irish towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2016, faster than 80% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +12% across Co. Roscommon’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of Irish towns, at 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 7.7% of residents. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 82% of Irish towns: 8.7%
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
In Frenchpark, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in nearly a quarter of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 20%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
Frenchpark households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 71% 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.
By its share of households of parents with children (46%), Frenchpark is above nearly two thirds of Irish towns. One-person households: 27% of the total.
In Frenchpark, 4% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 94% 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
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households have no car or van in Frenchpark. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Households here have a median income of €41,590 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €41,590, 31% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Roscommon comes in at €51,010 at the median.
A larger share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 57% of Irish towns: 16%
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.
11% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.6%); 1.2% speak English not well or not at all. At 23%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is higher than in 54% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 15% across Ireland’s towns.
Frenchpark 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
Irish speakers number 160, or 33% of residents aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
76% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 77% 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: 75% of Frenchpark · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, Frenchpark has 75%. To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (13%), Irish Traveller (5.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.8%).
37% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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.
Frenchpark sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 6.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 90% of Irish towns, at 20%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 3.5% of adults here, while 15% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Frenchpark: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchpark | 572 | — | 40.6 | 16% | 46% |
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 11.8 km | 35.6 | 16% | 39% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 12.6 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 13.4 km | 43.8 | 25% | 37% |
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 Frenchpark’s residents
What is the population of Frenchpark?
Frenchpark had 572 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Frenchpark?
The median age is 40.6. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Frenchpark?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (160 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Frenchpark?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Frenchpark?
76% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 9.9% another religion; 9.8% didn’t say.
Is Frenchpark good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Frenchpark are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Frenchpark?
Median gross household income in Frenchpark was €41,590 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).