Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 47.5: Liscannor is older than 99% of Irish towns
Here 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. At the 2022 Census, 135 people lived in Liscannor, in 61 households. 46% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 30%, more than in 91% of Irish towns.
Liscannor grew +26% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 95% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Clare’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 10% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 99% of Irish towns: 3.7%. Typically, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
0.9% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Liscannor, 47% and 13%. On the census count, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 16% of households are parents with children
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 6.6%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
Holiday homes: 54%, a higher 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
At home, 83% have broadband, while 14% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 5.3%.
Half of households earn more than €48,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€48,180 a year before tax puts the median household 20% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Clare, the middle household has €54,650.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 11%, a lower share than 72% 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.
The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (8.3%) and in the UK (7.4%). Typically, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. A fifth of residents were born outside Ireland (Ireland’s towns: 22%).
0.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns
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
The highest share in Co. Clare belongs to Ennis (1.6%). As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In all, 56 residents aged 3 and over (46%) can speak Irish.
86% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 83% 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: 86% of Liscannor · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Liscannor has 67%. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 78% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Liscannor ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 9.6%
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.
Here 30% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 34%. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Liscannor ranks above 68% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 44%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Liscannor’s adults, 13% went on to postgraduate study and 5.3% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Liscannor
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liscannor | 135 | — | 47.5 | 29% | 16% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 3.8 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 7.0 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
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 Liscannor’s residents
What is the population of Liscannor?
Liscannor had 135 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 26% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Liscannor?
The median age is 47.5. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Liscannor?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (56 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Liscannor?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Liscannor?
67% are Catholic, 30% have no religion and 2.3% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Liscannor good for families?
16% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Liscannor are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Liscannor?
Median gross household income in Liscannor was €48,180 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).