Find your town in County Limerick
Census counts show County Limerick up 7.5% from 2016 to 2022. Half the county’s households earned more than €55,952 in 2022, and half less. New rents across the county averaged €1,619 a month in 2025. The 2022 census counted 209,536 residents in County Limerick. At the top of the towns in County Limerick stands Newcastle West, #58 among 320 in the country.
What County Limerick is like
The median ranked town in County Limerick grades highest on walkability and hazard risk against towns across Ireland, and lowest on safety. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
1 of 15 (7%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Limerick, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Limerick compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
15 towns · ordered by county rank
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
32 smaller places in County Limerick
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Limerick, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
32 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Limerick
The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about County Limerick
How do the biggest towns in County Limerick grade?
Dooradoyle grades C+ overall, with its best grade in jobs & income. Next in size, Castletroy grades C−, best in health.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Limerick, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Limerick compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Limerick comes 20th of 26 counties overall (C−). It does best on walkability and worst on cost of living.
Is every town in County Limerick on TownRatings?
Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Castleconnell, Abbeyfeale, Kilmallock, Caherconlish and 5 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Newcastle West, Harold Strong (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Farranshone, Marathon (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Dooradoyle, LukeG 1001 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Annacotty, Sarah777 (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ballinacurra, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Castletroy, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Limerick City Centre, Nigel Thompson (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Garryowen, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Caherdavin, N Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Dock, Marathon (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ballynanty, MrPONTEIRO (CC BY 3.0) · Corbally and King's Island, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Prospect and Newtown Pery, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Rathbane, Mike Searle (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). 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).