Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Holiday homes make up 19% in Drumod, more than in 99% of Irish towns
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1% in Drumod. At 78%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 83% of Irish towns. This Co. Leitrim town had 753 residents in 303 households at the 2022 Census.
From 2016 to 2022, Drumod outgrew 91% of Irish towns: +21%
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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Leitrim’s towns.
A median age of 37.5: Drumod is younger than 52% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 15% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 58% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Drumod, 6.3% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer 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
Compared with a typical 21%, professional occupations account for just over a quarter of workers. Across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents 15 and over are students. Here, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A higher share of one-person households than 73% of Irish towns, at 28%
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.
By its share of households of parents with children (39%), Drumod is below 70% of Irish towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 4.3%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 88% of Irish towns, at 7.1%
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
Connected households: 89% on broadband; 8.3% offline (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. 11% of households live in a flat or apartment.
€52,300 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €52,300 gross, 13% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €45,270 (Co. Leitrim).
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 68% of Irish towns: 12%
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.
13% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (4.4%); 1.7% speak English not well or not at all. Drumod has fewer residents born outside Ireland than 57% of Irish towns, at 20%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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
Irish speakers number 272, or just over two in five residents aged 3 and over. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Leitrim, Ballinamore has the highest share (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 83% in Drumod, more than in 71% 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: 83% of Drumod · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.7%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%). Lower than in 63% of Irish towns: 15% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 78% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
In Drumod, 35% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 52% 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.
Here, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 68% of Irish towns, at 44%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 13% of adults. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Primary level or earlier: 5.1%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Drumod are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumod | 753 | — | 37.5 | 15% | 39% |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 7.9 km | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 10.9 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 14.6 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 16.7 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
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 Drumod’s residents
What is the population of Drumod?
Drumod had 753 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drumod?
The median age is 37.5. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumod?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (272 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumod?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumod?
78% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 7.3% another religion; 7% didn’t say.
Is Drumod good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumod are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumod?
Median gross household income in Drumod was €52,300 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).