Photo: David Sankey · CC BY-SA 2.0Tulla is older than 95% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.5
Where 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, Tulla has 89%. The town’s 284 households held 697 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Higher than in 94% of Irish towns: 34% of households are one person living alone.
A change of +5% since 2016 leaves Tulla behind 70% 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. Clare’s towns the median is +8%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a higher share than 74% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 45–49: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Tulla. Typically, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Tulla sits below 96% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (3.8%)
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
Workers here lean to skilled trades: 18%, against a typical 11%. Lower than in 50% of Irish towns: 10% of residents 15 and over are students. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 79% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children: 44% of the total.
Below 79% of Irish towns: 9.1% 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
Set against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, 1.2% of homes are holiday homes in Tulla. One household in 11 has no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €58,900 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 €58,900 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Clare overall, the median comes to €54,650.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 6.7% in Tulla, less than in 95% 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.
At home, 6.3% use another language, chiefly French (1%), and 1% speak English not well or not at all. Few places have so few residents born outside Ireland: 15% here, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns.
Of Tulla’s residents, 49% can speak Irish
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 324 residents (49% of those aged 3 and over). More daily speakers of Irish outside education than in 59% of Irish towns: 1.2%.
Above 97% of Irish towns: 84% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 89% of Tulla · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
One in ten residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (5.4%), Other, including mixed (3.5%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.5%).
Tulla sits above 66% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (36%)
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 are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5.9%. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Tulla sits above 55% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (38%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Tulla’s adults, 11% went on to postgraduate study and 8.5% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Tulla is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulla | 697 | — | 43.5 | 17% | 44% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 13.9 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 14.9 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Ennis | 27,923 | 15.7 km | 39.3 | 15% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Clare’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 Tulla’s residents
What is the population of Tulla?
Tulla had 697 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tulla?
The median age is 43.5. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tulla?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (324 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tulla?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 6.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tulla?
84% are Catholic, 9.9% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Tulla good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tulla are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tulla?
Median gross household income in Tulla was €58,900 in 2022, against €54,650 across Co. Clare 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).