Only 0.2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Drumlish
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.2%), Drumlish is below 93% of Irish towns. The town has fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Irish towns, at 8.9%. The 2022 Census counted 1,124 residents in 409 households. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 11%.
+14% since 2016, a pace 80% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Longford’s towns.
Younger than 73% of Irish towns: half of Drumlish is under 35.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 12%. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Irish towns: 4.9%
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
At 9.5%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
47% of households are parents with children, more than in 69% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households average 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 26% in Drumlish.
Drumlish: 2.5% of homes are holiday homes, above 92% 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
Connected households: 89% on broadband; 9.3% offline (typical: 7.6%). Lower than in 67% of Irish towns: 13% of households have no car or van. The usual figure: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €47,220 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€47,220 a year before tax puts the median household 21% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Longford the median is €47,220.
Drumlish sits above 64% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (25%)
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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 outside the EU and UK (9%) and in the UK (8%). Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 16% of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%).
Irish speakers: 36% of Drumlish’s residents
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
At 0.8%, daily speakers of Irish outside education sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. In all, 363 residents aged 3 and over (36%) can speak Irish. It is the highest share of Co. Longford’s 6 towns of 2,500+.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 83% in Drumlish, more than in 95% 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: 77% of Drumlish · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (17%), Other, including mixed (2.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%. 77% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 33%, a lower share than 61% 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.
For Drumlish, the census puts unpaid carers at 5.6%. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Drumlish sits below 90% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (20%)
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 6% of adults; primary level or less for 9.8% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Drumlish has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumlish | 1,124 | — | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 10.5 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 12.8 km | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 17.1 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
| Granard | 1,058 | 18.4 km | 36.5 | 15% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Longford 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 Drumlish’s residents
What is the population of Drumlish?
Drumlish had 1,124 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drumlish?
The median age is 35.7. 31% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumlish?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (363 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumlish?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumlish?
83% are Catholic, 8.9% have no religion and 8.6% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Drumlish good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumlish are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumlish?
Median gross household income in Drumlish was €47,220 in 2022, against €47,220 across Co. Longford 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).