Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 98% of Irish towns: 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 93% in Monard. Census day 2022: 244 residents and 96 households locally. The census found that 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Fewer households in flats than in 91% of Irish towns: 4.2%.
Monard’s population changed by +17% since 2016, more than in 85% 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%.
Monard sits below 74% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 37.8, Monard is older than 52% of Irish towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
30% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Compared with a typical 7.8%, process, plant and machine operatives account for 15% of workers. On the census count, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Monard, 48% of households are parents with children, more than in 75% of Irish towns
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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. One-person households account for 21%.
Only 9.7% of households in Monard have no car or van
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
0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns, against 1.9% in Monard. As a reference point, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €51,630 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €51,630 gross, 14% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Tipperary’s median household income is €52,760.
Only 6.2% of residents are citizens of another country in Monard
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.
The share of residents born outside Ireland trails 88% of Irish towns: 14%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (1.6%), among the 5.6% who speak another language there; 0.4% speak English not well or not at all.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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 91 people here, 40% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
In Monard, 86% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 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 Monard · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.7%), Other, including mixed (1.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%). The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 11% here, fewer than in 92% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 37% in Monard, more than in 68% 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.
4.1% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Monard, 19% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 91% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 3.1% of adults here, while 6.3% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Monard
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monard | 244 | — | 37.8 | 11% | 48% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 5.9 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 19.1 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
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 Monard’s residents
What is the population of Monard?
Monard had 244 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Monard?
The median age is 37.8. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Monard?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (91 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Monard?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 6.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Monard?
86% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 3.4% another religion; 2.5% didn’t say.
Is Monard good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Monard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Monard?
Median gross household income in Monard was €51,630 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).