Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0No religion: 7.1% of residents, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in The Commons, 1.8%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 155, in 55 households. In The Commons, 51% of households are parents with children. Holiday homes are more common here than in 91% of Irish towns.
The Commons changed by −6% from 2016 to 2022, behind 99% 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.
Older than 83% of Irish towns: half of The Commons is over 40.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 67% of Irish towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
1.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of Irish towns
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
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.9%, below nearly four fifths of Irish towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 64% 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.
The share of one-person households tops 57% of Irish towns: 26%.
More car-free households than 59% of Irish towns: 19% in The Commons
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Broadband reaches 73% of households; 18% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €44,920 a year
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 €44,920, 25% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €52,760 (Co. Tipperary).
Only 6.7% of The Commons’s residents were born outside Ireland
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (3.3%) and in Poland (2%). The Commons has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 99% of Irish towns, at 4%. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
Irish: 34% of The Commons’s residents can speak it
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 Commons sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.3%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Within Co. Tipperary, Thurles has the largest share, 1.4%.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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 The Commons · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (4%), Other, including mixed (2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 83% here, more than in 96% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 90% of Irish towns: 6.5%
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.
33% of residents 15 and over are married (Ireland’s towns: 34%). As a reference point, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 8.7% in The Commons, less than in 99% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
No nearby town is as old as The Commons
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Commons | 155 | — | 40.7 | 16% | 51% |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 10.7 km | 37.3 | 16% | 50% |
| Callan | 2,678 | 14.1 km | 37.6 | 14% | 48% |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 19.0 km | 40.6 | 19% | 38% |
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 The Commons’s residents
What is the population of The Commons?
The Commons had 155 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in The Commons?
The median age is 40.7. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in The Commons?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (51 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is The Commons?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.7% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in The Commons?
83% are Catholic, 7.1% have no religion and 9.7% another religion; 0.6% didn’t say.
Is The Commons good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near The Commons are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in The Commons?
Median gross household income in The Commons was €44,920 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).