0.8% of households have no car or van, below 99% of Irish towns
With households of parents with children at 55%, Knockcroghery is ahead of 91% of Irish towns on that count. In Knockcroghery, 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. On residents aged 65 and over, Knockcroghery sits lower than 82% of Irish towns: 9.3%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 388, in 130 households.
+8% since 2016, a pace 52% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
Half of Knockcroghery is under 33.9, younger than 88% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
Knockcroghery sits above 84% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (13%)
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
Where 9.8% is typical, administrative and secretarial take in 15% of workers. The census found that 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Knockcroghery.
Bigger households than 90% of Irish towns: 3 people each on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 6.2% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 16% of households are one person living alone.
Few flats: only 1.5% of households in Knockcroghery live in one
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
By its share of holiday homes (1.4%), Knockcroghery is above 89% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%.
Median household income: €68,110 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€68,110 a year before tax puts the median household 13% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Roscommon has a median of €51,010.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns, at 9.8%
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 most common home language after English is Polish (1.5%); in all 7% speak another language, and 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. Against that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 4.6% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 98% of Irish towns.
0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% 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
Roscommon leads Co. Roscommon with 1.1%. The ability to speak Irish extends to 191 residents (55% of those aged 3 and over).
In Knockcroghery, 85% of residents said they are Catholic, more 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: 93% of Knockcroghery · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.4%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.2%) and Irish Traveller (0.5%). Knockcroghery has fewer residents with no religion than 93% of Irish towns, at 10%. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Knockcroghery ranks above 97% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 7.2%
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.
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 38% in Knockcroghery and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 70% of Irish towns: 45% 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 17% of adults; primary level or less for 4.1% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Knockcroghery has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockcroghery | 388 | — | 33.9 | 9.3% | 55% |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 9.4 km | 38.3 | 16% | 45% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 12.9 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 18.6 km | 36.4 | 13% | 40% |
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 Knockcroghery’s residents
What is the population of Knockcroghery?
Knockcroghery had 388 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knockcroghery?
The median age is 33.9. 32% are under 18 and 9.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knockcroghery?
55% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (191 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knockcroghery?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.8% were born abroad and 4.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knockcroghery?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Knockcroghery good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knockcroghery are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knockcroghery?
Median gross household income in Knockcroghery was €68,110 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).