Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bunratty is under 24.6, younger than 99% of Irish towns
Set against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, 13% of homes are holiday homes in Bunratty. On shared households of unrelated adults, Bunratty sits higher than 97% of Irish towns: 24%. Its 87 households held 288 residents at the 2022 Census. The census found that 30% of households are parents with children in the town.
Bunratty changed by −5% from 2016 to 2022, behind 99% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Clare’s towns.
36% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 20–24: nearly a quarter of residents, 4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents are 65 or over in Bunratty.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Bunratty sits above 99% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (40%)
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
31% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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.
Households in Bunratty hold 2.6 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). The share of one-person households across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
18% of households have no car or van, a share 53% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. The share of households with broadband is 93%; 5% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €61,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €61,250 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Clare as a whole, the figure is €54,650.
In Bunratty, 12% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 67% 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.
Nearly a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (8.7%) and in the UK (4.9%).
More daily speakers of Irish outside education than 95% of Irish towns: 2.3%
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 137, or 52% of residents aged 3 and over. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Bunratty ranks above 61% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 19%
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: 80% of Bunratty · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 80% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Bunratty. Fewer residents who said they are Catholic than in 54% of Irish towns: 71%. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (9%), Black or Black Irish (3.5%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.5%).
Unpaid carers: 3.5%, a lower share than 94% of Irish towns
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.
Just over a third of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, against 31% in Bunratty. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Bunratty ranks above 79% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 51%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 6%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 17% of adults.
Bunratty is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunratty | 288 | — | 24.6 | 12% | 30% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 4.0 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 5.4 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 8.6 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 10.7 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 11.7 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 12.1 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
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 Bunratty’s residents
What is the population of Bunratty?
Bunratty had 288 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Bunratty?
The median age is 24.6. 18% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bunratty?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (137 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bunratty?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bunratty?
71% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 10% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Bunratty good for families?
30% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bunratty are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bunratty?
Median gross household income in Bunratty was €61,250 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).