Drumaness

Drumaness (formerly Drumanessy; ) is a village and townland (of 761 acres) in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles or 5 kilometres south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle road. It is situated in the civil parish of Magheradroll and the historic barony of Kinelarty. In the 2021 census it had a population of 1,309 people.

== Demography == The population of Drumaness on census day 2011 was 1339 people. The demographic characteristics of the people living in Drumaness was as follows: 22.93% were aged under 16 years; 10.53% were aged 65 and over; the average age was 32 years (median); 48.24% of the population were male and 51.76% were female; 88.72% were from a Catholic community background; 7.84% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community 26.29% indicated that they had a British national identity, 36.52% had an Irish national identity and 40.70% had a Northern Irish national identity