The village is built around the Church of Ireland parish church, which was built in the 18th century. The steep main street houses two grocery shop, a hairdressing salon, two pubs, a post office, a dentist's surgery, a beauty salon, a butcher, two mechanics, a pharmacy, a health store distributor, a chip shop, and a hardware store, as well as the Church of Ireland parish centre, the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The Catholic church and a Plymouth Brethren gospel hall lie just off the main street. Just outside the village is Carrybridge, a marina on Upper Lough Erne.
Lisbellaw railway station opened on 16 August 1858 and shut down on 1 October 1957.[2]
24.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.7% were aged 60 and over
48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female
91.9% were from a Protestant and other Christian background (including Christian related community background)[3]
7.3% of the population were from a Catholic Community Background[4]
5.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
2011 census
On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Lisbellaw Settlement was 1,106 accounting for 0.06% of the NI total.[5]
99.64% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
13.47% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 83.00% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
72.42% indicated that they had a British national identity, 10.85% had an Irish national identity and 26.13% had a Northern Irish national identity. Respondents could indicate more than one national identity.
3.90% had some knowledge of Irish;
7.03% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
0.38% did not have English as their first language.