Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Households of parents with children make up 58% in Carney, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Carney comes in at 0.7%. The 2022 Census counted 373 residents in 137 households. Here, 77% of residents said they are Catholic. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Carney has changed by ±0%, slower than 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Sligo’s towns.
Only 5.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Carney is 37.4, lower than in 54% of Irish towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. In Enniscrone, the oldest of Co. Sligo’s towns by this measure, it is 27%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
13% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, against 6.5% in Carney. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 70% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
24% of households are one person living alone.
Carney sits above 95% of Irish towns for holiday homes (4.5%)
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
Most homes are connected: 96% have broadband, and 3% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). On average, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
€68,820 a year: the median household income
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 €68,820, 14% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Sligo’s median household income is €50,440.
7.5% of residents are citizens of another country, below 90% 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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (1.1%), among the 12% who speak another language there; 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 84% of Irish towns.
Able to speak Irish: 46% in Carney
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
Speakers of Irish: 166 residents, 46% of those aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
Above 85% of Irish towns: 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 87% of Carney · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (6.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.7%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 14% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 86% of Irish towns, at 39%
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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Carney has 7%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 77% of Irish towns, at 49%
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 16% of adults here, while 1.9% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 17% are still studying.
Carney and its 5 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carney | 373 | — | 37.4 | 5.9% | 58% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 8.4 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 8.9 km | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 14.1 km | 35.5 | 11% | 41% |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 17.6 km | 34.9 | 9.6% | 48% |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 19.3 km | 34 | 5.9% | 58% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Sligo 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 Carney’s residents
What is the population of Carney?
Carney had 373 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Carney?
The median age is 37.4. 33% are under 18 and 5.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carney?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (166 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carney?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carney?
77% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 9.4% another religion; 0.5% didn’t say.
Is Carney good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carney?
Median gross household income in Carney was €68,820 in 2022, against €50,440 across Co. Sligo 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).