Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 38% in Enniskillen, more than in 96% of towns in England and Wales
Households without a car or van make up 23%, against 25% across Northern Ireland’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 14,086 residents in Enniskillen, living in 5,449 households. On the census count, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. With a median age of 43.1, Enniskillen is younger than just over three in five towns in England and Wales.
What the Census says about Enniskillen’s people
More born abroad than most towns
18% of residents were born outside the UK, against 15% across Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns and 10% across Northern Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (14%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: NISRA Census 2021 (data zones summed to the settlement).
10% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 72% of towns in England and Wales
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21% here and 17% across Northern Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Northern Ireland’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: 7.1% of residents.
Median age of towns in England and Wales of 2,500+
■ Enniskillen, 43.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Northern Ireland, 51% of residents are women.
Above 87% of towns in England and Wales: 6.3% of adults are full-time students
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Enniskillen, just over a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 32% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Northern Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 10% locally. The comparison figure for full-time students is 8.3% across Northern Ireland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 79% of towns in England and Wales
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
People per household
Northern Ireland’s towns.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 2%, close to the figure across Northern Ireland’s towns. The census found that 26% of households have dependent children in Enniskillen.
33% of households live in a detached house, more than in 59% of towns in England and Wales
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Little separates the share of households in flats here, 14%, from the figure across Northern Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across Northern Ireland’s towns: 24%. In Enniskillen, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Enniskillen: 18% of residents born outside the UK
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across Northern Ireland’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 94%; Enniskillen has 91%. By way of comparison, 10% of residents were born outside the UK across Northern Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (14%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
Enniskillen ranks below 99% of towns in England and Wales on residents with no religion: 13%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White · all residents
White, not charted: 96% of Enniskillen · Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns 97% · Northern Ireland’s towns 96%.
Religion · all residents
83% of residents describe themselves as Christian (Northern Ireland’s towns: 76%). As a yardstick, 21% of residents said they have no religion across Northern Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White, are Mixed or multiple (0.8%), Indian (0.8%) and Chinese (0.7%).
More unpaid carers than 88% of towns in England and Wales: 11%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
399 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. By way of comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Northern Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 87% of towns in England and Wales: 41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
32% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Enniskillen, 32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Northern Ireland’s towns, while 27% have no qualification at all (25%). A levels top the qualifications of 14%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Of 361 UK towns its size (10,000 to 19,000 people), the 143rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Enniskillen in age: Weybridge (43.1), Baglan (43.1), Sleaford (43.2) and Shepshed (43.2).
The places around Enniskillen
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniskillen | 14,086 | — | 43.1 | 21% | 26% |
| Lisnaskea | 3,020 | 10.1 mi | 39.9 | 20% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns” and “Northern Ireland’s towns” mean their settlements. Census comparisons pool every town in Fermanagh and Omagh (or Northern Ireland), summed the same way as Enniskillen’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. NISRA adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Enniskillen’s residents
What is the population of Enniskillen?
The 2021 Census counted 14,086 people in Enniskillen’s settlement.
What is the average age in Enniskillen?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 61% of towns in England and Wales. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Enniskillen?
96% of residents described themselves as White in 2021, against 96% across Northern Ireland’s towns and 97% across Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Enniskillen?
13% said they had no religion and 83% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 2.1% didn’t answer.
Is Enniskillen good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across Northern Ireland’s towns. Schools are on Enniskillen’s schools page.
Sources: NISRA Census 2021 (Flexible Table Builder), data zones summed to NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (household composition by super data zone; women and men from whole data zones, which approximate the town’s boundary). Open Government Licence v3.0.
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