Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,797 people call this town in Co. Sligo home. It grew by 16% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.
Where it does best is safety — gardaí record 3.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, and 3.5 burglaries and acts of criminal damage. It also does well on cost of living (B+): the median home sold for €233,300, 4.7 times the town’s median household income. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work. 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Natural hazards weigh more here (D): an estimated 26% of its homes exceed the radon reference level.
Figures: crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · commuting, CSO Census 2022 · radon, EPA. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Irish towns; Collooney has its subject grades alone.
This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level.
The 3 things Collooney does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Collooney with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Irish towns; Collooney has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
7 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Collooney.
27% of homes stand low near a river, above Irish towns (0.5%). Landslides: none of Collooney lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
| Share of homes | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | – | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 27% | – | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
All told, 27.2 crimes per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Of the graded crimes in Collooney, assaults and harassment came up most often (2023–2025). Thefts came to 4 per 1,000 a year (not part of the grade), lower than Irish towns (15.3).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 3.5 | – | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 27.2 | – | 54.3 |
| Theft | 4 | – | 15.3 |
| Violent crime | 3.5 | – | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
St Marys College is the nearest secondary school, 3.4 km away. 3 schools lie within 3 km of Collooney: 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school. 33% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, about level with Irish towns (35%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 241 | Catholic |
| St Marys CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 264 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +31% | – | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | – | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
The private rented sector houses 29% of households. Social housing holds 18% of households, above Irish towns (13%). Owners make up 52% of households.
| Housing | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €233K | – | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,148 | – | €1,606 |
| Households owning their home | 52% | – | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 29% | – | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area F91, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Commutes averaged 20.6 min, lower than Irish towns (27.6 min). The car carried just over four in five commuters at the census. At the census, 8.8% of workers worked mainly from home.
| Census 2022 | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 20.6 min | – | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 42% | – | 31% |
| Median household income | €49,978 | – | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | – | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Allowing for its ages, Collooney has 112 residents with a disability per 100 expected, above Irish towns (106). In the HSE West and North West health region, just over a third of people hold a medical card. 21% of residents in Collooney live with a disability.
| Census 2022 | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 21% | – | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | – | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
January nights bottom out at 2.2°C in Collooney, lower than Irish towns (2.9°C). The annual mean locally is 9.6°C. This Co. Sligo town gets 1,295 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.6°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,295 mm | – | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.6°C | – | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.2°C | – | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Within 400 m of green space: 84% of homes. Protected nature near Collooney includes Unshin River SAC. Its paths and tracks come to 0.6 km per km², lower than Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Green space in Collooney adds up to 4 ha, in one park.
| Outdoors | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 9.7% | – | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 8.9% | – | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.6 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 84% | – | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Set beside Collooney’s forecast, a normal November runs from 4°C at night to 10°C by day. A quiet day is due today: no rain, a light wind peaking at 15 km/h, and 6°C overnight. Looking ahead, rain stays away on 5 of the next 6 days.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 380 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 257 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 11°C | 296 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 7°C | 363 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
One in ten residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than Irish towns (12%).
51.7% of Collooney’s residents are women
929 women and 868 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 34% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 20% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 9.6% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 8.9% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 11% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 38% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 36% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Sligo and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Collooney answers to one council, Sligo County Council; Ireland has no town tier. General election turnout was 61%. Fianna Fáil lead Sligo County Council with 6 of 18 seats, but no party has a majority: 10 are needed.
| Turnout | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 55% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 sites here, below Irish towns (11). Scaled to its population, that is 50 inventory buildings for every 10,000 people in Collooney.
| Heritage | Collooney | Co. Sligo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 50 | – | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 7 | – | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Collooney; these are the best known within 40 km.
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo9.9 km north
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksSligo Abbey10 km north
Castle · Office of Public WorksParke's Castle14 km northeast
CastleBallymote Castle11 km south
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey27 km southeast
GardenLissadell House & Gardens19 km northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Collooney’s built heritage counts 9 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 7 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
6 notable people were born in Collooney.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collooney | 1,797 | — | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 3.6 | — | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 7.3 | — | A− | A+ | B |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 9.9 | C | B+ | C− | C− |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 11 | — | A+ | A− | B |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 12 | — | C− | C− | A+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Collooney had 1,797 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,546 in 2016: 16.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Collooney is 34.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Sligo
1,797 people live in Collooney, in the area of Sligo County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).