Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0No religion: 7.4% of residents, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
A household here has 2.8 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. At the 2022 Census, 1,012 people lived in Ballinagh, in 368 households. On the census count, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households in flats are rarer here than in 73% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Ballinagh
Younger than most towns
Half of Ballinagh’s residents are under 34.2 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 13% are 15 to 24 and 9.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Ballinagh changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, behind 57% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Cavan’s towns.
Half of Ballinagh is under 34.2, younger than 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails four fifths of Irish towns: 9.7%. No age band is larger than 35–39: one in ten residents. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 66% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 92% 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, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Ballinagh, 32% and 21%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Above 78% of Irish towns: 50% of households are parents with children
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.
Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. For comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Ballinagh ranks above 76% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 0.7%
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
Broadband reaches 87% of households; 11% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van: 16% of the total. By way of comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€52,980 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€52,980 a year before tax puts the median household 12% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cavan, the figure is €52,320.
In Ballinagh, 12% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 65% 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.
Where just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, Ballinagh has 20%. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The most common home language after English is Polish (4.4%); in all 19% speak another language, and 4% speak English not well or not at all.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.2%
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 255, or 29% of residents aged 3 and over. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Ballinagh sits above 89% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (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: 78% of Ballinagh · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (14%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.9%) and Other, including mixed (2.6%). The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in just over half of Irish towns: 78%.
Married residents 15 and over: 32%, a lower share than 71% 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.
Unpaid carers make up 4.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Ballinagh, 23% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns
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 7.7% of adults; primary level or less for 14% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ballinagh are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | — | 34.2 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 7.9 km | 36.1 | 12% | 44% |
| Ballyjamesduff | 2,917 | 15.4 km | 35.5 | 8.7% | 45% |
| Granard | 1,058 | 17.8 km | 36.5 | 15% | 37% |
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 18.9 km | 39.4 | 18% | 34% |
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 Ballinagh’s residents
What is the population of Ballinagh?
Ballinagh had 1,012 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinagh?
The median age is 34.2. 28% are under 18 and 9.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinagh?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (255 people), and 0.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinagh?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinagh?
80% are Catholic, 7.4% have no religion and 13% another religion; 6.7% didn’t say.
Is Ballinagh good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinagh?
Median gross household income in Ballinagh was €52,980 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).