1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, against 16% in Dromina. This Co. Cork town has more residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns, at 96%. The 2022 Census counted 312 residents in 118 households. Households of parents with children account for 47%.
±0% since 2016, a pace below 91% 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, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Older than 63% of Irish towns: half of Dromina is over 38.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in half of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 1.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Dromina
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
The share of students among residents 15 and over tops 77% of Irish towns: 12%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 63% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 24%. The census found that 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Dromina.
Households without a car or van make up 7.3% in Dromina, less than in 87% 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
55% have broadband at home and 25% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Few places have as many holiday homes: 1.5% here, more than in 90% of Irish towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
A median household income of €46,560 a year
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 €46,560, 23% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €60,670 across Co. Cork.
10% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 98% 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.
Where 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, Dromina has 2.4%. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (5.8%) and outside the EU and UK (2.3%).
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.4%
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
108 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%). The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 96% of Irish towns: 83% 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: 96% of Dromina · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 13% in Dromina and 17% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
7.7% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
The census found that just over a third of residents 15 and over are married in Dromina. About 20 residents (7.7%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Dromina sits below 99% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (11%)
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Dromina, 13%, and 2.8% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Nearby, 3 of 5 towns have older populations than Dromina
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromina | 312 | — | 38.7 | 14% | 47% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 9.2 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 12.5 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 16.3 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 17.3 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 18.1 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
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 Dromina’s residents
What is the population of Dromina?
Dromina had 312 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Dromina?
The median age is 38.7. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dromina?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (108 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dromina?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 2.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dromina?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 3.5% another religion; 9.3% didn’t say.
Is Dromina good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dromina are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dromina?
Median gross household income in Dromina was €46,560 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).