Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of Irish towns: 0.6% of households
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Borrisoleigh counted 724 residents and 313 households at the 2022 Census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% here. 36% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 98% of Irish towns.
Slower growth than 77% of Irish towns: Borrisoleigh changed by +3% 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. Tipperary’s towns the median is +5%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 40.1: Borrisoleigh is older than 79% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 7.9% of residents. Borrisoleigh has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of Irish towns, at 9.8%. In Carrick-on-Suir, the oldest of Co. Tipperary’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 89% of Irish towns, at 8.4%
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, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Borrisoleigh, 28% and 16%. Here, 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Borrisoleigh sits below 79% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (35%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The census found that 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Borrisoleigh. As a reference point, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Borrisoleigh ranks below 66% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 14%
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
Holiday homes are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 0.5%. Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €53,390 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 €53,390 a year here, 11% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Tipperary, the median is €52,760.
Borrisoleigh sits below 90% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (13%)
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, 9.9% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.6%), and 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 89% of Irish towns.
Irish speakers make up 45% of Borrisoleigh
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
Some 291 people here, 45% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, 1.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Borrisoleigh sits above 97% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (90%)
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: 90% of Borrisoleigh · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 11%, below 90% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who said they are Catholic at 82% in Borrisoleigh.
Half of adults have never married
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.
On unpaid carers, 5.9% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. For Borrisoleigh, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 34%.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 22% in Borrisoleigh, less than in 85% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Borrisoleigh, 10%, and 8% hold a postgraduate qualification. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Borrisoleigh are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrisoleigh | 724 | — | 40.1 | 19% | 35% |
| Templemore | 2,005 | 9.4 km | 41.1 | 20% | 39% |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 12.6 km | 40.6 | 19% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Tipperary’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 Borrisoleigh’s residents
What is the population of Borrisoleigh?
Borrisoleigh had 724 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Borrisoleigh?
The median age is 40.1. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Borrisoleigh?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (291 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Borrisoleigh?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Borrisoleigh?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Borrisoleigh good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Borrisoleigh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Borrisoleigh?
Median gross household income in Borrisoleigh was €53,390 in 2022, against €52,760 across Co. Tipperary 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).