Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Manorhamilton ranks above 94% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 3.6%
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. 1,667 people lived in Manorhamilton on Census night in 2022, in 701 households, with a median age of 40.4. For Manorhamilton, the census puts one-person households at 38%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Manorhamilton
Many carers
About 120 residents (6.9%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 96% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +9% change since 2016: Manorhamilton grew 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +10% across Co. Leitrim’s towns.
Manorhamilton is older than 80% of Irish towns: a median age of 40.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
18% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 77% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 68% 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
In Manorhamilton, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in just over a third of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 17%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Manorhamilton sits below 75% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (37%)
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.
Here 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%. To put it in context, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 85% of Irish towns: 5.7%
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
Most homes are connected: 81% have broadband, and 16% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Census figures put households without a car or van at 21% in Manorhamilton.
€40,180 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.
Households here have a median gross income of €40,180, 33% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Leitrim, the figure is €45,270.
26% of residents were born outside Ireland, a share 68% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (9.4%) or outside the EU and UK (6.9%). The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%. 16% of residents are citizens of another country; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 15%.
1.2% of residents speak Irish every day 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
The highest share in Co. Leitrim belongs to Ballinamore (1.8%). The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 526, or 34% of residents aged 3 and over.
Manorhamilton sits above 80% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (77%)
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: 77% of Manorhamilton · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.2%) and Other, including mixed (2%). On average, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Manorhamilton has 77%.
Manorhamilton sits above 96% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (6.9%)
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.
Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 34% in Manorhamilton. Elsewhere, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 59% of Irish towns, at 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Manorhamilton’s adults, 11% went on to postgraduate study and 12% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Manorhamilton
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manorhamilton | 1,667 | — | 40.4 | 18% | 37% |
| Kinlough | 1,196 | 17.1 km | 35.2 | 13% | 49% |
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 Manorhamilton’s residents
What is the population of Manorhamilton?
Manorhamilton had 1,667 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Manorhamilton?
The median age is 40.4. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Manorhamilton?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (526 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Manorhamilton?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Manorhamilton?
77% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 11% another religion; 4.3% didn’t say.
Is Manorhamilton good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Manorhamilton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Manorhamilton?
Median gross household income in Manorhamilton was €40,180 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).