Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Mulranny is over 48.5, older than 99% of Irish towns
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 84% in Mulranny and 71% across Ireland’s towns. In 2022, the Census found 315 residents locally, living in 105 households. Here, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment. This Co. Mayo town has fewer households of parents with children than 88% of Irish towns, at 29%.
Mulranny’s population moved −1% on 2016, less than in 97% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Mayo’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Mulranny, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 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. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 7.6%, a lower share than 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.9%, above just over two thirds of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More one-person households than 99% of Irish towns: 39%
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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
36% of homes are holiday homes, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Households without a car or van: 20%, above 62% of Irish towns. For holiday homes, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%.
Household income at the median: €42,970 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €42,970 a year before tax, the median household income is 29% under that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Mayo as a whole, the figure is €48,670.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 10%, a lower share than 75% 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.
The most common home language after English is French (3.2%); in all 9.1% speak another language, and 1% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%. On residents born outside Ireland, Mulranny sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 21%.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.3% in Mulranny, less 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
Some 151 people here, just over half of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 11%, a lower share than 90% 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: 88% of Mulranny · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (9%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.1%) and Other, including mixed (0.7%). Set beside that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. At 88%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is higher than in 90% of Irish towns.
Mulranny ranks above 81% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 38%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 6.3%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married 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 12% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Mulranny
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulranny | 315 | — | 48.5 | 31% | 29% |
| Westport | 6,872 | 19.2 km | 41.3 | 20% | 35% |
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 Mulranny’s residents
What is the population of Mulranny?
Mulranny had 315 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Mulranny?
The median age is 48.5. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mulranny?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (151 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mulranny?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mulranny?
84% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 5% another religion; 3.8% didn’t say.
Is Mulranny good for families?
29% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mulranny are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mulranny?
Median gross household income in Mulranny was €42,970 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).