Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Drumkeeran is over 46.1, older than 99% of Irish towns
90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 78%. In 2022, the Census found 287 residents in Drumkeeran, living in 141 households. Holiday homes: 7.7% of the total. This Co. Leitrim town has fewer households of parents with children than 88% of Irish towns, at 28%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Drumkeeran, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.1% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in just over three quarters of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 67% of Irish towns, at 11%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Drumkeeran, 23% and 22%. In Drumkeeran, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Drumkeeran, 54% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. What’s more, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 83% of Irish towns: 30%
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
52% of households are on broadband; 36% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of households in flats stands at 14%.
€36,800 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €36,800 a year before tax, the median household income is 39% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Leitrim the median is €45,270.
6.8% of residents are citizens of another country, below 95% 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.
17% of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%. French leads the languages spoken at home (1.4%), among the 5.7% who speak another language there; 1% speak English not well or not at all.
0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 99% of Irish towns
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
The highest share in Co. Leitrim belongs to Ballinamore (1.8%). On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 73 residents, 27% of those aged 3 and over.
87% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% 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: 90% of Drumkeeran · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (7.7%), Other, including mixed (1.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%). On residents with no religion, Drumkeeran sits lower than 94% of Irish towns: 9.9%. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8%
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.
Against a figure of 34% across Ireland’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Drumkeeran comes in at 25%. Unpaid carers: 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Below 88% of Irish towns: 20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Drumkeeran’s adults, 6.1% went on to postgraduate study and 20% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Every nearby town is younger than Drumkeeran
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumkeeran | 287 | — | 46.1 | 27% | 28% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 15.4 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
| Manorhamilton | 1,667 | 15.4 km | 40.4 | 18% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Leitrim 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 Drumkeeran’s residents
What is the population of Drumkeeran?
Drumkeeran had 287 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area.
What is the average age in Drumkeeran?
The median age is 46.1. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumkeeran?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (73 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumkeeran?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumkeeran?
87% are Catholic, 9.9% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 4.5% didn’t say.
Is Drumkeeran good for families?
28% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumkeeran are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumkeeran?
Median gross household income in Drumkeeran was €36,800 in 2022, against €45,270 across Co. Leitrim 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).