Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns: 92%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 16%, above 93% of Irish towns. In Dromore West, 35% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 292 people lived here, in 114 households.
A +9% change since 2016: faster than 58% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Sligo’s towns, by more than +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 10%, a lower share than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 15–19: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Enniscrone, the oldest of Co. Sligo’s towns by this measure, it is 27%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 17% in Dromore West, more than in 95% 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
In Dromore West, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 25% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 13%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 64% of Irish towns: 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 72% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 7% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 46% of households are parents with children.
2.3% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 92% 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
Home broadband covers 79% of households, while 18% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, 14% of households have no car or van.
€40,950 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €40,950 a year, 32% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Sligo, the middle household has €50,440.
Fewer residents born abroad than 96% of Irish towns: 11%
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (7.3%) and outside the EU and UK (2.8%). Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 98% of Irish towns. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.4%
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
Speakers of Irish: 102 residents, 40% of those aged 3 and over. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Dromore West, 82% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 95% 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: 92% of Dromore West · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.1%), Black or Black Irish (3.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%). For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. At 11%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 90% of Irish towns.
Below 93% of Irish towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
Unpaid carers make up 6.5%, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 27% in Dromore West, less than in 74% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: 22% of residents 15 and over. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Dromore West, 7.4%, and 6.8% hold a postgraduate qualification.
No nearby town is as young as Dromore West
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromore West | 292 | — | 36.5 | 10% | 46% |
| Enniscrone | 1,291 | 14.6 km | 46.3 | 27% | 32% |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 18.1 km | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Sligo has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Dromore West’s residents
What is the population of Dromore West?
Dromore West had 292 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dromore West?
The median age is 36.5. 30% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dromore West?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (102 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dromore West?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 4.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dromore West?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.8% another religion; 9.2% didn’t say.
Is Dromore West good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dromore West are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dromore West?
Median gross household income in Dromore West was €40,950 in 2022, against €50,440 across Co. Sligo 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).