Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0More holiday homes than 99% of Irish towns: 12% of homes
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Quilty has 42%. Locally, nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. 21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 211 residents in 94 households.
A growing town: +17% since 2016, faster than 85% 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%.
Half of Quilty is under 36.1, younger than 70% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 11%. The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share 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%.
Only 5.4% of residents 15 and over are students in Quilty
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
Work here tilts toward skilled trades, at 25% against a typical 11%. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Across Quilty, 3.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 96% of Irish towns: 2.2 people on average
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 are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The census found that nearly two in five households are parents with children in Quilty.
Quilty ranks below 95% of Irish towns on households in flats: 3.2%
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
Here, 16% of households have no car or van. Typically, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €44,590 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €44,590 a year, 26% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Clare, the middle household has €54,650.
Quilty ranks below 96% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 6.4%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (11%) and in Poland (1%). Fewer residents born outside Ireland than in 88% of Irish towns: 14%. The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 96% of Irish towns: 0.5%
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
In all, 65 residents aged 3 and over (34%) can speak Irish. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 79% in Quilty, more than in 86% 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: 89% of Quilty · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (6.4%), Irish Traveller (3%) and Other, including mixed (1%). 18% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 55% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Quilty sits below 93% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (25%)
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 figure for unpaid carers is 6.6% in Quilty and 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 92% of Irish towns: 18%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.2% of Quilty’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 20% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Quilty
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quilty | 211 | — | 36.1 | 21% | 39% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 15.0 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 17.3 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 Quilty’s residents
What is the population of Quilty?
Quilty had 211 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Quilty?
The median age is 36.1. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Quilty?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (65 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Quilty?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 6.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Quilty?
79% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 3.4% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Quilty good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Quilty are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Quilty?
Median gross household income in Quilty was €44,590 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).