Photo: Cathal · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 10% of residents said they have no religion in Nenagh
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Nenagh has 30%. At the 2022 Census, 9,895 people lived locally, in 3,854 households. For Nenagh, the census puts households without a car or van at 20%. The median age locally is 38.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of Irish towns.
Nenagh’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 62% 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, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Tipperary’s towns, +5%.
Below 83% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Carrick-on-Suir, the oldest of Co. Tipperary’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Nenagh, 38.4. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
31% 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
By occupation, skilled trades are over-represented: 18%, against a typical 11%. Students among residents 15 and over account for 9.4%.
Smaller households than 72% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Compared with 43% across Ireland’s towns, just over two in five households are parents with children here. For Nenagh, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4.2%.
13% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 53% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
The share of households with broadband is 87%; 11% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). As a yardstick, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes account for 0.5%.
The midpoint household income is €47,530 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €47,530 a year here, 21% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Tipperary has a median of €52,760.
Nenagh: 21% of residents are citizens of another country, above 78% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (8.4%) and in Poland (7.1%). The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland are more common here than in 73% of Irish towns.
Irish speakers make up 40% of Nenagh
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
The highest share in Co. Tipperary belongs to Thurles (1.4%). Across Nenagh, 1.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 74% of Irish towns, at 71%
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: 71% of Nenagh · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who said they are Catholic: 75%, above 72% of Irish towns. For comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (20%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.9%) and Other, including mixed (3.2%).
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 60% 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.
Unpaid carers: 5.6% of the total. 55% of Nenagh’s residents 15 and over are single and 33% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
In Nenagh, 29% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 68% of Irish towns
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: 11%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 8,564 to 11,277 people: this is the 19th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 33.1 in Kilcock to 43.8 in Donaghmede. Nearest to Nenagh in age: Tuam (38.1), Ballyvolane (38.4), Shannon (38.5) and Waterford City Centre (38.8).
Nenagh is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenagh | 9,895 | — | 38.4 | 14% | 41% |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 15.3 km | 38.5 | 18% | 42% |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 16.6 km | 39.6 | 11% | 54% |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 17.7 km | 41 | 19% | 37% |
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 Nenagh’s residents
What is the population of Nenagh?
Nenagh had 9,895 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nenagh?
The median age is 38.4, older than 59% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Nenagh?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,557 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Nenagh?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 21% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Nenagh?
75% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 15% another religion; 5.4% didn’t say.
Is Nenagh good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Nenagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nenagh?
Median gross household income in Nenagh was €47,530 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).