Photo: Kanchelskis · CC BY 2.5A holiday town: 9.1% of homes are holiday homes
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 99% of Irish towns: 1.1%. Census figures put one-person households at 40% in Lisdoonvarna. 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 87% of Irish towns. Its 177 households held 934 residents at the 2022 Census.
Lisdoonvarna’s population changed by +33% since 2016, more than in 97% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, +8%.
Younger than 70% of Irish towns: half of Lisdoonvarna is under 36.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%; Lisdoonvarna has 12%. The largest age band is 35–39: 9.6% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 70 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Lisdoonvarna ranks below 97% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 3.3%
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Lisdoonvarna, 10% and 9.4%. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Lisdoonvarna, 35% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 79% of Irish towns
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. As a reference point, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
In Lisdoonvarna, 14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 66% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Internet at home: broadband for 77%, nothing for 18% (typical: 7.6%).
Half of households earn more than €34,600 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €34,600 a year before tax, the median household income is 42% under that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €54,650 across Co. Clare.
More residents born abroad than 93% of Irish towns: 40% in Lisdoonvarna
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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (30%) and in Poland (3.5%). Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are common here: 49%, more than in 98% of Irish towns.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
Within Co. Clare, Ennis has the largest share, 1.6%. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 72% 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: 72% of Lisdoonvarna · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (16%), Other, including mixed (5.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.9%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns. On residents who said they are Catholic, Lisdoonvarna sits higher than 66% of Irish towns: 74%. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 17%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
In Lisdoonvarna, 2.6% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over tops 68% of Irish towns: 37%. Across Ireland’s towns, unpaid carers come to 5.4%.
24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 79% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Lisdoonvarna are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisdoonvarna | 934 | — | 36.1 | 12% | 35% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 10.5 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 11.6 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
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 Lisdoonvarna’s residents
What is the population of Lisdoonvarna?
Lisdoonvarna had 934 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 33% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lisdoonvarna?
The median age is 36.1. 21% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Lisdoonvarna?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (157 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Lisdoonvarna?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 40% were born abroad and 49% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Lisdoonvarna?
74% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 8.8% another religion; 55% didn’t say.
Is Lisdoonvarna good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Lisdoonvarna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lisdoonvarna?
Median gross household income in Lisdoonvarna was €34,600 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).