Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of Irish towns: half of Drumconrath is over 44
Residents with no religion make up 9.4%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 9.9% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns. Drumconrath counted 423 residents and 160 households at the 2022 Census. For Drumconrath, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5%.
Drumconrath changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, behind 64% 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 +11% across Co. Meath’s towns.
In Drumconrath, 19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Drumconrath comes in at 13%. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
3.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 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
Work here tilts toward process, plant and machine operatives, at 16% against a typical 7.8%. Students among residents 15 and over are more common here than in 56% of Irish towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Drumconrath households average 2.7 people, smaller than in 54% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Drumconrath, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. 43% of households are parents with children, more than in 54% of Irish towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of Irish towns: 0.6% of households
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
Holiday homes are more common here than in 74% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 85% of households.
€59,580 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €59,580 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Meath, the middle household has €70,660.
15% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 83% 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (6.4%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.3%). Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 11% here, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns.
Only 0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Drumconrath
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
Irish speakers number 135, or 35% of residents aged 3 and over. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Drumconrath sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (86%)
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: 89% of Drumconrath · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish tops 92% of Irish towns: 89%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%.
Drumconrath sits below 95% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (3.3%)
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.
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 37% in Drumconrath and 34% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Drumconrath ranks below 83% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 5.4% of adults. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 18%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Drumconrath has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumconrath | 423 | — | 44 | 19% | 43% |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 7.9 km | 37.7 | 14% | 46% |
| Kingscourt | 2,955 | 11.9 km | 35.2 | 10% | 50% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 14.6 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
| Slane | 1,445 | 17.1 km | 39.2 | 13% | 52% |
| Dunleer | 2,143 | 17.2 km | 36.3 | 11% | 53% |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 18.1 km | 41.4 | 19% | 41% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Meath’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 Drumconrath’s residents
What is the population of Drumconrath?
Drumconrath had 423 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drumconrath?
The median age is 44. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumconrath?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (135 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumconrath?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumconrath?
86% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Drumconrath good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumconrath are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumconrath?
Median gross household income in Drumconrath was €59,580 in 2022, against €70,660 across Co. Meath 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).