Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.019% of homes are holiday homes, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
44% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put households of parents with children at 31% in Tullaghan. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 25%, more than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. There were 134 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 293 residents.
From 2016 to 2022, Tullaghan outgrew 53% of Irish towns: +8%
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.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns: 7.5%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Tullaghan is 39.2, higher than in 68% of Irish towns. For Tullaghan, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 14%. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Mohill, the oldest of Co. Leitrim’s towns by this measure, it is 26%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 6%, a lower share than 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Tullaghan, 13%. As a yardstick, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Against a figure of 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Tullaghan comes in at 3.7%.
Tullaghan sits below 73% of Irish towns for households in flats (8.2%)
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
In Tullaghan, 13% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€43,560 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €43,560 a year, 28% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €45,270 across Co. Leitrim.
Tullaghan sits above 73% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (28%)
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (18%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.3%). Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 68% of Irish towns: 12%. For comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.5%, a higher share than 77% of Irish towns
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. Leitrim, Ballinamore has the largest share, 1.8%. For comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 86%, a higher share than 83% 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: 86% of Tullaghan · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (11%), Other, including mixed (1.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%). Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 56% of Irish towns: 70% of residents said they are Catholic.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8.2% of residents
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.
29% of residents 15 and over are married; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 34%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns, at 39%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 13% of adults. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%. Primary level or earlier: 7.7%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Around Tullaghan, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullaghan | 293 | — | 39.2 | 14% | 31% |
| Bundoran | 2,599 | 3.4 km | 38.4 | 16% | 36% |
| Kinlough | 1,196 | 3.6 km | 35.2 | 13% | 49% |
| Ballyshannon | 2,246 | 9.8 km | 45 | 25% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Leitrim 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 Tullaghan’s residents
What is the population of Tullaghan?
Tullaghan had 293 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tullaghan?
The median age is 39.2. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tullaghan?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (109 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tullaghan?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tullaghan?
70% are Catholic, 25% have no religion and 5.3% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Tullaghan good for families?
31% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tullaghan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tullaghan?
Median gross household income in Tullaghan was €43,560 in 2022, against €45,270 across Co. Leitrim 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).