Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainStrokestown is older than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 44
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (1.1%), Strokestown is below 99% of Irish towns. In Strokestown, 2.7% of homes are holiday homes. Few places have so few households of parents with children: 34% here, fewer than in 80% of Irish towns. The town is home to 850 residents in 380 households, by the 2022 Census.
Faster growth than 88% of Irish towns: Strokestown changed by +19% since 2016
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.
Across Co. Roscommon’s towns the median is +12%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
7% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
16% of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. More residents who moved in within the year than in 69% of Irish towns: 9.1%. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More one-person households than 99% of Irish towns: 42%
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer flats than 80% of Irish towns: 7.1% of households
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 79% of households, while 17% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Compared with other places, households without a car or van are common here: 20%, more than in 65% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €37,550 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 €37,550 a year before tax: 38% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Roscommon’s median household income is €51,010.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 19% in Strokestown, less than in 64% 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (6.8%) and outside the EU and UK (5.3%). Lower than in 55% of Irish towns: 14% of residents are citizens of another country. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Strokestown, 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
Top of Co. Roscommon: Roscommon, at 1.1%. Compared with other places, daily speakers of Irish outside education are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns.
More residents who said they are Catholic than 85% of Irish towns: 78%
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: 82% of Strokestown · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 72% across Co. Roscommon’s towns and 78% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Across Strokestown, 13% of residents said they have no religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 77% 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.
5.9% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 79% of Irish towns, at 24%
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 7.8% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Strokestown is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strokestown | 850 | — | 44 | 22% | 34% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 13.6 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 17.6 km | 38.3 | 16% | 45% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 18.6 km | 37.3 | 14% | 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 Strokestown’s residents
What is the population of Strokestown?
Strokestown had 850 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Strokestown?
The median age is 44. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Strokestown?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (290 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Strokestown?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Strokestown?
78% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 9.1% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Strokestown good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Strokestown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strokestown?
Median gross household income in Strokestown was €37,550 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).