Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Unemployment stood at 5% of the labour force in 2022. The town, home to 436 people, lies in Co. Clare.
Homes sell for a median €286,800, about 5.9 times what a household here earns in a year. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 5% of commuters. Nearly a quarter of adults have a degree.
Kildysart has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Kildysart does most differently from other towns.
4 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kildysart.
Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 73% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Expect July highs of around 19.4°C in Kildysart. December is the wettest month locally, with 145 mm of rain on average. The mean temperature over a year locally is 10.4°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,270 mm | 1,199 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.4°C | 19.7°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.4°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
7.1% of residents give unpaid care to a relative or friend, above Co. Clare’s towns (5.4%) and Irish towns (5.4%) alike. Disability touches 26% of Kildysart’s population. At the census, 2.3% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2022 | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 7.1% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 87% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.3% | 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
The private rented sector houses 16% of households. Owners make up 62% of households, in line with Co. Clare’s towns (64%) and Irish towns (61%).
| Housing | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 16% | 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.
100% of homes are within 400 m of green space, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (92%). Among the protected sites near Kildysart is Lower River Shannon SAC. Green space comes to 14.4 ha for every 1,000 people locally.
| Outdoors | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 42% | 9.6% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 69% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 14.4 ha | 1.7 ha | 4.1 ha |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 5 mm of rain is forecast. The rain holds off today, but the wind gets up to 20 km/h, and the low is 5°C. By December, a normal day reaches 9°C and a normal night 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 387 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 240 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 285 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 359 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The average household earns €48,930 a year before tax. The car took 85% of commuters, above Co. Clare’s towns (77%) and Irish towns (66%) alike. Unemployment runs at 5%.
| Census 2022 | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 5% | 9.1% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 29.6 min | 23.1 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 71% | 68% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 41% | 44% | 31% |
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.
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, above Co. Clare’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%) alike. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50.7% of Kildysart’s residents are women
221 women and 215 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 41% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.4% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 23% | 28% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Clare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
64% of voters cast a ballot at the general election. Clare County Council is the council for Kildysart, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. This Co. Clare town sits in the Kilrush local electoral area, which elects 5 councillors.
| Turnout | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 58% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 64% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Before 1919: that is when 14.7% of homes were built. 4 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie in and around the town. Kildysart’s built heritage counts 7 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 161 | 25 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 14.7% | 1.8% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 4 | 10 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
For secondary school, the closest is St John Bosco Community College, 0.3 km from the town. Families in Kildysart have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kildysart N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 122 | Catholic |
| St John Bosco Community CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 289 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Kildysart | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 13% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +5% | +1% | +4% |
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.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Kildysart; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleBunratty Castle20 km east
National parkBurren National Park38 km north
CathedralEnnis Cathedral20 km northeast
CathedralSt John's Cathedral33 km east
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksEnnis Friary21 km northeast
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral33 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Kildysart’s built heritage counts 7 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 4 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
One notable person was born in Kildysart; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildysart | 436 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Askeaton Limerick | 1,236 | 12 | — | B | B− | D |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 16 | B | B+ | B− | C |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 17 | — | B | A+ | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
8% mostly work from home, and 41% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Kildysart had 436 people at the 2022 census, up from 413 in 2016: 5.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Kildysart is 43.8, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 20% of residents are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Clare
Kildysart has 436 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). 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).