Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Clarinbridge is older than 93% of Irish towns: a median age of 42.8
12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, against 3.3% in Clarinbridge. This Co. Galway town is home to 905 residents in 302 households, by the 2022 Census. On the census count, 56% of households are parents with children. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns.
+17% since 2016, a pace 84% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Galway’s towns +7%.
14% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 79% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15%, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Clarinbridge: 14% of residents 15 and over are students, above 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
In Clarinbridge, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 62% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 9.3%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. For Clarinbridge, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.1%.
Clarinbridge households average 3.1 people, larger than in 91% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. 17% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 82% of Irish towns.
Clarinbridge ranks below 99% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 3.1%
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
The share of households with broadband is 93%; 4.9% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). 1.8% of homes are holiday homes, a higher share than in 91% of Irish towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €83,860 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 €83,860 a year, 39% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Galway has a median of €59,640.
5.1% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 98% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 6.7%, most often French (1.7%); 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. Clarinbridge has fewer residents born outside Ireland than 82% of Irish towns, at 16%. The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
2.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 93% 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
Top of Co. Galway: Knocknacarra, at 4.5%. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Clarinbridge sits above 93% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (81%)
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: 93% of Clarinbridge · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Clarinbridge, 16% of residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%.
Clarinbridge sits above 99% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (45%)
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.
On unpaid carers, Clarinbridge sits higher than 59% of Irish towns: 5.6%. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Clarinbridge sits above 88% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (57%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
28% of Clarinbridge’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 5.6% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
The towns around Clarinbridge are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarinbridge | 905 | — | 42.8 | 15% | 56% |
| Oranmore | 5,819 | 5.1 km | 36.6 | 9.3% | 45% |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 9.4 km | 34.1 | 7.1% | 41% |
| Murrough | 2,909 | 9.5 km | 32.8 | 12% | 33% |
| Craughwell | 1,034 | 10.0 km | 35.6 | 7.3% | 54% |
| Mervue | 4,126 | 11.0 km | 37.4 | 16% | 29% |
| Eyre Square | 6,801 | 11.5 km | 35.1 | 15% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Galway’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 Clarinbridge’s residents
What is the population of Clarinbridge?
Clarinbridge had 905 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clarinbridge?
The median age is 42.8. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clarinbridge?
57% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (487 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clarinbridge?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 5.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clarinbridge?
81% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Clarinbridge good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clarinbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clarinbridge?
Median gross household income in Clarinbridge was €83,860 in 2022, against €59,640 across Co. Galway 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).