Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Parteen is over 47.6, older than 99% of Irish towns
6% of households have no car or van (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Parteen counted 889 residents and 338 households at the 2022 Census. In Parteen, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Higher than in 77% of Irish towns: 76% of residents said they are Catholic.
A +1% change since 2016: slower than 90% 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 Co. Clare’s towns the median is +8%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, below four fifths of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 69% 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
Where 21% is typical, professional occupations take in 30% of workers. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Across Parteen, one in ten residents 15 and over are students.
A smaller share of households of parents with children than 64% of Irish towns: 40%
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.
Households in Parteen hold 2.6 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%. For Parteen, the census puts one-person households at 21%.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of Irish towns: 0.3%
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
93% of households are on broadband; 6.7% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). As a yardstick, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. More holiday homes than in 58% of Irish towns: 0.3%.
€66,070 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €66,070 a year before tax: 10% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Clare, the median is €54,650.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 96% of Irish towns: 11%
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.
At home, 8.2% use another language, chiefly Spanish (1.6%), and 1.7% speak English not well or not at all. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 98% of Irish towns: 5.3%.
52% of Parteen 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
Speakers of Irish: 436 residents, 52% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Clare, Ennis has the highest share (1.6%). At 0.8%, daily speakers of Irish outside education sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
In Parteen, 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 98% 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: 92% of Parteen · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (5.8%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%). 18% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 52% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
9.9% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 37%, a higher share than 52% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 14% of adults; primary level or less for 7.5% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
No nearby town is as old as Parteen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parteen | 889 | — | 47.6 | 28% | 40% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 1.5 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 1.9 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 2.8 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 2.8 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 3.6 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 3.9 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
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 Parteen’s residents
What is the population of Parteen?
Parteen had 889 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Parteen?
The median age is 47.6. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Parteen?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (436 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Parteen?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 5.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Parteen?
76% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 6.1% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Parteen good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Parteen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Parteen?
Median gross household income in Parteen was €66,070 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).