Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Dumha Thuama is over 50.5
29% of homes are holiday homes, against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Dumha Thuama counted 110 residents and 48 households at the 2022 Census. Locally, 3.8% of residents said they have no religion. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of Irish towns.
7.8% of Dumha Thuama’s residents use 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
47 residents, 46% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A change of −3% since 2016 leaves Dumha Thuama behind 98% 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 +9% across Co. Mayo’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 14%, a higher share than 91% 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.6% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 91% 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. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Dumha Thuama, just over two in five households are parents with children.
19% of households have no car or van, more than in 56% 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: 76% on broadband; 20% offline (typical: 7.6%). On average, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €34,340 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€34,340 a year before tax puts the median household 43% below Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Mayo overall, the median comes to €48,670.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country; in Dumha Thuama, 0.9%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 99%
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: 99% of Dumha Thuama · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 3.8% answered “no religion”, 95% Catholic and 0.9% another religion, against 17% and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 7.3% in Dumha Thuama, more than in 98% 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.
Set against 34% across Ireland’s towns, 30% of residents 15 and over are married in Dumha Thuama. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns, at 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
18% of residents 15 and over are still in education. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Dumha Thuama
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumha Thuama | 110 | — | 50.5 | 30% | 42% |
| Béal An Mhuirthead | 1,042 | 16.6 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).
- Speaking Irish. CSO asks everyone aged 3 and over whether they can speak Irish and how often; “daily outside education” leaves out speaking it only at school.
- 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 Dumha Thuama’s residents
What is the population of Dumha Thuama?
Dumha Thuama had 110 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Dumha Thuama?
The median age is 50.5. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dumha Thuama?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (47 people), and 7.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns. Dumha Thuama is in the Gaeltacht, the districts where Irish is the community language.
How diverse is Dumha Thuama?
99% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 0.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dumha Thuama?
95% are Catholic, 3.8% have no religion and 0.9% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Dumha Thuama good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dumha Thuama are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dumha Thuama?
Median gross household income in Dumha Thuama was €34,340 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).