Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainBelow 99% of Irish towns: 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 21%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. 174 residents in 66 households: that is Raharney at the 2022 Census. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish stands at 97%. At 47%, the share of households of parents with children is higher than in 71% of Irish towns.
Raharney changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 76% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Westmeath’s towns.
Raharney is older than 88% of Irish towns: a median age of 41.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 15–19: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 14% in Raharney.
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. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Raharney: 19% of residents 15 and over are students, above 97% 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
Among the working population, caring, leisure and other services make up 17%, against a typical 8.3%. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 0.6%.
More one-person households than 76% of Irish towns: 29%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.7 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The share of one-person households across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
In Raharney, 1.4% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 89% of Irish towns
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van; in Raharney, 19%. On average, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €60,090 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €60,090 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). County median: €57,430 (Co. Westmeath).
Fewer residents born abroad than 98% of Irish towns: 7.5%
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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 2.3% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%.
Raharney ranks below 90% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.6%
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
In all, 45 residents aged 3 and over (27%) can speak Irish. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Raharney ranks above 95% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 83%
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: 97% of Raharney · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 13% in Raharney and 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%.
Married residents 15 and over: 31%, a lower share than 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.
At 6.3%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Raharney, 16% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
2.8% of Raharney’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 23% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Raharney
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Westmeath 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 Raharney’s residents
What is the population of Raharney?
Raharney had 174 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Raharney?
The median age is 41.7. 17% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Raharney?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (45 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Raharney?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.5% were born abroad and 2.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Raharney?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Raharney good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Raharney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Raharney?
Median gross household income in Raharney was €60,090 in 2022, against €57,430 across Co. Westmeath 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).