Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,738 residents in Co. Tipperary. The population grew 9% between 2016 and 2022.
Housing is within reach (A): homes sell for a median €195,000, about 4.7 times what a household here earns in a year. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — the unemployment rate is 13%, with 62% of 15 to 64s in work. Crime runs high: 6.8 burglaries and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, and 5.9 violent crimes. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · work and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Fethard gets subject grades but no overall one among Irish towns.
Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Fethard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fethard with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The register holds 46 buildings on the National Inventory in Fethard, 2 of them of national importance.
101 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fethard.
Renting cost €946 a month on average, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (€1,063) and Irish towns (€1,606). Private renters make up 13% of households. 56% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €180,000 | 85 |
| Housing | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 28% | 18% | 13% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €946 | €1,063 | €1,606 |
| Median sale price | €195K | €225K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 13% | 23% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
For secondary school, the closest is Patrician Presentation, 0.4 km from the town. 2 schools lie within 3 km of Fethard: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. Pupil numbers changed +32% since 2019/20, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (+6%) and Irish towns (+4%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity National School DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 204 | Catholic |
| Patrician Presentation DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 289 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 67% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +32% | +6% | +4% |
| 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.
The average trip to work took 23.3 min, close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (23.4 min) and below Irish towns (27.6 min). At the census, 81% of commuters went by car. Home was the main workplace for 5.1% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 62% | 67% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 13% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €41,349 | €46,245 | €57,760 |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 41% | 49% | 31% |
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.
Counting every kind of crime, the yearly rate is 37.2 per 1,000 residents. In 2023–2025, damage to property led the graded crimes in Fethard. Theft, shown but not graded, ran at 6 per 1,000 a year, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (11.2) and Irish towns (15.3).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 37.2 | 59.9 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 6 | 11.2 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
At the census, 86% of people in Fethard called their health good or very good, about level with Co. Tipperary’s towns (86%) and below Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, bad health locally runs at 110 per 100 expected. 6.8% of residents in Fethard care, unpaid, for a relative or friend.
| Census 2022 | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.8% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
The coldest nights come in January, when Fethard averages a low of 2.5°C. A year brings 959 mm of rain to Fethard. The town’s year-round mean comes to 10.3°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 20.2°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 2.5°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 959 mm | 1,037 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.3°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Woodland covers 4.7% of the land within 1 km, above Co. Tipperary’s towns (2.8%) and Irish towns (2.7%) alike. Protected nature near Fethard includes Lower River Suir SAC. There are 2 parks here; together its green space comes to 12 ha.
| Outdoors | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 6.7 ha | 3.2 ha | 4.1 ha |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The rain holds off today, but the wind gets up to 24 km/h, and the low is 6°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 5 mm. Judged by the averages, Fethard sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 265 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 5°C | 198 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 11°C | 216 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 281 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.4%, about level with Co. Tipperary’s towns (0.8%) and below Irish towns (1.1%). 20% of adults hold a degree.
52.0% of Fethard’s residents are women
903 women and 835 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.9% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 20% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
There is no majority on Tipperary County Council; Independent have the most seats, 14 of 40, short of 21. One council serves Fethard: Tipperary County Council. This Co. Tipperary town sits in the Carrick-on-Suir local electoral area, which elects 5 councillors.
| Turnout | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 56% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 61% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Co. Tipperary’s towns (7.1%) and Irish towns (3.4%). There are 101 entries on the national archaeological record here. Fethard’s built heritage counts 46 inventory entries; 2 carry national or international standing.
| Heritage | Fethard | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 265 | 126 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 101 | 26 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 12% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
No part of Fethard is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Fethard | 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.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Fethard. Best known first.
Fethard’s built heritage counts 46 inventory entries; 2 carry national or international standing. 101 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
8 notable people were born in Fethard.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
5% mostly work from home, and 41% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Fethard had 1,738 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,588 in 2016: 9.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Fethard is 38.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 21% of residents are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
1,738 people live in Fethard, 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) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).