Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,018: a town in Co. Clare. Its population rose 8% from 2016 to 2022.
Lehinch’s standout strength is health: for every 100 its ages would predict, 81 residents are in bad health and 87 have a disability. It also does well on cost of living (B+): a median €286,800 buys a home here, 6.4 years of what the median household earns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work. just over one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: health, commuting and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025. Lehinch 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 Lehinch does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lehinch with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Lehinch is graded subject by subject, but Irish towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lehinch.
Lahinch, 0.8 km from Lehinch, is the closest bathing water; it was rated good in 2025. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred locally has radon above the reference level. No part of Lehinch is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 73% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
6.6% of residents give unpaid care to a relative or friend, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (5.4%) and Irish towns (5.4%). Self-reported good health: 89% of Lehinch’s residents. At the census, 1.8% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2022 | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.6% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2% |
| With a disability | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 87% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
For secondary school, the closest is Ennistymon Community School, 2.8 km from the town. A fifth of the schools teach through Irish, above both Co. Clare’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (8%). Families in Lehinch 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 |
| S N Iosef Naofa GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 29 | Catholic |
| Mol an Óige Community National School DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 158 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +89% | +1% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 20% | 10% | 8% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 13% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 40% | 33% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Social housing holds 8% of households. 16% rent privately, below Co. Clare’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%) alike.
| Housing | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 8% | 13% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 71% | 64% | 61% |
| 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.
Homes saw 4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Co. Clare’s towns (6.2) and Irish towns (6.4). The overall crime rate is 30.8 per 1,000 residents a year. The commonest graded crime in Lehinch was assaults and harassment (2023–2025).
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 | Lehinch | 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 3.6°C in Lehinch. 1,358 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 155 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.7°C | 19.7°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,358 mm | 1,199 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.6°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.
Within 1 km, 0.4% of the land is woodland, below both Co. Clare’s towns (3.9%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Protected nature near Lehinch includes Inagh River Estuary SAC. Every 1,000 residents of Lehinch share 1.5 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 34% | 69% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 15% | 0% | 0% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.4% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 3.3% | 9.6% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
In a typical November, days climb to about 11°C and nights sink to 6°C, the yardstick for Lehinch’s forecast. A dry day with a stiff breeze lies ahead today: wind building to 22 km/h, then a low of 7°C. By December, a normal day reaches 9°C and a normal night 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 4°C | 405 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 12°C | 302 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 398 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Degrees are held by 46% of adults, higher than both Co. Clare’s towns (28%) and Irish towns (36%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
Women make up 53.5% of Lehinch
545 women and 473 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 4.9% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.6% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 46% | 28% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Clare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout was 64%. There is no majority on Clare County Council; Fianna Fáil have the most seats, 14 of 28, short of 15. Lehinch is run by Clare County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government.
| Turnout | Lehinch | 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 5.4% of the total. 5 archaeological sites are on the record, below both Co. Clare’s towns (10) and Irish towns (11). Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 4 buildings in Lehinch, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 39 | 25 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 5.4% | 1.8% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 10 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
The average trip to work took 27.3 min, above Co. Clare’s towns (23.1 min) and close to Irish towns (27.6 min). 14% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census. Household income averages €44,930 a year before tax.
| Census 2022 | Lehinch | Co. Clare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 47% | 44% | 31% |
| Median household income | €44,930 | €53,417 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 27.3 min | 23.1 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | 68% | 68% |
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.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Lehinch. Best known first.
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 4 buildings in Lehinch, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.
3 notable people were born in Lehinch.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehinch | 1,018 | — | — | B+ | B | A |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 3.2 | — | B+ | B | B |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Lehinch had 1,018 people at the 2022 census, up from 939 in 2016: 8.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Lehinch is 44.1, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Clare
1,018 people live in Lehinch, 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).
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).