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A town of 459 in Co. Tipperary.
Prices run to a median €255,400, 4.6 times local household income. Public transport, bikes and feet take 7% of commuters to work. Just over a fifth of adults have a degree. The median home sold for €255,400 from 2023 to 2025.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Portroe has none.
The 3 things Portroe does most differently from other towns.
2 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Portroe.
On high landslide susceptibility: 1.2% of homes, above Co. Tipperary’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Dromineer Beach , 5.4 km from Portroe, rated good in 2025. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 1.2% | 0% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
1,105 mm of rain falls in a year, above both Co. Tipperary’s towns (1,037 mm) and Irish towns (937 mm). The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 19.7°C in Portroe. Midwinter nights in Portroe bottom out at 2.3°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,105 mm | 1,037 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 10.1°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.3°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
27% of residents have a disability, higher than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (25%) and Irish towns (22%). Disability, age-adjusted: 122 for every 100 expected in Portroe. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.5% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 8.1% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 83% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 27% | 25% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Owners make up 64% of households. 11% rent privately, below Co. Tipperary’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (22%) alike.
| Housing | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 24% | 18% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 11% | 23% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 55% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €255K | €225K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area E45, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Protected sites cover 1% of the land within 5 km, lower than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (3.4%) and Irish towns (1.8%). Its paths and tracks come to 0.3 km per km², close to Co. Tipperary’s towns (0.5 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Walkers have 11 waymarked trails and greenways starting within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 44% | 83% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 0.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 1% | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 2% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 10 mm of rain is forecast. The forecast for Portroe beside its normal weather: a typical November day reaches 11°C and drops to 4°C at night. A quiet day is due today: no rain, a light wind peaking at 19 km/h, and 7°C overnight.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 334 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 221 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 240 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 310 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
12% of the labour force were unemployed, above Co. Tipperary’s towns (9.7%) and Irish towns (9.2%) alike. The car carried 85% of commuters at the census. Of working-age residents (15 to 64), 65% were employed at the census.
| Census 2022 | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 33% | 49% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 12% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 27.8 min | 23.4 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 65% | 67% | 68% |
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.
Children under 15 make up 18%, lower than both Co. Tipperary’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (20%). 16% of residents were born abroad.
51.9% of Portroe’s residents are women
238 women and 221 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 37% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.7% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 21% | 24% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Tipperary and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
With 14 of 40 seats, Independent are the largest group on Tipperary County Council, short of the 21 a majority needs. At the last local elections, 57% of voters went to the polls. One council serves Portroe: Tipperary County Council.
| Turnout | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | 61% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 56% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Portroe has 44 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (126) and Irish towns (48). 7.2% of homes date from before 1919.
| Heritage | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 44 | 126 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 2 | 26 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 7.2% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Within 3 km of Portroe there are 2 schools (2 primary schools).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portroe N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 138 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Portroe | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +3% | +6% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Portroe; these are the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens24 km north
CastleBunratty Castle39 km southwest
CathedralKillaloe Cathedral and Churches12 km southwest
CathedralSt John's Cathedral32 km southwest
CastleBirr Castle36 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
2 of Portroe’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 2 archaeological sites in and around the town.
7 notable people were born in Portroe.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portroe | 459 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 8.5 | B | A− | C+ | C− |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 11 | B− | C− | B | A− |
| Killaloe Clare | 1,666 | 12 | — | B | B | D |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 18 | — | A | A+ | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Portroe had 459 people at the 2022 census, up from 451 in 2016: 1.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Portroe is 42.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Tipperary
459 people live in Portroe, 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). 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).