Photo: C O'Flanagan · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of Irish towns: half of Ardnacrusha is over 44
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Ardnacrusha’s 375 households held 1,229 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, 86% of residents said they are Catholic. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7%; Ardnacrusha has 1.1%.
What stands out about the people of Ardnacrusha
A student town
18% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 96% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 19% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A town of families
55% of households are couples with children and 6.4% lone parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Ardnacrusha’s residents are under 44 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 14% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
About 90 residents (7.2%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 97% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +1% change since 2016: slower than 90% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, +8%.
19% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ardnacrusha sits above 96% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (18%)
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3.6%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children make up 61% in Ardnacrusha, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
With one-person households at 9.1%, Ardnacrusha is behind 99% of Irish towns on that count. Households average 3.3 people. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Ardnacrusha sits below 99% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (2.5%)
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. At home, 95% have broadband, while 3.6% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
€66,070 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€66,070 a year before tax puts the median household 10% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Clare, the figure is €54,650.
Residents born outside Ireland: 7.9%, a lower share than 98% of Irish towns
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Another language is spoken at home by 5.3%, most often French (1.1%); 0.2% speak English not well or not at all. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
1.7% of Ardnacrusha’s residents use Irish every day outside education
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Irish speakers number 658, or 55% of residents aged 3 and over. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Ardnacrusha, 97% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 97% of Ardnacrusha · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (1.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (1%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%. Ardnacrusha has fewer residents with no religion than 88% of Irish towns, at 11%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 48%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
7.2% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Ardnacrusha, 44% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 68% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
16% of Ardnacrusha’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 4.1% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
No nearby town is as old as Ardnacrusha
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | — | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 3.2 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 4.1 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 4.3 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 5.0 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 5.2 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 5.4 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Clare’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Ardnacrusha’s residents
What is the population of Ardnacrusha?
Ardnacrusha had 1,229 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Ardnacrusha?
The median age is 44. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ardnacrusha?
55% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (658 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ardnacrusha?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.9% were born abroad and 1.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ardnacrusha?
86% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 2.7% another religion; 1.8% didn’t say.
Is Ardnacrusha good for families?
61% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ardnacrusha are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ardnacrusha?
Median gross household income in Ardnacrusha was €66,070 in 2022, against €54,650 across Co. Clare and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. 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).