Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Irish towns: 5.6%
Residents who said they are Catholic: 49% here and 71% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 8.5% of the total. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 1,205 people lived in Clonee, in 445 households.
What stands out about the people of Clonee
More born abroad than most towns
48% of residents were born abroad, against 20% across Co. Meath’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (20%) and elsewhere in the EU (17%); 39% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
57% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 98% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (36%), Asian or Asian Irish (10%) and Other, including mixed (6.5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A town of flats
69% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 97% of Irish towns. 8.2% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clonee’s residents are under 34.2 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 8.9% are 15 to 24 and 5.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Clonee changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 59% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Meath’s towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of Irish towns: 8.9%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. With a median age of 34.2, Clonee is younger than 87% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 6.9% of residents 15 and over are students in Clonee
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
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, against 11% in Clonee. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
39% of households are parents with children, below 68% 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.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households average 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of households in flats than 97% of Irish towns, at 69%
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 96%, nothing for 3.1% (typical: 7.6%). Fewer households without a car or van than in 82% of Irish towns: 8.2%. Typically, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€86,940 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Clonee’s households have a gross income above €86,940 a year, 45% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Meath comes in at €70,660 at the median.
48% of residents were born outside Ireland, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 55%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
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 outside the EU and UK (20%) or elsewhere in the EU (17%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Clonee sits higher than 95% of Irish towns: 39%.
Irish speakers make up 28% of Clonee
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 highest share in Co. Meath belongs to Athboy (2.4%). Census figures put daily speakers of Irish outside education at 1.3% in Clonee.
43% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
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: 43% of Clonee · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (36%), Asian or Asian Irish (10%) and Other, including mixed (6.5%). 18% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 56% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 2.2%
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.
Married residents 15 and over: 35%, above 60% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%.
More adults with a degree or higher than 71% of Irish towns: 47%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
15% of Clonee’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 5.5% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clonee
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonee | 1,205 | — | 34.2 | 5.6% | 39% |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 1.4 km | 31.6 | 2.5% | 56% |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 2.0 km | 34.3 | 5.8% | 59% |
| Dunboyne | 7,155 | 2.2 km | 36.6 | 9.8% | 57% |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 3.4 km | 35.6 | 10% | 50% |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 4.1 km | 30.9 | 2.5% | 58% |
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 4.4 km | 37.3 | 14% | 45% |
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 Clonee’s residents
What is the population of Clonee?
Clonee had 1,205 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonee?
The median age is 34.2. 25% are under 18 and 5.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonee?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (271 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonee?
43% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 48% were born abroad and 39% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonee?
49% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 33% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Clonee good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonee?
Median gross household income in Clonee was €86,940 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).