Photo: Einaz80 · CC BY-SA 4.0Only 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Oranmore
In Oranmore, 6% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. Meanwhile, nearly three quarters of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 69% of Irish towns. Its 2,136 households held 5,819 residents at the 2022 Census. Census figures put households of parents with children at 45% in the town.
Oranmore grew +12% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 72% 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. Galway’s towns, +7%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 82% of Irish towns: 9.3%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with just over one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Oranmore is 36.6, lower than in 64% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Oranmore, 36.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 8.7% of residents 15 and over are students in Oranmore
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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 36%, against a typical 21%. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Oranmore ranks above 65% of Irish towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 6.4%
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.
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. A household here holds 2.7 people on average.
Oranmore sits above 77% of Irish towns for households in flats (22%)
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: 1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%.
Before tax, the median household income is €79,740 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €79,740 sits 33% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €59,640 (Co. Galway).
A higher share of residents born outside Ireland than 59% of Irish towns, at 24%
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.
20% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (5.3%); 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship: 16% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 97% of Irish towns: 2.4%
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. Galway, Knocknacarra has the largest share, 4.5%. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 50% 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: 78% of Oranmore · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.9%) and Other, including mixed (2.3%). On residents with no religion, 17% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Oranmore ranks above 70% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 37%
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.
Oranmore sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.7%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 93% of Irish towns: 61%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: just over a quarter of adults. Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 3%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (5,226 to 6,355), the 15th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 25.6 in Gillabbey to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to Oranmore in age: Glasheen (36.3), Ferrybank (36.5), Inchicore (36.8) and Carrickmacross (36.9).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Oranmore are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oranmore | 5,819 | — | 36.6 | 9.3% | 45% |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 4.5 km | 34.1 | 7.1% | 41% |
| Murrough | 2,909 | 5.1 km | 32.8 | 12% | 33% |
| Mervue | 4,126 | 6.4 km | 37.4 | 16% | 29% |
| Eyre Square | 6,801 | 7.3 km | 35.1 | 15% | 17% |
| Castlegar | 4,315 | 7.7 km | 33.1 | 10% | 31% |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 8.4 km | 32.1 | 11% | 11% |
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 Oranmore’s residents
What is the population of Oranmore?
Oranmore had 5,819 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Oranmore?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 64% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 9.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Oranmore?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,697 people), and 2.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Oranmore?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Oranmore?
74% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 8.3% another religion; 4.2% didn’t say.
Is Oranmore good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Oranmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oranmore?
Median gross household income in Oranmore was €79,740 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).