Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 21% of the population. The town has 1,137 residents and lies in Co. Clare.
Ennistimon’s strongest subject is walkability. nearly a quarter of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Buying a home costs less than in most towns: the median sale, €286,800, comes to 6.7 times what the median household here earns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B for health, C+ for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA. Ennistimon is graded subject by subject, but Irish towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Rents for this town aren't published on their own, so its Cost Grade uses the county's average rent. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Ennistimon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ennistimon with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Ennistimon is graded subject by subject, but Irish towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The register holds 39 buildings on the National Inventory in Ennistimon, one of them of national importance.
7 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ennistimon.
Ennistymon Community School is the nearest secondary school, 0.6 km away. 60% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, above Co. Clare’s towns (33%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. Families in Ennistimon have 5 schools within 3 km to choose from: 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys N.S. LahinchLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 166 | Catholic |
| Ennistymon Community SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 693 | Multi-denominational |
| Mol an Óige Community National School DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 158 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +89% | +1% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 60% | 33% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 13% | 39% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Private renters make up 29% of households, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 47% | 64% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 21% | 13% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 29% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €287K | €280K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V95, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Asked at the census, 85% of residents of Ennistimon said they were in good or very good health. For its ages, Ennistimon has 103 people with a disability for every 100 expected, lower than Co. Clare’s towns (110) and near Irish towns (106). 7.2% of residents in Ennistimon care, unpaid, for a relative or friend.
| Census 2022 | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 7.2% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 85% | 87% | 88% |
| With a disability | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Assaults and harassment topped the graded crimes in Ennistimon (2023–2025). Each year, 4 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded per 1,000 residents. On top of that, in all, 30.8 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded a year, below both Co. Clare’s towns (45.4) and Irish towns (54.3).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 4 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 30.8 | 45.4 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 4.6 | 7.2 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Expect January lows of around 3.5°C in Ennistimon. 1,423 mm of rain falls in a year, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (1,199 mm) and Irish towns (937 mm). December is the wettest month here, with 163 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.9°C | 19.7°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,423 mm | 1,199 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.5°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.5°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
The sea makes up 6.1% of the area within 5 km, above Co. Clare’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Among the protected sites near Ennistimon is Inagh River Estuary SAC. For just over three in five homes, green space is under 400 m away.
| Outdoors | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 61% | 69% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 3.4% | 9.6% | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 0.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Set beside Ennistimon’s forecast, a normal November runs from 6°C at night to 11°C by day. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 24 km/h; the low is 4°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 5 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 4°C | 428 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 267 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 312 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 416 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The under-15s are 16% of the population here. 1.2% speak Irish daily outside school, above Co. Clare’s towns (0.6%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Foreign-born residents make up nearly a quarter of the population.
53.2% of Ennistimon’s residents are women
605 women and 532 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.9% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.7% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 30% | 28% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Clare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
At the general election 64% voted, about level with Co. Clare’s towns (64%) and above Irish towns (59%). Fianna Fáil lead Clare County Council with 14 of 28 seats, but no party has a majority: 15 are needed. There is just one council for Ennistimon, Clare County Council: Ireland has only one tier of local government.
| Turnout | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 61% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 64% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 15.1% of the total, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (1.8%) and Irish towns (3.4%). 7 archaeological sites are on the record. Ennistimon’s built heritage counts 39 inventory entries; 1 carry national or international standing.
| Heritage | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 343 | 25 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.1% | 1.8% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
66% of 15 to 64s were in work, below both Co. Clare’s towns (68%) and Irish towns (68%). The jobless rate is 11%.
| Census 2022 | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 57% | 44% | 31% |
| Average trip | 21.4 min | 23.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €42,840 | €53,417 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 9.1% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Ennistimon’s nearest bathing water is Lahinch, 4 km away, rated good in 2025. Under 1% of homes here are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Its homes mostly stand clear of low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Ennistimon | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 3.1% | 0% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 73% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Ennistimon; with them, the best known within 40 km.
National parkBurren National Park21 km east
CastleDoonagore Castle9.9 km northwest
AttractionPol an Ionain12 km north
CastleLeamaneh Castle12 km northeast
AttractionAillwee Cave20 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Ennistimon’s built heritage counts 39 inventory entries; 1 carry national or international standing. 7 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
6 notable people were born in Ennistimon.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | — | — | B+ | B | B |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 3.2 | — | B+ | B | A |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Ennistimon is 40.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Ennistimon had 1,137 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,054 in 2016: 7.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Clare
Ennistimon has 1,137 people, in the area of Clare County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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