Photo: Original author and uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainIn Claremorris, 67% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 81% of Irish towns
With households of parents with children at 38%, Claremorris is behind 72% of Irish towns on that count. 3,857 people lived locally on Census night in 2022, in 1,463 households, with a median age of 37.4 (younger than 54% of Irish towns). Across Claremorris, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On households in flats, Claremorris sits higher than 68% of Irish towns: 17%.
What stands out about the people of Claremorris
More born abroad than most towns
32% of residents were born abroad, against 29% across Co. Mayo’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born elsewhere in the EU (14%) and outside the EU and UK (8.9%); 25% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+10% since 2016, a pace 64% of Irish towns didn’t match
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. Mayo’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Claremorris is younger than 54% of Irish towns: a median age of 37.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13% here and 14% across Ireland’s towns. In Westport, the oldest of Co. Mayo’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Claremorris, 37.4. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 89% of Irish towns: 8.4%
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
The occupation that stands out is process, plant and machine operatives: 13%, where 7.8% is typical. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More people live alone than in 76% of Irish towns: 29% of households
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 6.5%. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people.
Claremorris sits above 82% of Irish towns for holiday homes (0.9%)
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
With households without a car or van at 19%, Claremorris is ahead of 58% of Irish towns on that count. Typically, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€49,730 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €49,730 a year here, 17% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Mayo’s median household income is €48,670.
Above 86% of Irish towns: 32% of residents were born outside Ireland
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (14%) or outside the EU and UK (8.9%). 25% of residents are citizens of another country, a higher share than in 86% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
41% of Claremorris’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
Irish speakers number 1,341, or 41% of residents aged 3 and over. 1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a lower share than in 56% of Irish towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 78% of Irish towns: 13%
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: 67% of Claremorris · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (22%), Other, including mixed (4.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.9%). Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. At 73%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 61% of Irish towns.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 59% 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.
Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 58% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns: 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A tenth of Claremorris’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 8.3% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
20th lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,263 to 4,526
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Castlegar (33.1), the youngest, and Montenotte (46.5), the oldest. Nearest to Claremorris in age: Riverstown (37.1), Mervue (37.4), Clara (37.6) and Rathbane (37.9).
Around Claremorris, 3 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremorris | 3,857 | — | 37.4 | 13% | 38% |
| Knock | 1,029 | 9.5 km | 49 | 33% | 28% |
| Kiltimagh | 1,232 | 13.9 km | 41.4 | 18% | 37% |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 15.6 km | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
| Ballinrobe | 3,148 | 18.6 km | 37.6 | 13% | 43% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Mayo’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 Claremorris’s residents
What is the population of Claremorris?
Claremorris had 3,857 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Claremorris?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 54% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Claremorris?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,341 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Claremorris?
67% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 32% were born abroad and 25% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Claremorris?
73% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 15% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Claremorris good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Claremorris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Claremorris?
Median gross household income in Claremorris was €49,730 in 2022, against €48,670 across Co. Mayo 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).