Photo: Occono · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Tramore is over 41.1, older than 85% of Irish towns
Set against 43% across Ireland’s towns, nearly two in five households are parents with children in Tramore. 84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 74% of Irish towns. The neighbourhood had 4,803 residents in 1,890 households at the 2022 Census. Locally, 16% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What stands out about the people of Tramore
Growing more slowly than most
Tramore went from about 4,800 people in 2016 to 4,803 in 2022, ±0%: slower growth than in 92% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Many carers
About 330 residents (6.8%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 95% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Tramore’s population moved ±0% on 2016, less than in 92% 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 median change is +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Tramore: 19% of residents are 65 or over, above 85% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.9% of residents. As a yardstick, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in four fifths of Irish towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Tramore, 41.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Tramore ranks above 68% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 8.8%
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
At 9.3%, students among residents 15 and over sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
2.5 people per household, fewer than in 75% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Tramore comes in at 26%. In Tramore, 6.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households without a car or van than 63% 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
The share of households with broadband is 92%; 6.9% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €61,700 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 €61,700 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork’s median household income is €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 18% in Tramore, less than in 68% 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, 14% use another language, chiefly Polish (2.5%), and 1.1% speak English not well or not at all. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Just over one in ten residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 69% of Irish towns.
1.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a share 81% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 2,162 residents (48% of those aged 3 and over). As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 70% of Irish towns, at 21%
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: 84% of Tramore · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (9%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.7%) and Other, including mixed (1.9%). Fewer residents who said they are Catholic than in 53% of Irish towns: 71%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 95% of Irish towns, at 6.8%
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.
Where 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, Tramore has 36%. Elsewhere, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Tramore: 46% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 71% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by a fifth of adults here, while 5.6% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Dangan (27.5), the youngest, and Fair Hill (44.9), the oldest. Nearest to Tramore in age: Garryowen (40.9), Tivoli (41.1), Ballyboden (41.5) and Gurranebraher (42.4).
Tramore sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore | 4,803 | — | 41.1 | 19% | 39% |
| Ballinlough | 5,435 | 0.9 km | 44.1 | 22% | 38% |
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | 1.5 km | 43 | 20% | 34% |
| Knockrea | 5,228 | 1.6 km | 37.4 | 13% | 29% |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 1.8 km | 37.1 | 11% | 51% |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 2.0 km | 33.7 | 9.4% | 18% |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 2.5 km | 38.3 | 13% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cork’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Tramore’s residents
What is the population of Tramore?
Tramore had 4,803 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Tramore?
The median age is 41.1, older than 85% of Irish towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tramore?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,162 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tramore?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tramore?
71% are Catholic, 21% have no religion and 8% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Tramore good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tramore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tramore?
Median gross household income in Tramore was €61,700 in 2022, against €60,670 across Co. Cork 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).