Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 7.4% of residents said they have no religion
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Twomileborris has 15%. The census found that 5.5% of households have no car or van in the town. The town has more households of parents with children than 87% of Irish towns, at 53%. The 2022 Census counted 469 residents in 157 households.
Twomileborris’s population moved −6% on 2016, less than in 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 79% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.4% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents are 65 or over in Twomileborris. The median age locally is 38, higher than in 54% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Twomileborris, 2.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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
Here just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 10%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
3 people per household, more than in 85% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.8% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
More holiday homes than 86% of Irish towns: 1.1%
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
Most homes are connected: 75% have broadband, and 12% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Household income at the median: €71,560 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 €71,560, 19% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €52,760 (Co. Tipperary).
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns: 7.9%
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.
1.1% of residents are citizens of another country, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born in the UK (6.2%) and outside the EU and UK (1.7%).
46% of Twomileborris 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
195 residents, 46% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 1.2%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 95%, 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: 95% of Twomileborris · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Irish Traveller (3%), Other White (1.6%) and Other, including mixed (0.2%). The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 90% here, more than in 99% of Irish towns.
Twomileborris: 42% of residents 15 and over are married, above 94% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care; in Twomileborris, 7.2%. Set beside that, 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: 24%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
7.6% of Twomileborris’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 10% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
2 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Twomileborris
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twomileborris | 469 | — | 38 | 13% | 53% |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 6.9 km | 40.6 | 19% | 38% |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 10.3 km | 37.3 | 16% | 50% |
| Templemore | 2,005 | 15.9 km | 41.1 | 20% | 39% |
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 Twomileborris’s residents
What is the population of Twomileborris?
Twomileborris had 469 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Twomileborris?
The median age is 38. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Twomileborris?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (195 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Twomileborris?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.9% were born abroad and 1.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Twomileborris?
90% are Catholic, 7.4% have no religion and 2.7% another religion; 5.3% didn’t say.
Is Twomileborris good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Twomileborris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Twomileborris?
Median gross household income in Twomileborris was €71,560 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).