Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns: 6.6%
Half of Croom’s residents are over 39.8, older than in 77% of Irish towns. The town’s 437 households held 1,240 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, 17% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats in Croom comes in at 6.4%.
A +14% change since 2016: Croom grew faster than 81% 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%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Croom sits lower than nearly three fifths of Irish towns: 12%. Across the comparison, 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
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Croom
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
Just over a fifth of Croom’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 14% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children make up 38% in Croom, less than in 72% 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.
Households average 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 22% of households are one person living alone. Set beside that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
94% 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
Internet at home: broadband for 79%, nothing for 19% (typical: 7.6%). Here, 17% of households have no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €55,960 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Croom’s households have a gross income below €55,960 a year, 7% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick comes in at €55,950 at the median.
Residents born outside Ireland: 12%, a lower share than 95% 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 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.7%) and outside the EU and UK (2.7%). Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 9.6%. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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
Some 256 people here, nearly a third of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Croom ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 86%
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: 89% of Croom · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (5%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.7%) and Black or Black Irish (0.8%). For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 89% here, more than in 96% of Irish towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 57% of Irish towns, at 35%
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.
Unpaid carers make up 5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 19%, a lower share than 92% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.6% of Croom’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 16% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Croom are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croom | 1,240 | — | 39.8 | 18% | 38% |
| Adare | 1,224 | 7.0 km | 42.9 | 20% | 37% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 13.0 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 14.9 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 15.1 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 15.6 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 16.0 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 Croom’s residents
What is the population of Croom?
Croom had 1,240 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Croom?
The median age is 39.8. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Croom?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (256 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Croom?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 9.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Croom?
86% are Catholic, 6.6% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 33% didn’t say.
Is Croom good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Croom are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Croom?
Median gross household income in Croom was €55,960 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).