Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Tullyallen: 67% of households are parents with children, above 99% of Irish towns
Where 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, Tullyallen has 1.9%. Few places have so few one-person households: 11% here, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. The town’s 518 households held 1,697 residents at the 2022 Census. Census figures put residents who said they are Catholic at 80% in the town.
What stands out about the people of Tullyallen
A town of families
53% of households are couples with children and 14% lone parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns and the highest share in Co. Louth; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A student town
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 90% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 14% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Tullyallen’s residents are under 33.2 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 14% are 15 to 24 and 6.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +13% change since 2016: Tullyallen grew faster than 77% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +10% across Co. Louth’s towns.
Tullyallen is younger than 92% of Irish towns: a median age of 33.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
6.1% of Tullyallen is 65 or over, against 13% across Co. Louth’s towns and 14% across Ireland’s towns. In Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, the oldest of Co. Louth’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
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. Louth 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Tullyallen: 14% of residents 15 and over are students, above 90% 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
Just over one in ten workers are in caring, leisure and other services, against a typical 8.3%. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 3.8%.
Tullyallen households average 3.4 people, larger than in 99% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%.
Only 4.7% of households in Tullyallen 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
At home, 86% have broadband, while 8.6% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van. 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
Household income at the median: €74,930 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €74,930 gross, 25% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Louth has a median of €54,600.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 95% of Irish towns: 6.6%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (4.9%) and in the UK (3.7%). Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
40% of Tullyallen 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
Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.2%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. In all, 628 residents aged 3 and over (40%) can speak Irish. It is the highest share of Co. Louth’s 10 towns of 2,500+.
12% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 86% 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: 87% of Tullyallen · Co. Louth’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 86% across Co. Louth’s towns and 78% across Ireland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.1%), Black or Black Irish (4.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%). Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Tullyallen sits above 76% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (38%)
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 4.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 59% of Irish towns: 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Students still in education make up 18% of residents 15 and over. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 9.8% of adults; primary level or less for 8.2% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Tullyallen is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | — | 33.2 | 6.1% | 67% |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 5.3 km | 37.8 | 13% | 47% |
| Slane | 1,445 | 8.9 km | 39.2 | 13% | 52% |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 9.0 km | 35.2 | 8.9% | 56% |
| Dunleer | 2,143 | 10.0 km | 36.3 | 11% | 53% |
| Termonfeckin | 1,983 | 10.1 km | 36 | 13% | 57% |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 11.0 km | 36.8 | 10% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Louth 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 Tullyallen’s residents
What is the population of Tullyallen?
Tullyallen had 1,697 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tullyallen?
The median age is 33.2. 34% are under 18 and 6.1% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tullyallen?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (628 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tullyallen?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tullyallen?
80% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 8.6% another religion; 3.8% didn’t say.
Is Tullyallen good for families?
67% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tullyallen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tullyallen?
Median gross household income in Tullyallen was €74,930 in 2022, against €54,600 across Co. Louth 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).