Clashmore ranks below 97% of Irish towns on households in flats: 1.9%
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 96% of Irish towns. Clashmore counted 280 residents and 107 households at the 2022 Census. In Clashmore, 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Clashmore has 52%.
Clashmore changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, behind 57% 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 Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Waterford’s towns, +9%.
Half of Clashmore is under 36.8, younger than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 66% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 3.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 one in ten residents 15 and over are students (Ireland’s towns: 10%). The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
More people live alone than in 61% of Irish towns: 26% of households
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Clashmore the average household is 2.7 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 88% of Irish towns, at 6.9%
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
Here 1.6% of homes are holiday homes, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. In one household in 14 there is no car or van.
Median gross household income: €53,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Clashmore’s households have a gross income below €53,280 a year, 11% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Waterford, the figure is €51,540.
In Clashmore, 15% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 83% 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 9.5% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (7.5%) and outside the EU and UK (3.6%). On average, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.9%, a higher share than 90% of Irish towns
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
Top of Co. Waterford: Dungarvan, at 2%. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
79% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 87% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 88% of Clashmore · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (8.9%), Other, including mixed (2.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%). Against that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 16%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 96% of Irish towns: 7.1%
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.
In Clashmore, 35% of residents 15 and over are married. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns: 14%
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 2.9% of adults; primary level or less for 9.3% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Clashmore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clashmore | 280 | — | 36.8 | 14% | 52% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 6.4 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 15.9 km | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 16.4 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Dungarvan | 10,081 | 16.5 km | 40.5 | 18% | 41% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 19.0 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Waterford’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 Clashmore’s residents
What is the population of Clashmore?
Clashmore had 280 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clashmore?
The median age is 36.8. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clashmore?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (85 people), and 1.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clashmore?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 9.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clashmore?
79% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 5.2% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Clashmore good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clashmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clashmore?
Median gross household income in Clashmore was €53,280 in 2022, against €51,540 across Co. Waterford 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).