Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Cratloe is over 49.6
The share of households without a car or van is 1.7%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 899 people lived in Cratloe, in 320 households. Across Cratloe, 85% of residents said they are Catholic. One-person households are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Cratloe has changed by −7%, slower than 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, +8%.
Cratloe ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
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: 8.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Across Cratloe, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% 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
In Cratloe, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 53% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 7.8%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
In Cratloe, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 85% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Cratloe, 2.8. The usual figure: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns. Here, 44% of households are parents with children.
Households in flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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
89% have broadband at home and 7.3% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. For Cratloe, the census puts holiday homes at 0.3%.
Before tax, the median household income is €77,830 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Cratloe’s households have a gross income above €77,830 a year, 29% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Clare comes in at €54,650 at the median.
In Cratloe, 9% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (4.2%) and outside the EU and UK (3.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. Cratloe has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 99% of Irish towns, at 3.6%.
Cratloe sits below 82% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (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
Within Co. Clare, Ennis has the largest share, 1.6%. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96%, a higher share than 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: 96% of Cratloe · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Next after White Irish come Other White (3%), Other, including mixed (0.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%). Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 50%
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.
6.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Cratloe, 46% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 71% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 17% of adults; primary level or less for 4.5% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
No nearby town is as old as Cratloe
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cratloe | 899 | — | 49.6 | 27% | 44% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 4.6 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 7.4 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 7.5 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 8.4 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 9.0 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 10.0 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
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 Cratloe’s residents
What is the population of Cratloe?
Cratloe had 899 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Cratloe?
The median age is 49.6. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cratloe?
57% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (464 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cratloe?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9% were born abroad and 3.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cratloe?
85% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 3% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Cratloe good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cratloe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cratloe?
Median gross household income in Cratloe was €77,830 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).