Clongeen ranks below 98% of Irish towns on households in flats: 1%
93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). The 2022 Census put Clongeen’s population at 263, in 96 households. Across Clongeen, 51% of households are parents with children. Fewer one-person households than in 89% of Irish towns: 16%.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Clongeen ahead of 58% 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 +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of Irish towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Clongeen’s residents are under 37.5, younger than in 52% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in the town. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.2% in Clongeen, less than in 71% 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
Little separates the share of students among residents 15 and over here, 9.8%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 63% of Irish towns: 2.8 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Locally, 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A higher share of holiday homes than 93% of Irish towns, at 2.8%
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
The share of households without a car or van trails 83% of Irish towns: 8%. Elsewhere, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €49,480 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 €49,480 a year before tax: 18% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Wexford the median is €51,440.
Fewer residents born abroad than 98% of Irish towns: 9.5%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (5%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.8%). The usual figure: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 5.5% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 98% of Irish towns.
Irish: 30% of Clongeen’s residents can speak it
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Irish speakers number 69, or 30% of residents aged 3 and over.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 85% of residents said they are Catholic
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 Clongeen · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, one in ten residents said they have no religion in Clongeen. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 6.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Locally, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 90% of Irish towns, at 19%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Clongeen, 18%, and 4% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Clongeen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clongeen | 263 | — | 37.5 | 16% | 51% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 15.9 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’s towns of 2,500 or more and over 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 Clongeen’s residents
What is the population of Clongeen?
Clongeen had 263 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clongeen?
The median age is 37.5. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clongeen?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (69 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clongeen?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.5% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clongeen?
85% are Catholic, 9.8% have no religion and 5.3% another religion; 6.5% didn’t say.
Is Clongeen good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clongeen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clongeen?
Median gross household income in Clongeen was €49,480 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford 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).