Photo: Suzanne Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Adare is older than 93% of Irish towns: a median age of 42.9
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 11% of households have no car or van here. 1,224 residents in 477 households: that is Adare at the 2022 Census. Census figures put residents who said they are Catholic at 78% locally. On one-person households, Adare sits higher than 72% of Irish towns: 28%.
What stands out about the people of Adare
Older than most towns
Half of Adare’s residents are under 42.9 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 20% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Adare grew +10% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 61% 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. Limerick’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%, a lower share than 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Adare is above 87% of Irish towns. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Adare: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 79% 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
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.9% here and 10% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Adare ranks below 75% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 37%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 84% of Irish towns: 2.9%. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Holiday homes make up 1.7% in Adare, more than in 91% 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
The share of households with broadband is 85%; 13% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). As a reference point, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. For Adare, the census puts households in flats at 9.4%.
Households here have a median income of €69,620 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €69,620, 16% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick’s median household income is €55,950.
Adare sits below 79% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (9.5%)
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (6.3%), then in the UK (5.6%). At 18%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in 73% of Irish towns. Against that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
An Irish-speaking town: 1.8% speak it daily outside education
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 582 residents (51% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%. The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 88% of Irish towns: 11%
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: 86% of Adare · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (7.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.1%) and Other, including mixed (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are common here: 86%, more than in 84% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 94% of Irish towns
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.
In Adare, 6.5% of residents give unpaid care, beside 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 69% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Adare, 6.1%, and 19% hold a postgraduate qualification. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Adare is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adare | 1,224 | — | 42.9 | 20% | 37% |
| Croom | 1,240 | 7.0 km | 39.8 | 18% | 38% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 10.6 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 12.4 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 13.0 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 14.2 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 15.3 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Adare’s residents
What is the population of Adare?
Adare had 1,224 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Adare?
The median age is 42.9. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Adare?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (582 people), and 1.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Adare?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 9.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Adare?
78% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 10% another religion; 4.1% didn’t say.
Is Adare good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Adare are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Adare?
Median gross household income in Adare was €69,620 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).