Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 92% of Irish towns: half of Corofin is over 42.5
Households without a car or van: 11% here and 17% across Ireland’s towns. 793 residents in 316 households: that is Corofin at the 2022 Census. For Corofin, the census puts one-person households at 30%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are common here: 87%, more than in 85% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Corofin has changed by +2%, slower than 82% 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 65 or over, a share 87% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 92% of Irish towns.
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%.
In Corofin, 4.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 91% 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
41% of Corofin’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%.
Smaller households than 73% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
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 shared households of unrelated adults at 3.2%, Corofin is behind 78% of Irish towns on that count. 43% of households are parents with children.
Above 95% of Irish towns: 4.7% of homes are holiday homes
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
Broadband: 88% of households. 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, a lower share than in 97% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for holiday homes is 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. No internet at all: 9.8% (typical: 7.6%).
Household income at the median: €49,450 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Corofin’s households have a gross income below €49,450 a year, 18% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Clare as a whole, the figure is €54,650.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 9%, a lower share than 82% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (12%) and outside the EU and UK (3.4%). The share of residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns is 15%. At 18%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in 71% of Irish towns.
Corofin ranks above 90% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.9%
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
In all, 362 residents aged 3 and over (50%) can speak Irish. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 75% in Corofin, more than in 74% 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: 87% of Corofin · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (9.8%), Irish Traveller (1.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.5%). At 18%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 56% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%.
Unpaid carers make up 6.3% in Corofin, more than in 85% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married; in Corofin, 35%. To put it in context, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
30% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 64% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Corofin, 12%, and 11% hold a postgraduate qualification. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Corofin sits below 1 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corofin | 793 | — | 42.5 | 19% | 43% |
| Ennis | 27,923 | 12.5 km | 39.3 | 15% | 42% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 15.4 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 18.6 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
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 Corofin’s residents
What is the population of Corofin?
Corofin had 793 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Corofin?
The median age is 42.5. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Corofin?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (362 people), and 1.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Corofin?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Corofin?
75% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 6.5% another religion; 4.5% didn’t say.
Is Corofin good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Corofin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Corofin?
Median gross household income in Corofin was €49,450 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).