Photo: Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 44.3: Mohill is older than 97% of Irish towns
Compared with 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, 2.3% of homes are holiday homes here. Mohill’s 436 households held 1,027 residents at the 2022 Census. Across Mohill, 39% of households are one person living alone. On shared households of unrelated adults, Mohill sits lower than 94% of Irish towns: 2.1%.
What stands out about the people of Mohill
Older than most towns
Half of Mohill’s residents are under 44.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 26% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Mohill’s population moved +5% on 2016, less than in 69% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Leitrim’s towns.
26% of Mohill is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 7.6% of residents. Lower than in 97% of Irish towns: 9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 97% of Irish towns, at 7.5%
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
In Mohill, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 31% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 21%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 92% of Irish towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Households of parents with children make up 38%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns.
Few flats: only 5% of households in Mohill live in one
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
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Mohill comes in at 22%. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€37,720 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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €37,720 a year, 37% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Leitrim overall, the median comes to €45,270.
Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 76% of Irish towns: 10%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (8.1%) and in Poland (3.6%). Mohill has fewer residents born outside Ireland than 68% of Irish towns, at 18%. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 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
Irish speakers number 339, or 36% of residents aged 3 and over. For comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 82% in Mohill, more than in 94% 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: 85% of Mohill · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 11%, below 90% of Irish towns. The census found that 85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Mohill. On average, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 77% of Irish towns, at 30%
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 6.2%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 83% of Irish towns, at 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 5.5% of adults; primary level or less for 19% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Mohill
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohill | 1,027 | — | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 12.8 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 14.8 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 14.9 km | 39.3 | 20% | 36% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 17.6 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
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 Mohill’s residents
What is the population of Mohill?
Mohill had 1,027 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mohill?
The median age is 44.3. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mohill?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (339 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mohill?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mohill?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 7.5% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Mohill good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mohill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mohill?
Median gross household income in Mohill was €37,720 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).