Photo: Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Mullaghmore is over 56.3
Here 65% of homes are holiday homes, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. For Mullaghmore, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 92%. Few places have so few households of parents with children: 24% here, fewer than in 91% of Irish towns. 172 residents in 67 households: that is Mullaghmore at the 2022 Census.
Mullaghmore’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 65% 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, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Sligo’s towns, +10%.
Mullaghmore ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 5.8%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Mullaghmore, 51% and 13%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.1% here.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% 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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Mullaghmore ranks below 99% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 1.5%
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
85% have broadband at home and 11% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
€51,030 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.
At €51,030 a year before tax, the median household income is 15% under that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Sligo as a whole, the figure is €50,440.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 5.2% in Mullaghmore, less than in 98% of Irish towns
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (16%) and outside the EU and UK (2.6%). The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%. Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 57% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.6%, a lower share than 90% of Irish towns
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: 78 residents, 46% of those aged 3 and over. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 74% in Mullaghmore, more than in 66% 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 Mullaghmore · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
19% of residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Against that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Mullaghmore: 9.9% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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.
Married residents 15 and over: 52% here and 34% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 70% of Irish towns: 45%
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 a fifth of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 2.8% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Mullaghmore has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaghmore | 172 | — | 56.3 | 30% | 24% |
| Kinlough | 1,196 | 11.0 km | 35.2 | 13% | 49% |
| Bundoran | 2,599 | 11.3 km | 38.4 | 16% | 36% |
| Ballyshannon | 2,246 | 17.6 km | 45 | 25% | 35% |
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 Mullaghmore’s residents
What is the population of Mullaghmore?
Mullaghmore had 172 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mullaghmore?
The median age is 56.3. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mullaghmore?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (78 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mullaghmore?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mullaghmore?
74% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 7.6% another religion; 0.6% didn’t say.
Is Mullaghmore good for families?
24% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 13% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mullaghmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mullaghmore?
Median gross household income in Mullaghmore was €51,030 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).