Households without a car or van make up 4.2% in Clarina, less than in 98% of Irish towns
Residents who said they are Catholic: 88% here and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put Clarina’s population at 559, in 217 households. For Clarina, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3%. With a median age of 38.3, Clarina is older than 58% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Clarina has grown +13%, faster than 77% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Limerick’s towns +9%.
15% of residents are 65 or over, a share 60% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 9.5% of residents. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 52% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 76% of Irish towns, at 10%
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 27%, against a typical 21%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Students among residents 15 and over account for 12%.
One-person households: 27%, a higher share than 67% of Irish towns
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.
In Clarina the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children: just over two fifths of the total. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%.
100% of homes are houses
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
6.3% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 92% have broadband. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Households here have a median income of €76,150 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€76,150 a year before tax puts the median household 27% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Limerick has a median of €55,950.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 88% of Irish towns: 14%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%; Clarina has 7.7%. 11% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.4%); 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
51% of Clarina’s residents can speak Irish
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
Farranshone leads Co. Limerick with 1.9%. Clarina has fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 65% of Irish towns, at 0.9%.
Only 7.9% of residents said they have no religion in Clarina
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: 87% of Clarina · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Clarina has 87%. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (5.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.3%) and Other, including mixed (2.4%). For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Clarina, 8.2% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
With married residents 15 and over at 40%, Clarina is ahead of 86% of Irish towns on that count. The share of unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
42% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 64% 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 Clarina’s adults, 12% went on to postgraduate study and 5.4% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clarina
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarina | 559 | — | 38.3 | 15% | 42% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 5.5 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 6.2 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 6.6 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 7.1 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 7.2 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 7.6 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
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 Clarina’s residents
What is the population of Clarina?
Clarina had 559 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clarina?
The median age is 38.3. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clarina?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (272 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clarina?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 7.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clarina?
88% are Catholic, 7.9% have no religion and 4.2% another religion; 0.9% didn’t say.
Is Clarina good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clarina are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clarina?
Median gross household income in Clarina was €76,150 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).