Photo: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0Drumsna is older than 95% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.5
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 96% of Irish towns: 1.9%. In Drumsna, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. This Co. Leitrim town had 268 residents in 107 households at the 2022 Census.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Drumsna ahead of 53% 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.
In Drumsna, 19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Here, 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Drumsna sits below 97% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (3.5%)
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
17% of workers are in associate professional and technical, against a typical 13%. On the census count, 8% of residents 15 and over are students. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Drumsna, 2.5. As a reference point, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Locally, nearly two in five households are parents with children.
In Drumsna, 8.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 80% 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
1.6% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. At the same time, every 11th household or so has no car or van. Broadband: 84% of households.
€48,480 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 €48,480 gross, 19% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €45,270 across Co. Leitrim.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 98% of Irish towns: 5.4%
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.
9.7% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2.2%); 0.4% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 64% of Irish towns. On average, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
In Drumsna, 42% of residents can speak Irish
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 ability to speak Irish extends to 103 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Drumsna ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 86%
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: 91% of Drumsna · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 12% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (6.6%), Other, including mixed (1.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.2%).
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8.2%
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.
Where 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, Drumsna has 40%. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Drumsna sits above 64% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (42%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 14% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 5.1% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Drumsna
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumsna | 268 | — | 43.5 | 19% | 39% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 5.7 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 9.3 km | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 13.1 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 19.2 km | 39.3 | 20% | 36% |
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 Drumsna’s residents
What is the population of Drumsna?
Drumsna had 268 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drumsna?
The median age is 43.5. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumsna?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (103 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumsna?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 5.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumsna?
86% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 2.7% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Drumsna good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumsna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumsna?
Median gross household income in Drumsna was €48,480 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).