In Tievebane, 8.8% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 5% of residents said they have no religion here. There were 158 households in Tievebane at the 2022 Census, home to 495 residents. In Tievebane, 13% of households are one person living alone. The median age here is 41.9, higher than in 89% of Irish towns.
Tievebane changed by −4% from 2016 to 2022, behind 99% 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. Donegal’s towns, +6%.
Tievebane ranks above 87% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of Irish towns: 3.1%
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
Among the working population, skilled trades make up 17%, 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: 10% of the total.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 94% of Irish towns, at 56%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Tievebane, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. On average, 3.2 people share a household.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 5.3% 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
Home broadband covers 84% of households, while 8.1% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €39,270 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 €39,270, 35% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Donegal the median is €42,500.
3.3% of residents are citizens of another country, below 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Compared with 22% across Ireland’s towns, 29% of residents were born outside Ireland here. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (27%) and outside the EU and UK (1.8%). As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Irish: 30% of Tievebane’s residents can speak it
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
Within Co. Donegal, Letterkenny has the largest share, 2.6%. At 1.1%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns, at 96%
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: 96% of Tievebane · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (4%), Irish Traveller (0.2%) and Other, including mixed (0.2%). Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. At 92%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 99% of Irish towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 45%
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.
At 4.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 70% of Irish towns, at 28%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 18%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 11% of adults.
Tievebane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tievebane | 495 | — | 41.9 | 15% | 56% |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 8.2 km | 39.8 | 16% | 47% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 9.4 km | 36.1 | 12% | 55% |
| Muff | 1,418 | 9.5 km | 40.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Ramelton | 1,288 | 14.9 km | 41.5 | 18% | 41% |
| Milford | 1,076 | 17.5 km | 39 | 17% | 48% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Donegal’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 Tievebane’s residents
What is the population of Tievebane?
Tievebane had 495 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Tievebane?
The median age is 41.9. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tievebane?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (137 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tievebane?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 3.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tievebane?
92% are Catholic, 5% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Tievebane good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tievebane are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tievebane?
Median gross household income in Tievebane was €39,270 in 2022, against €42,500 across Co. Donegal 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).