Photo: Deadstar · CC BY-SA 3.0More holiday homes than 94% of Irish towns: 3.8%
Half of Ballyconnell’s residents are under 36.4, younger than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 1,422 residents and 538 households locally. Residents with no religion: 14% of the total. A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7.
What stands out about the people of Ballyconnell
More born abroad than most towns
42% of residents were born abroad, against 24% across Co. Cavan’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born elsewhere in the EU (15%) and in Poland (11%); 31% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
42% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 92% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (36%), Other, including mixed (2.4%) and Black or Black Irish (1%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Ballyconnell went from about 1,190 people in 2016 to 1,422 in 2022, +20%: faster growth than in 90% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +20% since 2016, faster than 90% 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 Co. Cavan’s towns the median is +10%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
In Ballyconnell, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 64% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Ballyconnell, 13%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.8%, a lower share than 81% 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Ballyconnell comes in at 9.2%. Across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Ballyconnell sits above 60% of Irish towns for one-person households (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.
Compared with 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, 5.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Across the comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. 43% of households are parents with children.
Households in flats make up 25% in Ballyconnell, more than in 80% of Irish towns
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
86% have broadband at home and 12% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Here, 17% of households have no car or van.
€39,090 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.
Half of households are below €39,090 a year before tax: 35% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cavan’s median household income is €52,320.
Residents born outside Ireland: 42%, a higher share than 94% 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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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 (15%), then in Poland (11%). On residents with another country’s citizenship, Ballyconnell sits higher than 91% of Irish towns: 31%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Ballyconnell, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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 336, or 27% of residents aged 3 and over. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 92% of Irish towns: 59%
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: 59% of Ballyconnell · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 67%, Ballyconnell is behind 69% of Irish towns on that count. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (36%), Other, including mixed (2.4%) and Black or Black Irish (1%).
Below 92% of Irish towns: 3.8% of residents give unpaid care
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.
In Ballyconnell, nearly a third of residents 15 and over are married, beside 34% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Ballyconnell sits below 79% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (24%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 5.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ballyconnell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyconnell | 1,422 | — | 36.4 | 13% | 43% |
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 9.0 km | 39.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 16.3 km | 39.3 | 20% | 36% |
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 Ballyconnell’s residents
What is the population of Ballyconnell?
Ballyconnell had 1,422 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 20% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyconnell?
The median age is 36.4. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyconnell?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (336 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyconnell?
59% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 42% were born abroad and 31% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyconnell?
67% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 19% another religion; 7.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballyconnell good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyconnell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyconnell?
Median gross household income in Ballyconnell was €39,090 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).