Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA median age of 44.1: Rear Cross is older than 97% of Irish towns
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns. Rear Cross’s 69 households held 166 residents at the 2022 Census. The census found that nearly a third of households are one person living alone locally. Where just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, Rear Cross has 2.9%.
A +12% change since 2016: Rear Cross grew faster than 75% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Tipperary’s towns +5%.
9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 15% here, more than in 61% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 5.1% of residents 15 and over are students in Rear Cross
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
Here 3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 88% of Irish towns: 2.4 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.
7.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children account for 35%.
Only 13% of households have no car or van in Rear Cross
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
Broadband reaches 84% of households; 14% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Half above, half below €56,450 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.
Households here have a median gross income of €56,450, 6% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Tipperary has a median of €52,760.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of Irish towns: 6.1%
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 with another country’s citizenship is 2.7%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (4.3%) and in Poland (1.2%). As a yardstick, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Below 82% of Irish towns: 0.7% 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
68 residents, 46% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 91% 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: 97% of Rear Cross · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, Rear Cross has 8.7%. Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
Rear Cross sits below 66% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (33%)
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 6%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 79% of Irish towns: 25%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Rear Cross’s adults, 1.8% went on to postgraduate study and 15% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Rear Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rear Cross | 166 | — | 44.1 | 15% | 35% |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 11.1 km | 35.2 | 8% | 57% |
| Newport | 2,183 | 11.4 km | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 17.6 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 18.6 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 19.1 km | 39.6 | 11% | 54% |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 19.3 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 Rear Cross’s residents
What is the population of Rear Cross?
Rear Cross had 166 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rear Cross?
The median age is 44.1. 21% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rear Cross?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (68 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rear Cross?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.1% were born abroad and 2.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rear Cross?
91% are Catholic, 8.7% have no religion and 0.7% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Rear Cross good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rear Cross are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rear Cross?
Median gross household income in Rear Cross was €56,450 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).