Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA median age of 44.6: Holycross is older than 98% of Irish towns
0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. There were 291 households in Holycross at the 2022 Census, home to 697 residents. Across Holycross, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. At 33%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 93% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, 79% of Irish towns grew faster than Holycross: +3%
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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Tipperary’s towns +5%.
Only 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Holycross
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 14%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 7.8%
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
18% of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. In Holycross, 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of Irish towns: 2.1%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Holycross, 2.4. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 37% of households are parents with children.
Holycross sits above 93% of Irish towns for holiday homes (3.1%)
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
Households without a car or van: 14%, below 67% of Irish towns. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €57,730 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €57,730 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Tipperary as a whole, the figure is €52,760.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 5.9% in Holycross, less than in 97% 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.
Where just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, Holycross has 14%. The most common home language after English is Polish (0.4%); in all 5.9% speak another language, and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all.
Can speak Irish: 42% of Holycross’s residents
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
Some 270 people here, 42% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Little separates the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education here, 1.2%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 86% 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: 90% of Holycross · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (6.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%) and Irish Traveller (1.2%). 9.6% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 7.9%, a higher share than 99% 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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, two in five residents 15 and over are married here. To put it in context, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Only 29% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Holycross
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 12%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Holycross is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holycross | 697 | — | 44.6 | 23% | 37% |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 6.1 km | 40.6 | 19% | 38% |
| Cashel | 4,805 | 13.4 km | 37.3 | 14% | 43% |
| Templemore | 2,005 | 18.1 km | 41.1 | 20% | 39% |
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 Holycross’s residents
What is the population of Holycross?
Holycross had 697 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Holycross?
The median age is 44.6. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Holycross?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (270 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Holycross?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Holycross?
86% are Catholic, 9.6% have no religion and 4.7% another religion; 2.6% didn’t say.
Is Holycross good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Holycross are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Holycross?
Median gross household income in Holycross was €57,730 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).