Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Bailieborough sits below 97% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (8.6%)
7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. The median age in Bailieborough is 38.2, higher than in 57% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 2,974 residents in the town, living in 1,116 households.
Slower than most: +6% since 2016, behind 62% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cavan’s towns, +10%.
Only 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bailieborough
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 15%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Bailieborough, 38.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 82% of Irish towns
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Bailieborough, 20% and 18%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 61% of Irish towns, at 26%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%. Here, 43% of households are parents with children.
More holiday homes than 79% of Irish towns: 0.8%
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
Most homes are connected: 86% have broadband, and 12% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of holiday homes is 0.2%. Households without a car or van account for 15%.
€47,480 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€47,480 a year before tax puts the median household 21% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cavan as a whole, the figure is €52,320.
Residents born outside Ireland: 17%, a lower share than 77% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born elsewhere in the EU (5.4%), then in the UK (4.7%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 12% here, fewer than in 67% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.2% in Bailieborough, less than in 99% 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
Irish speakers number 757, or nearly a third of residents aged 3 and over. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who said they are Catholic than 91% of Irish towns: 80%
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: 83% of Bailieborough · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (12%), Irish Traveller (2.1%) and Other, including mixed (1.6%). The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Higher than in 67% of Irish towns: 83% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
In Bailieborough, 3.8% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 92% 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.
At 35%, the share of married residents 15 and over is higher than in 54% of Irish towns. For comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.4% of adults here, while 15% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,599 to 3,403 people, the 20th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 30.4 in Kilbarry to 45.5 in Ballybrack. Nearest to Bailieborough in age: Gort (38), Baltinglass (38.2), Bundoran (38.4) and Claddagh (38.9).
Bailieborough sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | — | 38.2 | 15% | 43% |
| Kingscourt | 2,955 | 10.8 km | 35.2 | 10% | 50% |
| Virginia | 3,211 | 11.2 km | 35.8 | 13% | 46% |
| Mullagh | 1,651 | 11.3 km | 34.4 | 10% | 51% |
| Ballyjamesduff | 2,917 | 16.1 km | 35.5 | 8.7% | 45% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 18.2 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
| Cootehill | 1,856 | 18.7 km | 40.6 | 18% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’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 Bailieborough’s residents
What is the population of Bailieborough?
Bailieborough had 2,974 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bailieborough?
The median age is 38.2, older than 57% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bailieborough?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (757 people), and 0.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bailieborough?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bailieborough?
80% are Catholic, 8.6% have no religion and 11% another religion; 19% didn’t say.
Is Bailieborough good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bailieborough are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bailieborough?
Median gross household income in Bailieborough was €47,480 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).