Photo: John Myers · CC BY-SA 2.024% of Clonroche is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of Irish towns
Compared with 71% across Ireland’s towns, 88% of residents said they are Catholic here. Clonroche had 329 residents in 113 households at the 2022 Census. Here, 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Nearly two in five households are parents with children, fewer than in 70% of Irish towns.
Clonroche changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 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. Wexford’s towns, +11%.
Clonroche ranks below 90% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Clonroche is 39, higher than in 67% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. 65–69 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 6.2% in Clonroche, less than in 99% of Irish towns
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
Nearly a fifth of Clonroche’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 28% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 0.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally.
2.9 people per household, more than in 77% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
21% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Clonroche, 6.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns
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
Holiday homes are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 0.8%. Every 15th household or so has no car or van.
Household income, middle of the range: €52,240 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €52,240, 13% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Wexford has a median of €51,440.
7.3% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 99% 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: 6.5%, below 96% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 6.3% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (0.6%); 1.5% speak English not well or not at all.
Can speak Irish: 30% of Clonroche’s residents
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 ability to speak Irish extends to 87 residents (30% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Irish towns: 9.1%
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: 72% of Clonroche · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Irish Traveller (21%), Other White (4.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.5%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 71% of Irish towns: 72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
Half of adults have never married
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: 4.6%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 34% of residents 15 and over are married in Clonroche.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 99% of Irish towns, at 11%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 3.8% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 28% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Clonroche are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonroche | 329 | — | 39 | 24% | 39% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 11.6 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 16.4 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
| Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch | 1,506 | 19.3 km | 44.1 | 22% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’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 Clonroche’s residents
What is the population of Clonroche?
Clonroche had 329 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonroche?
The median age is 39. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonroche?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (87 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonroche?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.3% were born abroad and 6.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonroche?
88% are Catholic, 9.1% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 6.4% didn’t say.
Is Clonroche good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonroche are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonroche?
Median gross household income in Clonroche was €52,240 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford 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).