Photo: Benutzer:Chieggie · Public domain6.2% of homes are holiday homes, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
Half of Tramore’s residents are over 40.7, older than in 83% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Tramore was home to 11,277 people in 4,176 households. The census found that nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish in the town. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7%; Tramore has 2.5%.
A growing town: +8% since 2016, faster than 51% 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.
More residents aged 65 and over than 64% of Irish towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Tramore, 40.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Tramore ranks above 76% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 12%
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
Where 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, Tramore has 6.4%. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More households of parents with children than 71% of Irish towns: 47%
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.
In Tramore, 25% of households are one person living alone. Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in the town, 2.7.
4% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 92% of Irish towns
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
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Tramore comes in at 12%. Nine in ten households are on broadband; 8.2% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%).
Median household income: €56,500 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €56,500 a year, 6% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Waterford the median is €51,540.
7.8% of residents are citizens of another country, below 89% of Irish towns
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.
At home, 8.4% use another language, chiefly French (1%), and 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 83% of Irish towns.
1.1% of residents speak Irish every day 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
Speakers of Irish: 4,657 residents, 45% of those aged 3 and over. Dungarvan leads Co. Waterford with 2%.
Tramore ranks above 62% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 73%
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: 89% of Tramore · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 19% in Tramore. Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (7.5%), Black or Black Irish (1.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 76% of Irish towns, at 38%
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.
With unpaid carers at 6.4%, Tramore is ahead of 87% of Irish towns on that count. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Tramore sits above 52% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (37%)
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 14% of adults; primary level or less for 7.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Oldest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 9,776 to 13,054 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Summerhill is the youngest (30.5); Foxrock the oldest (44.7). Nearest to Tramore in age: Churchtown (40.5), Skerries (40.7), Cabra West (40.8) and Kilnamanagh (41.2).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Tramore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore | 11,277 | — | 40.7 | 16% | 47% |
| Kilbarry | 2,758 | 7.9 km | 30.4 | 3.4% | 48% |
| Ballytruckle | 6,563 | 8.6 km | 36 | 6.9% | 56% |
| Ballybeg | 5,226 | 8.8 km | 34.4 | 11% | 50% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 9.4 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Lisduggan | 6,216 | 9.8 km | 44.3 | 25% | 34% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 10.0 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
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 Tramore’s residents
What is the population of Tramore?
Tramore had 11,277 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tramore?
The median age is 40.7, older than 83% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tramore?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,657 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tramore?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tramore?
73% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 7.9% another religion; 5.4% didn’t say.
Is Tramore good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tramore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tramore?
Median gross household income in Tramore was €56,500 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).