Few flats: only 0.5% of households in Ballycannan live in one
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Ballycannan has 13%. The 2022 Census counted 629 residents in 214 households. For Ballycannan, the census puts households of parents with children at 54%. Half of the town’s residents are over 41.7, older than in 88% of Irish towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2016, behind 99% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Clare’s towns.
14% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 55% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 9.7% of residents. In Kilrush, the oldest of Co. Clare’s towns by this measure, it is 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballycannan sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (1.9%)
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
With students among residents 15 and over at 11%, Ballycannan is ahead of 62% of Irish towns on that count. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
3 people per household, more than in 85% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.8% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 88% of Irish towns, at 6.9%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. The share of households with broadband is 89%; 7.9% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €56,950 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €56,950 a year here, 5% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Clare comes in at €54,650 at the median.
Ballycannan sits below 98% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (7.5%)
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 in the UK (5.2%), then elsewhere in the EU (1.1%). Lower than in 99% of Irish towns: 3% of residents are citizens of another country. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.5%, a higher share than 77% 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
Ennis leads Co. Clare with 1.6%. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Ballycannan · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
10% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%. Here, 85% of residents said they are Catholic.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 84% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Here 7.5% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Ballycannan sits below 86% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (22%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 5.9% of adults. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Primary level or earlier: 14%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Ballycannan: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycannan | 629 | — | 41.7 | 14% | 54% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 2.4 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 2.9 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 3.0 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 3.6 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 4.1 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 4.1 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Clare’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 Ballycannan’s residents
What is the population of Ballycannan?
Ballycannan had 629 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballycannan?
The median age is 41.7. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballycannan?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (239 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballycannan?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.5% were born abroad and 3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballycannan?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 4.2% another religion; 5.1% didn’t say.
Is Ballycannan good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballycannan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballycannan?
Median gross household income in Ballycannan was €56,950 in 2022, against €54,650 across Co. Clare 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).