Photo: Andrew Woodvine · CC BY-SA 2.0More holiday homes than 99% of Irish towns: 14%
Here 2.4% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. There were 137 households in Bangor Erris at the 2022 Census, home to 344 residents. Residents aged 65 and over: a fifth of the total. On one-person households, Bangor Erris sits higher than 92% of Irish towns: 32%.
Faster growth than 57% of Irish towns: Bangor Erris changed by +9% since 2016
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 +9% across Co. Mayo’s towns.
Older than 87% of Irish towns: half of Bangor Erris is over 41.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Bangor Erris, 11%. No age band is larger than 0–4: 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 7.7% in Bangor Erris, less than in 97% 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
5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
36% of households are parents with children, below 78% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Only 7.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Bangor Erris
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
The share of households with broadband is 73%; 19% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). As a yardstick, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. For Bangor Erris, the census puts households without a car or van at 17%.
Household income at the median: €42,720 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€42,720 a year before tax puts the median household 29% below Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Mayo overall, the median comes to €48,670.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 3.3% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (11%) and outside the EU and UK (0.9%). 13% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
In Bangor Erris, 1.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 81% 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 99 people here, 31% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Bangor Erris ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 95%
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: 95% of Bangor Erris · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 71% across Ireland’s towns, 96% of residents said they are Catholic here. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%) and Irish Traveller (0.6%).
Married residents 15 and over: 38%, a higher share than 83% 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.
In Bangor Erris, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 15% in Bangor Erris, less than in 96% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 4.9% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 23% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Bangor Erris
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Erris | 344 | — | 41.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Béal An Mhuirthead | 1,042 | 17.8 km | 41.2 | 18% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Mayo’s towns of 2,500 or more and over 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 Bangor Erris’s residents
What is the population of Bangor Erris?
Bangor Erris had 344 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bangor Erris?
The median age is 41.4. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bangor Erris?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (99 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bangor Erris?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 3.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bangor Erris?
96% are Catholic, 2.4% have no religion and 2.1% another religion; 1.2% didn’t say.
Is Bangor Erris good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bangor Erris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bangor Erris?
Median gross household income in Bangor Erris was €42,720 in 2022, against €48,670 across Co. Mayo 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).