Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.05.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of holiday homes is 0.2%; Inagh has 2.6%. At the 2022 Census Inagh was home to 228 people in 98 households. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 83%. Higher than in 95% of Irish towns: 35% of households are one person living alone.
+4% since 2016: slower than 72% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Clare’s towns +8%.
Inagh: 21% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Inagh is 39.2, higher than in just over two thirds of Irish towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Kilrush, the oldest of Co. Clare’s towns by this measure, it is 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 5.7%
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
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.4%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 93% of Irish towns: 2.3 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.
In Inagh, nearly half of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Below 78% of Irish towns: 9.3% of households have no car or van
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
76% have broadband at home and 23% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €49,400 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Inagh’s households have a gross income below €49,400 a year, 18% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €54,650 across Co. Clare.
Only 6.8% of residents are citizens of another country in Inagh
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.
Born outside Ireland: a fifth of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.1%).
44% of Inagh’s residents can speak Irish
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
93 residents, 44% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Clare, Ennis has the highest share (1.6%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 90% of Irish towns, at 88%
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: 88% of Inagh · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
13% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 86% of Irish towns, at 28%
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.
Unpaid carers: 4.4%, below 84% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 24% in Inagh, less than in 81% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 7.7% of adults. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 15%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Inagh
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inagh | 228 | — | 39.2 | 21% | 49% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 10.2 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 12.5 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Ennis | 27,923 | 13.3 km | 39.3 | 15% | 42% |
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 Inagh’s residents
What is the population of Inagh?
Inagh had 228 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Inagh?
The median age is 39.2. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Inagh?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (93 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Inagh?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Inagh?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 4.5% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Inagh good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Inagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inagh?
Median gross household income in Inagh was €49,400 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).