Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.01.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Drimoleague has 8.6%. One-person households: 39% of the total. Higher than in 92% of Irish towns: 2.3% of homes are holiday homes. The 2022 Census counted 486 residents in 216 households.
Since 2016, Drimoleague has grown +9%, faster than 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, by more than +7%.
Half of Drimoleague is over 41.1, older than 85% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 18% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 14%. The largest age band is 35–39: 9.5% of residents.
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. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 5.8% in Drimoleague, less 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.9%, above just over two thirds of Irish towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children: 35% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
Few flats: only 5.1% of households in Drimoleague live in one
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
Internet at home: broadband for 80%, nothing for 16% (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van: 18% of the total. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €45,770 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €45,770 a year before tax, the median household income is 24% under that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 16%, a higher share than 58% 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (9.3%) and outside the EU and UK (6.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%. Nearly a quarter of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 1.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
174 residents, 40% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
12% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% 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: 78% of Drimoleague · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Drimoleague has 78%. The share of residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 7.6% of residents
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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, against 31% in Drimoleague. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 28% in Drimoleague, less than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 15%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 7.9% of adults.
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Drimoleague are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drimoleague | 486 | — | 41.1 | 18% | 35% |
| Dunmanway | 1,964 | 12.2 km | 40.8 | 17% | 42% |
| Skibbereen | 2,903 | 12.4 km | 39.2 | 17% | 37% |
| Bantry | 2,929 | 13.0 km | 43.5 | 22% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cork’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 Drimoleague’s residents
What is the population of Drimoleague?
Drimoleague had 486 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drimoleague?
The median age is 41.1. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drimoleague?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (174 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drimoleague?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drimoleague?
78% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 10% another religion; 5.8% didn’t say.
Is Drimoleague good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drimoleague are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drimoleague?
Median gross household income in Drimoleague was €45,770 in 2022, against €60,670 across Co. Cork 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).