Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of Irish towns: 1.6%
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Doon has 93%. At the 2022 Census, 651 people lived here, in 249 households. Census figures put one-person households at 34% here. Lower than in 97% of Irish towns: 2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Slower growth than 57% of Irish towns: Doon changed by +7% 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.
Across Co. Limerick’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Doon is over 39.7, older than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 4.5% in Doon, less than in 91% 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
Work here tilts toward caring, leisure and other services, at 17% against a typical 8.3%. Students among residents 15 and over are rarer here than in 54% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 62% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Locally, just over two in five households are parents with children.
Doon ranks above 89% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 1.4%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%; Doon has 19%. On average, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €52,420 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €52,420 a year before tax, the median household income is 13% under that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Limerick overall, the median comes to €55,950.
Residents born outside Ireland: 12%, a lower share than 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, 5.5% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.9%), and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 98% of Irish towns: 4.1%. Typically, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
47% of Doon’s residents 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
Top of Co. Limerick: Farranshone, at 1.9%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are more common here than in two thirds of Irish towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns: 7.7%
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: 93% of Doon · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (3%), Black or Black Irish (1.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. 87% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 99% of Irish towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 72% of Irish towns, at 32%
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.
5.2% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 58% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 25% in Doon, less than in 76% 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 4.7% of adults here, while 11% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Doon are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doon | 651 | — | 39.7 | 18% | 42% |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 10.8 km | 35.2 | 8% | 57% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 14.7 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Newport | 2,183 | 15.3 km | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 15.9 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Doon’s residents
What is the population of Doon?
Doon had 651 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Doon?
The median age is 39.7. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Doon?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (280 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Doon?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 4.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Doon?
87% are Catholic, 7.7% have no religion and 5.5% another religion; 2.5% didn’t say.
Is Doon good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Doon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Doon?
Median gross household income in Doon was €52,420 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).