Find your town in County Clare
County Clare grew by 7.7% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses. Households in the county have a median gross income of €54,654 (2022). For a new letting, the county average in 2025 was €1,170 a month. At the last census, in 2022, County Clare was home to 127,938 people. Sixmilebridge is the best-graded town in County Clare, #109 of 320 across the country.
What County Clare is like
The median ranked town in County Clare grades highest on cost of living and jobs & income against towns across Ireland, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
0 of 5 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Clare, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Clare compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
5 towns · ordered by county rank
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
30 smaller places in County Clare
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Clare, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
30 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Clare
The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about County Clare
How do the biggest towns in County Clare grade?
Ennis grades B− overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Next in size, Shannon grades B, best in jobs & income.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Clare, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Clare compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Clare comes 13th of 26 counties overall (B−). It does best on cost of living and worst on walkability.
Is every town in County Clare on TownRatings?
Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Newmarket-On-Fergus, Killaloe, Ardnacrusha, Kilkee and 2 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Sixmilebridge, Piotrek Gumiś (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Shannon, Graham Horn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ennis, Joseph Mischyshyn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Westbury, Graham Horn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Kilrush, Chris (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). 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).