Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Tallow is over 42.2, older than 90% of Irish towns
Asked about religion, 8.6% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. 2.6% of homes are holiday homes. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.2%, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 1,022 residents and 418 households in Tallow.
What stands out about the people of Tallow
Older than most towns
Half of Tallow’s residents are under 42.2 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+5% since 2016: slower than 69% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Waterford’s towns.
In Tallow, 18% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 87% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Lisduggan, the oldest of Co. Waterford’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 8.5% of residents 15 and over are students in Tallow
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Tallow, 24% and 26%. Residents who moved in within the year: 5.8% of the total.
A larger share of one-person households than 82% of Irish towns: 30%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. In Tallow, 42% of households are parents with children.
Tallow sits below 68% of Irish towns for households in flats (9.3%)
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
17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns, against 21% in Tallow. Households in flats make up 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €46,620 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €46,620 a year before tax: 22% under the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Waterford as a whole, the figure is €51,540.
Only 20% of Tallow’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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born elsewhere in the EU (6.9%) and in the UK (4.3%). The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. In Tallow, 16% of residents are citizens of another country, beside 15% across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.7%, a lower share than 82% of Irish towns
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
Speakers of Irish: 317 residents, 34% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Waterford, Dungarvan has the highest share (2%). Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 86% 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: 82% of Tallow · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 82% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (12%), Other, including mixed (4.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%).
Married residents 15 and over: 37%, a higher share than 69% 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, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%; Tallow has 4.4%. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Tallow sits below 93% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (18%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 5.3% of adults; primary level or less for 16% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Tallow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallow | 1,022 | — | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 6.7 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 18.6 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 18.7 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 19.2 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Waterford’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 Tallow’s residents
What is the population of Tallow?
Tallow had 1,022 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tallow?
The median age is 42.2. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tallow?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (317 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tallow?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tallow?
86% are Catholic, 8.6% have no religion and 5.8% another religion; 4.9% didn’t say.
Is Tallow good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tallow are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tallow?
Median gross household income in Tallow was €46,620 in 2022, against €51,540 across Co. Waterford 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).