Photo: Zxcode · CC BY-SA 3.0Riverstown ranks above 93% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 89%
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats in Riverstown comes in at 4.4%. One-person households account for 30%. Lower than in 88% of Irish towns: 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. In 2022, the Census found 394 residents locally, living in 159 households.
+9% since 2016, a pace 58% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Sligo’s towns +10%.
Older than 77% of Irish towns: half of Riverstown is over 39.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 16%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 71% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3.1% in Riverstown, less than in 98% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Riverstown, 35% and 14%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.5 people per household, fewer than in 77% 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.
46% of households are parents with children; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 43%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 64% of Irish towns, at 15%
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
86% of households are on broadband; 11% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). On holiday homes, Riverstown sits higher than 71% of Irish towns: 0.5%. Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €47,060 a year
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 €47,060 sits 22% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Sligo has a median of €50,440.
Riverstown sits below 81% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (9.2%)
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.
9.4% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2.5%); 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. On residents born outside Ireland, Riverstown sits lower than 76% of Irish towns: 17%. The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%.
Riverstown sits below 99% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.3%)
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 129 residents (36% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Sligo, Sligo has the highest share (1.1%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 80% of Irish towns: 13%
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 Riverstown · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 75% in Riverstown. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (6.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%) and Black or Black Irish (1.1%). The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Riverstown ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 8.1%
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.
32% of residents 15 and over are married; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 34%. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Riverstown ranks below 76% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 26%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 12%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 9.6% of adults.
Riverstown sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown | 394 | — | 39.8 | 16% | 46% |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 8.3 km | 34.9 | 9.6% | 48% |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 9.6 km | 40.2 | 18% | 37% |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 11.5 km | 35.5 | 11% | 41% |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 14.2 km | 34 | 5.9% | 58% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 15.9 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
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 Riverstown’s residents
What is the population of Riverstown?
Riverstown had 394 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Riverstown?
The median age is 39.8. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Riverstown?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (129 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Riverstown?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 9.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Riverstown?
75% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 12% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Riverstown good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Riverstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riverstown?
Median gross household income in Riverstown was €47,060 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).