Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0In Grange, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children; in Grange, 56%. The town counted 569 residents and 203 households at the 2022 Census. Four in five residents said they are Catholic. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 88% of Irish towns.
Slower than most: +5% since 2016, behind 67% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Sligo’s towns.
In Grange, 11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 71% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 37.2, Grange is younger than 56% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Here, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Grange: 14% of residents 15 and over are students, above 90% 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
The biggest occupational gap is in professional occupations: 26%, against a typical 21%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 3.2%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 70% of Irish towns: 2.8 people each on average
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.
Fewer one-person households than in 53% of Irish towns: 24%.
Holiday homes: 3.1%, a higher share than 93% 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
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 13% of households have no car or van here. Across the comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€62,480 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.
A median gross household income of €62,480 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Sligo has a median of €50,440.
Grange sits below 84% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (8.6%)
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.
16% of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Another language is spoken at home by 12%, most often Polish (4.2%); 1.4% speak English not well or not at all. The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%.
Of Grange’s residents, 44% can speak Irish
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 228, or 44% of residents aged 3 and over. Grange has more daily speakers of Irish outside education than nearly three fifths of Irish towns, at 1.2%.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 79% of Irish towns: 85%
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: 85% of Grange · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (10%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns.
Grange ranks above 60% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 36%
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 6%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 67% of Irish towns: 44%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 18% of adults; primary level or less for 7.4% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Grange
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grange | 569 | — | 37.2 | 11% | 56% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 14.3 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 14.7 km | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
| Kinlough | 1,196 | 16.6 km | 35.2 | 13% | 49% |
| Bundoran | 2,599 | 18.4 km | 38.4 | 16% | 36% |
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 Grange’s residents
What is the population of Grange?
Grange had 569 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grange?
The median age is 37.2. 31% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Grange?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (228 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Grange?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 8.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Grange?
80% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 6.5% another religion; 5.6% didn’t say.
Is Grange good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Grange are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grange?
Median gross household income in Grange was €62,480 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).