Only 3.3% of residents said they have no religion in Emly
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 338 residents and 131 households in Emly. Here, half of households are parents with children. At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
Emly’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 79% 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%.
A median age of 38.5: Emly is older than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Add to that, 16% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 64% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns
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
By occupation, skilled trades are over-represented: 22%, against a typical 11%. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Here, 8.5% of residents 15 and over are students.
A higher share of one-person households than 68% of Irish towns, at 28%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
11% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns
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 87% of households, while 12% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. Holiday homes: 1.6% of the total.
€55,340 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€55,340 a year before tax puts the median household 8% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Tipperary as a whole has a median of €52,760.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns: 9.9%
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 4.9% in Emly. French leads the languages spoken at home (1.2%), among the 4.3% who speak another language there; 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.3%
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
Thurles leads Co. Tipperary with 1.4%. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Emly: 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 99% of Irish towns
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: 93% of Emly · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (3.6%), Black or Black Irish (1.8%) and Irish Traveller (0.9%). 91% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% of Irish towns. Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 78% of Irish towns: 30%
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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Emly has 6.5%. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 89% of Irish towns: 20%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 3.6% of adults. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 15%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Emly: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emly | 338 | — | 38.5 | 16% | 50% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 13.2 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 16.3 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 16.8 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
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 Emly’s residents
What is the population of Emly?
Emly had 338 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Emly?
The median age is 38.5. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Emly?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (124 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Emly?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.9% were born abroad and 4.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Emly?
91% are Catholic, 3.3% have no religion and 5.7% another religion; 2.1% didn’t say.
Is Emly good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Emly are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Emly?
Median gross household income in Emly was €55,340 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).