Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households of parents with children than 97% of Irish towns, at 59%
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 90%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 1,292 people lived in Dromiskin, in 426 households. Locally, 0.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. 10% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Dromiskin
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 14% lone parents with children, more than in 97% of Irish towns; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Dromiskin changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, slower 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Louth’s towns.
A median age of 36.1: Dromiskin is younger than 70% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. In Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, the oldest of Co. Louth’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
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. Louth 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Dromiskin, 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 74% 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
By its share of students among residents 15 and over (11%), Dromiskin is above nearly two thirds of Irish towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Dromiskin, 14% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.6%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Average household size: 3 people. Set beside that, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Only 7.3% of households in Dromiskin have no car or van
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
Internet at home: broadband for 93%, nothing for 5.8% (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Here, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
Household income at the median: €66,760 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€66,760 a year before tax puts the median household 11% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Louth the median is €54,600.
In Dromiskin, 6.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
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.
Residents born outside Ireland: 19%, below 65% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. At home, 8.3% use another language, chiefly French (1.2%), and 0.2% speak English not well or not at all.
0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 82% 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
Some 465 people here, 39% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education. In Co. Louth, Tullyallen has the highest share (1.2%).
Above 86% of Irish towns: 79% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 90% of Dromiskin · Co. Louth’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, 16% of residents said they have no religion in Dromiskin. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (5.9%), Other, including mixed (1.6%) and Black or Black Irish (1.1%). Residents who said they are Catholic: 71% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
In Dromiskin, 6.4% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 87% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married; in Dromiskin, 36%. Set beside that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 55% of Irish towns, at 34%
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 nearly one in ten adults; primary level or less for 9.5% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Dromiskin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromiskin | 1,292 | — | 36.1 | 10% | 59% |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 3.4 km | 41.4 | 19% | 41% |
| Dundalk | 43,112 | 7.6 km | 36.5 | 14% | 45% |
| Dunleer | 2,143 | 10.8 km | 36.3 | 11% | 53% |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 11.9 km | 37.7 | 14% | 46% |
| Clogherhead | 2,275 | 18.1 km | 36.6 | 8.7% | 56% |
| Carlingford | 1,528 | 19.0 km | 41.1 | 18% | 41% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Louth 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 Dromiskin’s residents
What is the population of Dromiskin?
Dromiskin had 1,292 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dromiskin?
The median age is 36.1. 28% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dromiskin?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (465 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dromiskin?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 6.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dromiskin?
79% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 5.9% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Dromiskin good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dromiskin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dromiskin?
Median gross household income in Dromiskin was €66,760 in 2022, against €54,600 across Co. Louth 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).