Photo: 2ManyCats4Me · CC0Older than 90% of Irish towns: half of Carrick-on-Suir is over 42.1
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 97% of Irish towns: 1.8%. At the 2022 Census Carrick-on-Suir was home to 5,752 people in 2,325 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 7.4% here. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are common here: 27%, more than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Carrick-on-Suir
Older than most towns
Half of Carrick-on-Suir’s residents are under 42.1 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 20% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, 84% of Irish towns grew faster than Carrick-on-Suir: +2%
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; +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of Irish towns, at 20%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 7.8% of residents. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Carrick-on-Suir, 42.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 75% of Irish towns: 9.2%
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
Where 7.8% is typical, process, plant and machine operatives take in 15% of workers. 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Carrick-on-Suir, 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 83% of Irish towns
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.
Households in Carrick-on-Suir hold 2.4 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). On average, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. For Carrick-on-Suir, the census puts households of parents with children at 42%.
0.8% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 79% of Irish towns
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
The share of households in flats trails 62% of Irish towns: 11%. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €39,350 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 €39,350, 35% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €52,760 (Co. Tipperary).
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 85% of Irish towns, at 15%
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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 8.8%, Carrick-on-Suir is behind 83% of Irish towns on that count. The usual figure: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.4%) or outside the EU and UK (4.5%).
35% of Carrick-on-Suir 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
Speakers of Irish: 1,846 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over. 0.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a lower share than in 74% of Irish towns.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 85% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 88% of Carrick-on-Suir · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 88%, Carrick-on-Suir is ahead of 90% of Irish towns on that count. The usual figure: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (7.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (2%) and Black or Black Irish (1.4%).
Below 75% of Irish towns: 31% of residents 15 and over are 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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 95% of Irish towns: 16%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Carrick-on-Suir, 17%, and 3.9% hold a postgraduate qualification. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Oldest by rank: 4th of 41 towns of 5,226 to 6,355 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Gillabbey is the youngest (25.6); Sutton the oldest (45.4). Nearest to Carrick-on-Suir in age: Ayrfield (41.7), Kinsale (41.8), Ballinlough (44.1) and Lisduggan (44.3).
No nearby town is as old as Carrick-on-Suir
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Carrick-on-Suir’s residents
What is the population of Carrick-on-Suir?
Carrick-on-Suir had 5,752 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carrick-on-Suir?
The median age is 42.1, older than 90% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carrick-on-Suir?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,846 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carrick-on-Suir?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 8.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carrick-on-Suir?
85% are Catholic, 7.4% have no religion and 7.3% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Carrick-on-Suir good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carrick-on-Suir are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carrick-on-Suir?
Median gross household income in Carrick-on-Suir was €39,350 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).