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89% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 189 people lived in Keadew, in 75 households. For Keadew, the census puts one-person households at 29%. The median age here is 41.5, higher than in 87% of Irish towns.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Keadew behind 85% 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.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Irish towns: 11%
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 Keadew, 24% and 21%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
2.4 people per household, fewer than in 86% 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.
For Keadew, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 5.3%. Higher than in 50% of Irish towns: 43% of households are parents with children.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 4.2% of households have no car or van
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
The share of households with broadband is 80%; 11% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). In Keadew, 1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €50,530 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 €50,530 gross, 16% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Roscommon has a median of €51,010.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 82% of Irish towns, at 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (7.3%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.5%). Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Keadew
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 55, or 32% of residents aged 3 and over. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 88%
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: 89% of Keadew · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 8.9% in Keadew and 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Above 93% of Irish towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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 make up 5.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns: 22%
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 7.7% of adults here, while 14% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Keadew and its 3 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keadew | 189 | — | 41.5 | 18% | 43% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 6.6 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 12.0 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 13.8 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 Keadew’s residents
What is the population of Keadew?
Keadew had 189 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Keadew?
The median age is 41.5. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Keadew?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (55 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Keadew?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 9.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Keadew?
88% are Catholic, 8.9% have no religion and 2.8% another religion; 5.3% didn’t say.
Is Keadew good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Keadew are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Keadew?
Median gross household income in Keadew was €50,530 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).