Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,805 residents make their home in this town in Co. Tipperary.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Its strongest is cost of living: half the homes sold for more than €240,000, a price of 5.2 times what the median household earns. The trade-off is safety (C): gardaí record 6.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, and 7.2 burglaries and acts of criminal damage. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #3 of 9 in Co. Tipperary. Nationally, it does better than three fifths of Irish towns.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025.
This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Cashel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cashel with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The register holds 90 buildings on the National Inventory in Cashel, 6 of them of national importance.
159 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Cashel Township, Minnesota, is named after Cashel.
Cashel Township, Minnesota, settled in 1895, takes its name from this town.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Cashel. Best known first.
CastleRock of Cashelin town
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksSt. Dominic's Abbeyin town
CathedralSt. John's Cathedral, Cashelin town
Abbey or prioryHore Abbey200 m outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCashel Folk Village Museumin townMuseumMuseumCashel Heritage Centrein townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cashel.
Private tenants account for 29% of households. Social housing holds just over a fifth of households, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (13%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €350,000 | 91 |
| Second-hand homes | €200,000 | 260 |
| The last 12 months | €300,000 | 130 |
| Housing | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 49% | 57% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 21% | 17% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,094 | €1,055 | €1,606 |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
In 2023–2025, assaults and harassment led the graded crimes in Cashel. For its size, Cashel records more crime per resident than 60% of the 201 Irish towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| Theft | 16.2 | 10.8 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
On high landslide susceptibility: 0.3% of homes, near both Co. Tipperary’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). 32% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, above Co. Tipperary’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 32% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.3% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
4.8% of residents give unpaid care to a relative or friend, below Co. Tipperary’s towns (5.8%) and Irish towns (5.4%) alike. Disability, age-adjusted: 106 for every 100 expected in Cashel. A disability affects 22% of people here.
| Census 2022 | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 4.8% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
A year brings 1,020 mm of rain, close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (1,056 mm) and above Irish towns (937 mm). Day and night, summer and winter, Cashel averages 9.9°C. July afternoons in Cashel average 19.8°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.1°C | 2.4°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.8°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,020 mm | 1,056 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its paths and tracks come to 0.4 km per km², close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (0.5 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). For 87% of homes, green space is under 400 m away. Every 1,000 residents of Cashel share 1.8 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.4 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 1.8% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 87% | 81% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 1.4% | 3.7% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Tuesday stands out as the wet day ahead, with roughly 5 mm. Set beside Cashel’s forecast, a normal November runs from 4°C at night to 11°C by day. A passing shower is possible today, but barely measurable; the breeze reaches 23 km/h, and the low is 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 281 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 207 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 236 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 295 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Over-65s are 14% of the population.
52.8% of Cashel’s residents are women
2,535 women and 2,270 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 14% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 41% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 24% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
There is just one council for Cashel, Tipperary County Council: Ireland has only one tier of local government. General election turnout: 61%, lower than Co. Tipperary’s towns (63%) yet higher than Irish towns (59%). 53% of voters turned out at the last local elections. Independent lead Tipperary County Council with 14 of 40 seats, but no party has a majority: 21 are needed.
| Turnout | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 56% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 63% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
For its size, Cashel has 187 inventory buildings per 10,000 residents, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (120) and Irish towns (48). 6% of homes were built before 1919. Cashel’s built heritage counts 90 inventory entries; 5 carry national or international standing.
| Heritage | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 187 | 120 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 159 | 24 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 6% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Workers spend 23.9 min getting to work, on average. Short trips: 49% under 15 minutes, near Co. Tipperary’s towns (50%) and higher than Irish towns (31%). Home was the main workplace for 5.3% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 49% | 50% | 31% |
| Average trip | 23.9 min | 23.2 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €46,245 | €45,577 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 67% | 67% | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Within 3 km of Cashel there are 6 schools (3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 special schools). DEIS, the support scheme, covers a third of them, below Co. Tipperary’s towns (50%) and close to Irish towns (35%). Cashel Community School is the nearest secondary school, 0.6 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John the Baptist DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 293 | Catholic |
| Cashel Community SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 885 | Inter-denominational |
| St John the Baptist Boys School DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 268 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Cashel | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 67% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −1% | +7% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 33% | 50% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Cashel’s built heritage counts 90 inventory entries; 5 carry national or international standing. The national record lists 159 archaeological sites in and around the town.
26 notable people were born in Cashel.
Paddy Mac Carthy: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
Cashel had 4,805 people at the 2022 census, up from 4,487 in 2016: 7.1% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Cashel is 37.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
Cashel has 4,805 people, in the area of Tipperary County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).