Photo: T0mt0m42 · CC BY-SA 3.0Strandhill: 7.3% of homes are holiday homes, above 98% of Irish towns
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Strandhill comes in at 90%. With a median age of 41.1, Strandhill is older than 85% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 1,982 residents in 733 households. Here, 26% of households are one person living alone.
+11% since 2016, a pace 67% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Sligo’s towns, by more than +10%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, a lower share than 75% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Enniscrone, the oldest of Co. Sligo’s towns by this measure, it is 27%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 69% of Irish towns, at 12%
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
Among workers, professional occupations stand out: 35%, against a typical 21%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Here, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Strandhill households average 2.6 people, smaller than in 62% 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 share of households of parents with children stands at 44%. Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
5.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 94% 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
Broadband reaches 95% of households; 3.2% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Every 18th household or so has no car or van. Here, 7.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
€64,420 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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €64,420 a year, 7% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Sligo’s median household income is €50,440.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 83% of Irish towns, at 8.9%
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.
7.7% speak another language at home, most often Spanish (1.5%); 1% speak English not well or not at all. To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 66% of Irish towns.
Strandhill ranks below 82% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.7%
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
Sligo leads Co. Sligo with 1.1%. The ability to speak Irish extends to 808 residents (45% of those aged 3 and over).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 81% of Irish towns: 24%
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: 90% of Strandhill · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 69%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (6.7%), Other, including mixed (1.3%) and Black or Black Irish (1.1%).
In Strandhill, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% 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.
By its share of unpaid carers (6.5%), Strandhill is above 90% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns: 55%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by nearly a quarter of adults here, while 4.5% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
The towns around Strandhill are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strandhill | 1,982 | — | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 7.9 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 8.4 km | 35.5 | 11% | 41% |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 10.9 km | 34 | 5.9% | 58% |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 11.8 km | 34.9 | 9.6% | 48% |
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 Strandhill’s residents
What is the population of Strandhill?
Strandhill had 1,982 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Strandhill?
The median age is 41.1. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Strandhill?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (808 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Strandhill?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 8.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Strandhill?
69% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 6.8% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Strandhill good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Strandhill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Strandhill?
Median gross household income in Strandhill was €64,420 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).