Photo: Padraigobrian · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 98% of Irish towns: half of Clogheen is over 45
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats in Clogheen comes in at 3.3%. At the 2022 Census Clogheen was home to 564 people in 239 households. On the census count, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Lower than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 35% of households are parents with children.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Clogheen behind 52% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Tipperary’s towns, by more than +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns: 7.8%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, above 97% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Clogheen sits below 99% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (4.6%)
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 19%, against a typical 11%. Here, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 89% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 5% of the total.
A holiday town: 2.9% of homes are holiday homes
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
Home broadband covers 82% of households, while 16% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Measured more widely, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. In Clogheen, 18% of households have no car or van.
Half above, half below €40,560 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €40,560 a year, 33% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Tipperary as a whole has a median of €52,760.
Clogheen ranks below 59% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 20%
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.
French leads the languages spoken at home (1.4%), among the 9.2% who speak another language there; 2.5% speak English not well or not at all. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Where 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, Clogheen has 14%.
Can speak Irish: 32% of Clogheen’s residents
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 155 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Clogheen ranks above 76% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 76%
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: 83% of Clogheen · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 15% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 83% of the total.
Above 60% of Irish towns: 36% 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, 5.7%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 22% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Clogheen
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 Clogheen, 18%, and 8.6% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Clogheen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clogheen | 564 | — | 45 | 23% | 35% |
| Cahir | 3,679 | 12.6 km | 39.4 | 15% | 39% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 16.1 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 18.5 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
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 Clogheen’s residents
What is the population of Clogheen?
Clogheen had 564 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clogheen?
The median age is 45. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clogheen?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (155 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clogheen?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clogheen?
76% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 9% another religion; 12% didn’t say.
Is Clogheen good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clogheen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clogheen?
Median gross household income in Clogheen was €40,560 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).