Cattle numbers — Tipperary
683,200, latest 2026 (+0.0% year on year, from 683,200).
683,200 head of cattle were counted. Cattle: under 1 year accounted for the largest share (194,500, 28%). Next largest was Dairy cows (190,700). 6 categories have a reported change small enough that the source's own rounding to the nearest 100 could account for most or all of it. Since this breakdown began in 2015, Other cows has fallen 35% (from 63,800 to 41,700) against 3% for the total.
What these terms mean
- Number of Cattle in June
- CSO's annual county-level count of cattle, taken from AIMS (the national animal identification and movement register) as at 1 June each year. Source
- Other cows
- CSO's label for cows kept for suckling/beef rather than milk -- i.e. all cows that are not dairy cows.
- Cattle: 2 years and over
- Cattle aged 2 years or older that are not counted as cows or bulls -- mostly breeding replacements and finishing animals not yet calved or used for service.
Before you use these figures
- From the national cattle register, not a sample survey: CSO's own background notes say cattle figures are extracted from AIMS, the Animal Identification and Movement System -- the administrative register every animal's passport and ear tag feed -- as at 1 June each year. Unlike some other measures in the same release, this is close to a full administrative count, not a sample estimate.
- A snapshot on 1 June, not a year-round figure: Cattle numbers move throughout the year as calves are born and animals are moved, finished or exported. This is a single day's count, so only comparisons against the same date a year earlier are meaningful -- there is no month-to-month reading to make.
- Counted where the animal was, not where it was born or will be sold: An animal is attributed to the county of the holding it was on on 1 June. Young stock destined for finishing or export elsewhere is still counted at its current holding, so a county's figure describes what was standing in its fields that day, not local breeding or sales activity on its own.
- Dublin's herd is small enough that percentages swing hard: Dublin has by far the smallest cattle population of any county -- its bull count, for example, is typically only 100-200 head. A change of a few dozen animals there can read as a large percentage move that would be unremarkable anywhere else.
- Not adjusted for population: This figure — 190,700 — is well outside the typical range for other areas currently publishing this dataset (median about 34,700 across 25 other areas). This is a raw count, not adjusted for population — a larger area is expected to report a larger number regardless of anything unusual happening there. Not itself a sign of a data problem.
- Not adjusted for population, 2015: This area's 2015 figure was 146,300, well outside the typical range for other areas that reported for 2015 (median about 25,600 across 25 other areas). This figure is a raw count, not adjusted for population — a larger area is expected to report a larger number regardless of anything unusual happening there. Not itself a sign of a data problem.
Cite this figure:
Cattle numbers 683,200 for Tipperary, 2026 Caveats: From the national cattle register, not a sample survey; A snapshot on 1 June, not a year-round figure; Counted where the animal was, not where it was born or will be sold; Dublin's herd is small enough that percentages swing hard; Not adjusted for population; Not adjusted for population, 2015 StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 11 Oct 2026. Source: CSO PxStat https://statsmapped.com/ireland/county/tipperary/cattle-tipperary