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Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. The 2022 Census counted 787 residents in 293 households. Locally, 78% of residents said they are Catholic. Roosky has fewer households of parents with children than 65% of Irish towns, at 40%.
Roosky’s population changed by +22% since 2016, more than in 93% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Roscommon’s towns +12%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 37.9, Roosky is older than 52% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 9.4% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Only 8.4% of residents 15 and over are students in Roosky
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 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, Roosky has 8.8%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 65% of Irish towns: 2.6 people 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.
With one-person households at 26%, Roosky is ahead of 60% of Irish towns on that count. Here, 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households in flats than 91% of Irish towns: 4.1%
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
Home broadband covers 88% of households, while 9.9% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 7.3%.
Median household income: €49,170 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €49,170 a year before tax: 18% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Roscommon has a median of €51,010.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 22%, a higher share than 79% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in Poland (9.5%) or in the UK (6.8%). Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. More residents born outside Ireland than in 71% of Irish towns: 28%.
In Roosky, Irish is spoken by 37% of residents
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
Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.3%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 261, or 37% of residents aged 3 and over.
In Roosky, 12% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 82% 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: 71% of Roosky · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 71% in Roosky. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 17% across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (23%), Other, including mixed (2.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.6%).
Unpaid carers: 4.3%, a lower share than 86% 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.
In Roosky, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married. About 30 residents (4.3%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Below 71% of Irish towns: 27% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Roosky, 9.5%, and 6.4% hold a postgraduate qualification. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Nearby, 2 of 5 towns have older populations than Roosky
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosky | 787 | — | 37.9 | 19% | 40% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 10.4 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 10.7 km | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 14.4 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 16.6 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 18.1 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
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 Roosky’s residents
What is the population of Roosky?
Roosky had 787 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 22% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Roosky?
The median age is 37.9. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Roosky?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (261 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Roosky?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Roosky?
78% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 9.8% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Roosky good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Roosky are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Roosky?
Median gross household income in Roosky was €49,170 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).