Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns, at 1.2%
Compared with 43% across Ireland’s towns, 57% of households are parents with children here. Clonlara had 724 residents in 241 households at the 2022 Census. In Clonlara, 4.8% of households have no car or van. Residents who said they are Catholic are more common here than in 89% of Irish towns.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 73% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Clare’s towns.
In Clonlara, 9.1% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 35.6, Clonlara is younger than 75% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns
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
Students among residents 15 and over: 13% here and 10% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Clonlara households average 3.1 people, larger than in 92% 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.
In Clonlara, 17% of households are one person living alone, beside 24% across Ireland’s towns.
100% of homes are houses
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
Clonlara sits close to the norm on holiday homes: 0.4%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
€75,190 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.
€75,190 a year before tax puts the median household 25% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Clare the median is €54,650.
In Clonlara, 12% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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.
5.3% of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. At home, 7% use another language, chiefly Polish (1.8%), and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns, at 0.7%
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 329, or nearly half of residents aged 3 and over. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Clonlara ranks above 98% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 92%
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: 92% of Clonlara · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%. 16% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%.
Clonlara ranks above 56% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 35%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 5.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
36% of adults hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 13% of adults. Primary level or earlier: 7%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Clonlara
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonlara | 724 | — | 35.6 | 9.1% | 57% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 3.8 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 4.4 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 5.8 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 6.9 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 6.9 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 7.3 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
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 Clonlara’s residents
What is the population of Clonlara?
Clonlara had 724 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonlara?
The median age is 35.6. 33% are under 18 and 9.1% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonlara?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (329 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonlara?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 5.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonlara?
80% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 4% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Clonlara good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonlara are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonlara?
Median gross household income in Clonlara was €75,190 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).