Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Toomevara is over 47, older than 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Toomevara, 7.3%. The census found that 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment locally. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Its 137 households held 283 residents at the 2022 Census.
Toomevara’s population moved +1% on 2016, less than in 89% 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%.
Toomevara ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8.8% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.9% in Toomevara.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Toomevara ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 2.2%
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: 23%, against a typical 11%. 7.8% of residents 15 and over are students. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 47% of households are one person living alone
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Toomevara, 2.1. Add to that, households of parents with children are rarer here than in 85% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Toomevara ranks above 80% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 28%
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 are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €38,700 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 €38,700, 36% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €52,760 (Co. Tipperary).
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns, at 7.8%
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 1.9% in Toomevara. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.7%) or in Poland (1.1%).
Irish: 38% of Toomevara’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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Some 95 people here, 38% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 98%, a higher share than 99% of Irish towns
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: 98% of Toomevara · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
92% of residents said they are Catholic (Ireland’s towns: 71%). By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 24%
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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Toomevara has 6.4%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 12% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 3.7% of adults here, while 25% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Toomevara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toomevara | 283 | — | 47 | 26% | 31% |
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 11.6 km | 38.4 | 14% | 41% |
| Templemore | 2,005 | 14.6 km | 41.1 | 20% | 39% |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 17.6 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 Toomevara’s residents
What is the population of Toomevara?
Toomevara had 283 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Toomevara?
The median age is 47. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Toomevara?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (95 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Toomevara?
98% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.8% were born abroad and 1.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Toomevara?
92% are Catholic, 7.3% have no religion and 1.1% another religion; 7.8% didn’t say.
Is Toomevara good for families?
31% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Toomevara are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Toomevara?
Median gross household income in Toomevara was €38,700 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).