Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.037% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of towns in England and Wales
38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 41% across Northern Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.6%. Lisnaskea has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of towns in England and Wales, at 1.3%. At the 2021 Census, 3,020 people lived here, in 1,276 households.
What the Census says about Lisnaskea’s people
More born abroad than most towns
14% 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 (12%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: NISRA Census 2021 (data zones summed to the settlement).
Lisnaskea is younger than 81% of towns in England and Wales: a median age of 39.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 0–4: 8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Northern Ireland’s towns. The census found that 20% of residents are 65 or over in Lisnaskea.
Median age of towns in England and Wales of 2,500+
■ Lisnaskea, 39.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Northern Ireland, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 5.5%, a higher share than 74% of towns in England and Wales
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 Lisnaskea, a fifth of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 34% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Northern Ireland’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a yardstick, 8.3% of adults are full-time students across Northern Ireland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Lisnaskea sits above 73% of towns in England and Wales for households with dependent children (30%)
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.3 across Northern Ireland’s towns. The share of households with dependent children across Northern Ireland’s towns is 29%.
Below 77% of towns in England and Wales: 6.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
24% of households have no car or van, against 25% across Northern Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Northern Ireland’s towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 39%. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 64% of towns in England and Wales.
Residents born outside the UK make up 14% in Lisnaskea, more than in 84% of towns in England and Wales
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 20%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (12%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). As a yardstick, 10% of residents were born outside the UK across Northern Ireland’s towns. 95% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 79% of towns in England and Wales.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 99% of towns in England and Wales: 8.1%
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: 99% of Lisnaskea · Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns 97% · Northern Ireland’s towns 96%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (90%), Lisnaskea is above 99% of towns in England and Wales. Across Northern Ireland’s towns, residents with no religion come to 21%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 44% in Lisnaskea, less than in 77% of towns in England and Wales
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
78 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Married adults and civil partners: 41% across Northern Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Against a figure of 12% across Northern Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Lisnaskea comes in at 9.4%.
A degree-level qualification for 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lisnaskea counts 26% of its adults, against 32% across Northern Ireland’s towns; at the other end, 32% have no qualification (25%).
56th youngest of 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Lisnaskea in age: Bethesda (39.8), Repton (39.9), Weldon (40) and Penllergaer (40.1).
The places around Lisnaskea
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisnaskea | 3,020 | — | 39.9 | 20% | 30% |
| Enniskillen | 14,086 | 10.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 26% |
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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 Lisnaskea’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 Lisnaskea’s residents
What is the population of Lisnaskea?
The 2021 Census counted 3,020 people in Lisnaskea’s settlement.
What is the average age in Lisnaskea?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 81% of towns in England and Wales. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lisnaskea?
99% of residents described themselves as White in 2021, against 96% across Northern Ireland’s towns and 97% across Fermanagh and Omagh’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lisnaskea?
8.1% said they had no religion and 90% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 1.1% didn’t answer.
Is Lisnaskea good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across Northern Ireland’s towns. Schools are on Lisnaskea’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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