Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6% in Clonard, less than in 98% of Irish towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 364 residents in 126 households. Just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. The figure for households of parents with children is 52% in Clonard and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
+1% since 2016: slower than 86% 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. Meath’s towns the median is +11%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Only 10% of residents are 65 or over in Clonard
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
45–49 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%. With a median age of 37.8, Clonard is older than 52% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 74% of Irish towns: 5.9%
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: 9.6%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Clonard households average 2.9 people, larger than in 81% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
With one-person households at 22%, Clonard is behind three fifths of Irish towns on that count.
Below 86% of Irish towns: 7.5% of households have no car or van
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 81%, nothing for 15% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €65,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €65,280 a year before tax, the median household income is 9% above that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Meath overall, the median comes to €70,660.
Residents born outside Ireland: 12%, a lower share than 94% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (2.7%), among the 9.1% who speak another language there; 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns: 0.6%
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
Within Co. Meath, Athboy has the largest share, 2.4%. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Clonard sits above 94% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (81%)
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: 91% of Clonard · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.9%). On residents with no religion, Clonard sits lower than 82% of Irish towns: 12%. Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 83% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 6%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Clonard sits below 67% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (29%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 7.9% of adults; primary level or less for 14% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Clonard: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonard | 364 | — | 37.8 | 10% | 52% |
| Kinnegad | 3,064 | 5.1 km | 33.8 | 7.1% | 54% |
| Longwood | 1,685 | 6.5 km | 35.4 | 7.5% | 59% |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 9.6 km | 38.2 | 14% | 50% |
| Ballivor | 1,870 | 10.0 km | 34.2 | 7.2% | 56% |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 12.5 km | 36.9 | 11% | 48% |
| Derrinturn | 1,837 | 13.7 km | 33.7 | 8.4% | 60% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Meath’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 Clonard’s residents
What is the population of Clonard?
Clonard had 364 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonard?
The median age is 37.8. 25% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonard?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (141 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonard?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 4.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonard?
81% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.2% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Clonard good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonard?
Median gross household income in Clonard was €65,280 in 2022, against €70,660 across Co. Meath 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).