Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 2.9%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Westbury has 77%. At the 2022 Census Westbury was home to 3,636 people in 1,255 households. Households of parents with children account for 51%. Few places have so few one-person households: 19% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Westbury
Growing more slowly than most
Westbury went from about 3,610 people in 2016 to 3,636 in 2022, +1%: slower growth than in 90% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Westbury changed by +1% from 2016 to 2022, 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 Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, +8%.
Older than 61% of Irish towns: half of Westbury is over 38.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: one in ten residents. In Kilrush, the oldest of Co. Clare’s towns by this measure, it is 24%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Westbury, 38.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 4.7% in Westbury, less than in 88% 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
Administrative and secretarial stand out among workers: 14%, against a typical 9.8%. Higher than in 67% of Irish towns: 11% of residents 15 and over are students. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 71% of Irish towns: 2.8 people each 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 8.1% in Westbury, less than in 83% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €66,070 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €66,070 gross, 10% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Clare the median is €54,650.
16% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 81% 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.
Nearly one in ten residents are citizens of another country; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 15%. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (5.2%) and in the UK (4%). Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Westbury
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%. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 76% of Irish towns: 84%
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: 84% of Westbury · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (9.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (1.5%). As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%; Westbury has 16%.
Above 73% of Irish towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
At 6.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 33%, a lower share than 56% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Westbury’s adults, 9.9% went on to postgraduate study and 6.9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
11th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,064 to 4,278
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Taylor's Hill is the youngest (31.8); Montenotte the oldest (46.5). Nearest to Westbury in age: Macroom (38.4), Kill (38.5), Ballinacurra (38.6) and Ballyfermot (38.8).
Around Westbury, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | 3,636 | — | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 1.5 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 2.6 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 2.8 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 2.9 km | 36.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 3.0 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 3.2 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Westbury’s residents
What is the population of Westbury?
Westbury had 3,636 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Westbury?
The median age is 38.5, older than 61% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Westbury?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,384 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Westbury?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 9.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Westbury?
77% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 6.9% another religion; 7.1% didn’t say.
Is Westbury good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Westbury are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westbury?
Median gross household income in Westbury 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).