Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 507 people, lies in Co. Wexford. Its population rose 12% from 2016 to 2022.
A median €267,500 buys a home here, 5.7 years of what the median household earns. Public transport, bikes and feet take 9% of commuters to work. Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over hold a degree.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Tagoat has none.
The 2 things Tagoat does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 3 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tagoat.
DEIS, the support scheme, covers 67% of them, above both Co. Wexford’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (35%). 3 schools lie within 3 km of Tagoat: 3 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilrane N.S. DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 292 | Catholic |
| S.N. Mhuire DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 64 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −13% | +5% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
The nearest bathing water to Tagoat is Rosslare Strand, 3.3 km away, rated excellent in 2025. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred here has radon above the reference level. Landslides: none of Tagoat lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
| Share of homes | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 93% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.9% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
888 mm of rain falls in a year, below both Co. Wexford’s towns (1,026 mm) and Irish towns (937 mm). Taken over the whole year, the average temperature in Tagoat is 10.8°C. Expect January lows of around 4.2°C locally.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.0°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 4.2°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.8°C | 10.4°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 888 mm | 1,026 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Allowing for its ages, Tagoat has 118 residents with a disability per 100 expected, between Co. Wexford’s towns (123) and Irish towns (106). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.5% of the town. Disability touches 25% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 1.5% | 2.7% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 85% | 88% |
| With a disability | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Private renters make up 14% of households, lower than both Co. Wexford’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%). The social rented sector houses 10% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €260,500 | 30 |
| Housing | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 76% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 14% | 22% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 10% | 17% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €268K | €250K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Among the protected sites near Tagoat is Seas off Wexford cSPA. Woodland covers 3% of the land within 1 km, between Co. Wexford’s towns (6.9%) and Irish towns (2.7%). There are 7.5 ha of green space for every 1,000 people locally.
| Outdoors | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 27% | 3.4% | 0% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 8.7% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3% | 6.9% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
It stays dry through the wind tomorrow, with a low of 10°C (wind up to 41 km/h). Tuesday stands out as the wet day ahead, with roughly 4 mm. Long-term averages for Tagoat put November days at 11°C and November nights at 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 4°C | 242 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 7°C | 172 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 12°C | 198 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 9°C | 277 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
70% of 15 to 64s were in work, above both Co. Wexford’s towns (61%) and Irish towns (68%). By car: that was how 83% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stands at 7.9%.
| Census 2022 | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 7.9% | 15% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | 61% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 33% | 44% | 31% |
| Median household income | €46,790 | €44,117 | €57,760 |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
18% were born abroad, lower than both Co. Wexford’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents.
Women make up 51.7% of Tagoat
262 women and 245 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 16% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 38% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 23% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Wexford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
One council serves Tagoat: Wexford County Council. General election turnout: 62%, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (62%) and above Irish towns (59%). Wexford County Council has no ruling majority: Independent hold 11 of its 34 seats, short of the 18 needed.
| Turnout | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 56% | 52% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 62% | 62% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 sites here, lower than both Co. Wexford’s towns (28) and Irish towns (11). 4.8% of homes date from before 1919. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 4 buildings in Tagoat, 1 of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 79 | 216 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 28 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4.8% | 8% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Tagoat. Best known first.
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 4 buildings in Tagoat, 1 of national or international importance. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
One notable person was born in Tagoat; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
John Banville: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eoin Colfer: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dan O'Herlihy: Cleary, Strauss and Irwin, public relations., Public domain · Robert John McClure: unknown, from The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. « Investigator » Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 , Robert McClure, Londres, Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 18, Public domain · Mick Wallace: GUE/NGL, CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagoat | 507 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 2.9 | — | B− | B− | B |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 3 | — | B+ | A− | C |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 12 | C | B | D | D |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 16 | — | B− | A− | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Tagoat had 507 people at the 2022 census, up from 451 in 2016: 12.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Tagoat is 37.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Wexford
507 people live in Tagoat, in the area of Wexford County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).