Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 701: a town in Co. Tipperary. It grew by 13% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.
At a median €225,000, a home costs 4.9 times the town’s median household income. 21 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The median sale price, 2023 to 2025: €190,600. 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Cloughjordan is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Cloughjordan does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 21 buildings on the National Inventory in Cloughjordan, one of them of national importance.
7 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cloughjordan.
2 schools lie within 3 km of Cloughjordan: 2 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloughjordan N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 122 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −14% | +6% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Radon is rarely a worry in Cloughjordan: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. Landslides: none of Cloughjordan lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 19.7°C in Cloughjordan. Across the year it averages 9.9°C, close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (10.1°C) and below Irish towns (10.3°C). December is the wettest month in the town, with 107 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.1°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 993 mm | 1,037 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
0.9% of residents report bad or very bad health. Allowing for its ages, Cloughjordan has 108 residents with a disability per 100 expected, lower than Co. Tipperary’s towns (114) and near Irish towns (106). Unpaid caring falls to 6.6% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.9% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 24% | 25% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Households that own their home make up 63%. Social housing holds 17% of households, below Co. Tipperary’s towns (18%) but above Irish towns (13%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €225,000 | 47 |
| Housing | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €225K | €225K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 63% | 55% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 17% | 18% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Green space comes to 13.6 ha per 1,000 people in Cloughjordan, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (3.2 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha). There are 2 parks here; together its green space comes to 10 ha. 6 waymarked trails and greenways start within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 13.6 ha | 3.2 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.5 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 3.7% | 3.4% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Wednesday, around 23 mm. What counts as normal for Cloughjordan in November: highs come to 11°C and lows to 4°C. Around 1 mm of rain is due today, with a light wind of up to 9 km/h and a low of 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 282 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 201 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 229 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 281 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Short trips: 40% under 15 minutes, between Co. Tipperary’s towns (49%) and Irish towns (31%). By car: that was how half of commuters travelled at the census. Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 8% are unemployed.
| Census 2022 | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 40% | 49% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 8% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 26.3 min | 23.4 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €46,240 | €46,245 | €57,760 |
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.
Degrees are held by 40% of adults, above both Co. Tipperary’s towns (24%) and Irish towns (36%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town.
52.5% of Cloughjordan’s residents are women
368 women and 333 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 11% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 32% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 40% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
57% of voters turned out at the last local elections. Cloughjordan answers to one council, Tipperary County Council; Ireland has no town tier. There is no majority on Tipperary County Council; Independent have the most seats, 14 of 40, short of 21.
| Turnout | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | 61% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 56% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The ground here holds 7 recorded archaeological sites. 21.7% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Co. Tipperary’s towns (7.1%) and Irish towns (3.4%).
| Heritage | Cloughjordan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 300 | 126 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 21.7% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 7 | 26 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Cloughjordan; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CastleBirr Castle19 km northeast
CastleLeap Castle18 km northeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens20 km northwest
CastleRedwood Castle23 km north
Abbey or prioryThe Abbey Of Mount Saint Joseph13 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Cloughjordan’s built heritage counts 21 inventory entries; 1 carry national or international standing. 7 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
7 notable people were born in Cloughjordan.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloughjordan | 701 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 7.9 | — | A | A+ | C− |
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 14 | B | A− | C+ | C− |
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 17 | B | A+ | B− | D |
| Birr Offaly | 4,726 | 19 | C | A+ | C− | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Cloughjordan had 701 people at the 2022 census, up from 619 in 2016: 13.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Cloughjordan is 43.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
701 people live in Cloughjordan, 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). 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).