Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
151 people call this town in Co. Tipperary home.
Home prices sit at a median €222,300, which is 4 years of the town’s median household income. 8% of residents 15 and over hold a degree. On the way to work, 6% walk, cycle or take the bus or train. 7% of people here were born outside Ireland.
Drangan has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Drangan does most differently from other towns.
3 buildings on the National Inventory inside Drangan.
The record adds 4 archaeological sites.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Drangan.
Families in Drangan have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig Senior DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 54 | Catholic |
| Naomh Padraig Junior DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 46 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no results school by school, so these cards carry no letters or results.
Radon is rarely a worry in Drangan: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. No part of Drangan is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Drangan | 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.
July afternoons in Drangan average 20.0°C. Across the year it averages 10.0°C, near Co. Tipperary’s towns (10.1°C) and lower than Irish towns (10.3°C). In January, overnight lows in Drangan settle at 2.2°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.2°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 20.0°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,010 mm | 1,037 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
27% of residents in Drangan live with a disability. Allowing for its ages, Drangan has 206 residents in bad health per 100 expected, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (145) and Irish towns (113). Asked at the census, four in five residents of Drangan said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 2.6% | 2% |
| With a disability | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.3% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
12% of households rent privately. Owners make up 46% of households, below Co. Tipperary’s towns (55%) and Irish towns (61%) alike.
| Housing | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 42% | 18% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 23% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 46% | 55% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €222K | €225K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area E41, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Within 1 km, 1.8% of the land is woodland, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (2.8%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Green space lies within 400 m of 100% of homes. Every 1,000 residents of Drangan share 1.1 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.1% | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 1.8% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Today stays dry but breezy, with wind up to 24 km/h and a low of 8°C. Later in the week, highs run between 6°C and 10°C, peaking on Thursday. Long-term averages for Drangan put November days at 11°C and November nights at 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 275 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 212 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 233 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 290 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Home was the main workplace for 8.2% of workers at the census. The car took 82% of commuters, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (75%) and Irish towns (66%). Unemployment stands at 19%.
| Census 2022 | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 19% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 61% | 67% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 44% | 49% | 31% |
| Average trip | 25.1 min | 23.4 min | 27.6 min |
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.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Foreign-born residents make up 7.3% of the population.
Women make up 49.7% of Drangan
75 women and 76 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 29% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 54% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 8.1% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Tipperary County Council is the council for Drangan, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. Turnout at the last local elections was 54%, lower than Co. Tipperary’s towns (56%) yet higher than Irish towns (46%). In the Dáil, Drangan is part of Tipperary South, which elects 3 TDs.
| Turnout | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 56% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 61% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Its archaeology runs to 4 recorded sites. Homes from before 1919 make up 16.7% of the total, above Co. Tipperary’s towns (7.1%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 3 buildings in Drangan, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Drangan | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 199 | 126 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 16.7% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 4 | 26 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Drangan; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleRock of Cashel21 km west
CastleKilkenny Castle27 km northeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle28 km southwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksOrmond Castle23 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles24 km northwest
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral27 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 3 buildings in Drangan, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 4 sites here.
No notable person born in Drangan is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Edmund Ignatius Rice: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
8% mostly work from home, and 44% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Drangan had 151 people at the 2022 census, up from 146 in 2016: 3.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Drangan is 36.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 29% of residents are under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
Drangan has 151 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). 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).