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Tinahely

Tinahely (County Wicklow) had 1,634 residents in April 2022, part of Tinahely. The median household had a gross income of €48,707, 24% below the county figure. 73% of households owned their home, 9% rented privately and 15% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 12 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Baltinglass local electoral area · 6 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
1,634residentsCensus, April 2022
€48,707median household incomegross, 2022
73%of homes owner-occupied9% rented privately
6%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Tinahely by census small area
Map of Tinahely: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
Tinahely · County WicklowTinahely highlighted; the rest of County Wicklow in grey
Map of County Wicklow with Tinahely highlighted

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for County Wicklow. 613 households, 2.7 people in each on average.

21%
aged under 15
11%
aged 15–24
25%
aged 25–44
25%
aged 45–64
18%
aged 65 and over
27%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.

€48,707
median gross household income
€43,167
median household income after tax
52%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
9%
of the labour force are unemployed
24%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
26%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none14%
Lower secondary20%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)16%
Further education and apprenticeships25%
Bachelor’s degree17%
Postgraduate7%

Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

693 dwellings on census night; 97% of households live in a house or bungalow and 3% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan29%
Owned outright44%
Rented from a private landlord9%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body15%
Occupied free of rent4%

When homes were built

Before 194628%
1946–19709%
1971–199017%
1991–200010%
2001–201032%
2011–20151%
2016 or later3%
8%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
3%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€444,999median sale price, County Wicklow2,982 sales, 2025
2.7people per household2022

Median sale price, County Wicklow

2010€230,000
2011€150,000
2012€151,000
2013€165,000
2014€200,000
2015€233,000
2016€260,000
2017€285,000
2018€285,000
2019€292,500
2020€300,000
2021€347,625
2022€395,000
2023€425,000
2024€435,000
2025€444,999

Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)

Getting about.

How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 8% of households have no car; 51% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike72%
Work or study mainly at home6%
On foot8%
Bus, minibus or coach12%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle0%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes40%
15 to 30 minutes25%
30 to 45 minutes14%
45 minutes to an hour6%
An hour to an hour and a half10%
An hour and a half or more5%
78%of households with broadband2022
17.8 kmto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

12 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 6% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops2
Bakeries0
Pharmacies1
GP surgeries and doctors0
Dentists0
Cafés and pubs5
Restaurants1
Parks0
Playgrounds1
Pitches2
Gyms and sports centres1
Libraries0
Crèches and childcare0
Bus stops4
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
2schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
40residents per km²40.6 km²

Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of County Wicklow.