Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0In Tullow, 12% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns
Half of Tullow’s residents are under 36.2, younger than in 69% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 5,138 residents in the town, living in 1,871 households. Households in flats: 8.3% of the total. The figure for households of parents with children is 46% in Tullow and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
Faster growth than 64% of Irish towns: Tullow changed by +10% since 2016
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Carlow’s towns.
Tullow ranks below 64% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 12%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Tullow has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of Irish towns, at 12%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Tullow, 36.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Tullow ranks below 85% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%
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
18% of workers are in elementary occupations, against a typical 11%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Students among residents 15 and over: 9.3% of the total.
Tullow households average 2.8 people, larger than in 63% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Here, 5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 24%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 52% of Irish towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 64% of Irish towns: 15%
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
Just over four in five households are on broadband; 13% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Tullow has more holiday homes than 71% of Irish towns, at 0.5%. Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €46,760 a year
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 €46,760 a year here, 22% below Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €53,120 across Co. Carlow.
Tullow ranks above 74% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 20%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (8.8%) and in Poland (7.3%). Higher than in 60% of Irish towns: 25% of residents were born outside Ireland. Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 15% across Ireland’s towns.
Tullow sits below 90% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (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
In all, 1,419 residents aged 3 and over (31%) can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
77% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 81% 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: 73% of Tullow · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (20%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.1%). Lower than in 68% of Irish towns: 73% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 93% of Irish towns: 3.7%
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.
57% of Tullow’s residents 15 and over are single and 32% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Unpaid carers: 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 90% of Irish towns: 19%
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 5.6% of adults; primary level or less for 12% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 4,603 to 5,768 people: this is the 13th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Dangan (27.5) and the oldest Fair Hill (44.9). Nearest to Tullow in age: Bohernabreena (35.6), Galvone (36.2), Ferrybank (36.5) and Inchicore (36.8).
Tullow is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullow | 5,138 | — | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 9.0 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 12.9 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 13.6 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 14.9 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Bunclody | 2,053 | 18.0 km | 37.9 | 17% | 38% |
| Tinahely | 1,037 | 18.8 km | 40.3 | 17% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Carlow has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Tullow’s residents
What is the population of Tullow?
Tullow had 5,138 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tullow?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 69% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tullow?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,419 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tullow?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tullow?
77% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 11% another religion; 7.4% didn’t say.
Is Tullow good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tullow are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tullow?
Median gross household income in Tullow was €46,760 in 2022, against €53,120 across Co. Carlow 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).