Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 46.6: Easky is older than 99% of Irish towns
One-person households make up 47%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Easky had 235 residents in 116 households at the 2022 Census. The census found that 22% of homes are holiday homes in the town. At 29%, the share of households of parents with children is lower than in 87% of Irish towns.
A change of +3% since 2016 leaves Easky behind 79% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +10% across Co. Sligo’s towns.
Easky sits above 98% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 7.8% of residents 15 and over are students
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 Easky, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 30% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 23%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 51% of Irish towns.
2 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, Easky sits lower than 57% of Irish towns: 4.3%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 87% of Irish towns: 5.2%
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
Broadband reaches 76% of households; 21% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). For comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Here, 18% of households have no car or van.
€37,670 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.
A median gross household income of €37,670 sits 37% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Sligo, the figure is €50,440.
Easky sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (3.5%)
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.
18% of residents were born outside Ireland (Ireland’s towns: 22%). The largest groups were born in the UK (14%) and outside the EU and UK (3.5%).
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns, at 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
Irish speakers number 76, or 33% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 95%
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: 95% of Easky · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents said they have no religion here. On average, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. 83% of residents said they are Catholic.
27% of residents 15 and over are married, below 90% 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.
6.8% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 25%, a lower share than 78% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
9.1% of Easky’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 21% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Easky
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easky | 235 | — | 46.6 | 24% | 29% |
| Enniscrone | 1,291 | 12.2 km | 46.3 | 27% | 32% |
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 Easky’s residents
What is the population of Easky?
Easky had 235 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Easky?
The median age is 46.6. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Easky?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (76 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Easky?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 3.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Easky?
83% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 1.7% another religion; 0.9% didn’t say.
Is Easky good for families?
29% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Easky are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Easky?
Median gross household income in Easky was €37,670 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).