Photo: Santista1982 · Public domainHalf of Clonmel is over 40.7, older than 83% of Irish towns
11% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. Clonmel had 18,369 residents in 7,192 households at the 2022 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 8.8%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 40% of households are parents with children.
From 2016 to 2022, 75% of Irish towns grew faster than Clonmel: +4%
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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
18% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 8% of residents. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 77% of Irish towns. In Carrick-on-Suir, the oldest of Co. Tipperary’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clonmel, 40.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Clonmel ranks below 81% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.4%
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
In Clonmel, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in a third of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 20%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 73% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
With one-person households at 27%, Clonmel is ahead of 66% of Irish towns on that count. On the census count, 5.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households without a car or van than 57% of Irish towns: 19%
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
Most homes are connected: 87% have broadband, and 11% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of holiday homes stands at 0.2%.
The midpoint household income is €50,780 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €50,780 a year before tax, the median household income is 16% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Tipperary, the middle household has €52,760.
20% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns
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, 17% use another language, chiefly Polish (5.5%), and 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 14% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns.
Only 1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Clonmel
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
In all, 6,398 residents aged 3 and over (40%) can speak Irish. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. The highest share in Co. Tipperary belongs to Thurles (1.4%).
Above 89% of Irish towns: 80% 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: 81% of Clonmel · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 81% here and 78% across Ireland’s towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 61% of Irish towns
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.
At 5.9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 67% of Irish towns: 29%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for nearly one in ten adults; primary level or less for 12% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 15,093 to 22,340 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Castletroy (29), the youngest, and Ballinteer (44.1), the oldest. Nearest to Clonmel in age: Stillorgan (40), Wexford (40.6), Malahide (42) and Dún Laoghaire (42.1).
No nearby town is as old as Clonmel
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 Clonmel’s residents
What is the population of Clonmel?
Clonmel had 18,369 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonmel?
The median age is 40.7, older than 83% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonmel?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (6,398 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonmel?
81% 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 Clonmel?
80% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 8.8% another religion; 8.2% didn’t say.
Is Clonmel good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonmel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonmel?
Median gross household income in Clonmel was €50,780 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).