Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
Compared with 12% across Ireland’s towns, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Newtown counted 423 residents and 149 households at the 2022 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in the town. One-person households are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Irish towns.
Newtown grew +9% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 59% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
Half of Newtown is over 39.5, older than 73% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%; Newtown has 15%. In Carrick-on-Suir, the oldest of Co. Tipperary’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Irish towns: 2.4%
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
Work here tilts toward professional occupations, at 32% against a typical 21%. Fewer students among residents 15 and over than in 81% of Irish towns: 8.8%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 50% of households are parents with children
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.
The average household has 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The share of households of parents with children across Ireland’s towns is 43%.
Newtown sits below 99% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (2.8%)
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
Holiday homes make up 0.6%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €76,590 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.
A median gross household income of €76,590 sits 27% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Tipperary has a median of €52,760.
11% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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.
5.2% speak a language other than English at home, French most of all (1.7%); 0.7% speak English not well or not at all. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 98% of Irish towns: 4.9%. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
51% of Newtown can speak Irish
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
In all, 203 residents aged 3 and over (51%) can speak Irish. Little separates the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education here, 1%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 94%
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: 94% of Newtown · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 86%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents said they have no religion in Newtown.
Married residents 15 and over: 45%, a higher share than 98% 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.
4.3% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 64% of Irish towns, at 42%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 17% of adults; primary level or less for 4.7% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
2 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Newtown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 423 | — | 39.5 | 15% | 50% |
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 6.6 km | 38.4 | 14% | 41% |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 12.0 km | 39.6 | 11% | 54% |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 13.0 km | 41 | 19% | 37% |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 17.1 km | 38.5 | 18% | 42% |
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 Newtown’s residents
What is the population of Newtown?
Newtown had 423 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newtown?
The median age is 39.5. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newtown?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (203 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newtown?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 4.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newtown?
86% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 2.5% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Newtown good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newtown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newtown?
Median gross household income in Newtown was €76,590 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).