Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Enniscrone is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 46.3
Here nearly two in five households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Locally, nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns. There were 529 households in Enniscrone at the 2022 Census, home to 1,291 residents.
What stands out about the people of Enniscrone
One home in 2 is a holiday home
About 440 of 1,070 homes were empty holiday homes on Census night (41%), more than in 99% of Irish towns; 7.7% were vacant. Homes & cars ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Enniscrone’s residents are under 46.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 27% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
About 100 residents (7.8%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 99% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Faster growth than 63% of Irish towns: Enniscrone changed by +10% since 2016
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%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: nearly one in ten residents. Enniscrone has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of Irish towns, at 8.5%. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Enniscrone ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 6.5%
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 Enniscrone, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 40% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 15%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Enniscrone households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 96% 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.
Nearly a third of households are parents with children, against 43% across Ireland’s towns.
41% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 99% 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
Nearly four in five households are on broadband; 10% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). For Enniscrone, the census puts households in flats at 6%. On households without a car or van, Enniscrone sits lower than 67% of Irish towns: 13%. As a reference point, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€43,350 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.
Half of households are below €43,350 a year before tax: 28% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Sligo as a whole has a median of €50,440.
Below 87% of Irish towns: 8.1% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
Across Ireland’s towns the share born abroad is 22%; in Enniscrone it is 17%. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (10%) or outside the EU and UK (2.8%).
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Enniscrone
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 421, or just over a third of residents aged 3 and over. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
85% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% 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: 89% of Enniscrone · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (8.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%.
7.8% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
More married residents 15 and over than in 56% of Irish towns: 35%. Across the comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Enniscrone ranks below 55% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 33%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 8.5% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Enniscrone is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniscrone | 1,291 | — | 46.3 | 27% | 32% |
| Ballina | 10,556 | 11.8 km | 39.5 | 17% | 42% |
| Crossmolina | 1,134 | 19.2 km | 41.8 | 19% | 38% |
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 Enniscrone’s residents
What is the population of Enniscrone?
Enniscrone had 1,291 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Enniscrone?
The median age is 46.3. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Enniscrone?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (421 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Enniscrone?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 8.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Enniscrone?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Enniscrone good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Enniscrone are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Enniscrone?
Median gross household income in Enniscrone was €43,350 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).