Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainBallsbridge ranks below 94% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 19%
Households in Ballsbridge hold 2.2 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Locally, 56% of households live in a flat or apartment. The median age in the neighbourhood is 35, lower than in four fifths of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 12,743 residents and 5,573 households in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Ballsbridge
More born abroad than most towns
40% of residents were born abroad, against 23% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (17%) and elsewhere in the EU (11%); 33% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
20% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 2.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 8.1% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Fewer people than before
Ballsbridge went from about 12,850 people in 2016 to 12,743 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 96% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
More with no religion than most
35% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 50% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Ballsbridge has changed by −1%, slower than 96% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, a lower share than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%; Ballsbridge has 11%. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ballsbridge, 35. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballsbridge: 20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 98% 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
At 9.3%, students among residents 15 and over sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%.
In Ballsbridge, 33% of households are one person living alone, more than in 93% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 17%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 40%, a higher share than 90% 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
Most homes are connected: 96% have broadband, and 3.8% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Across Ballsbridge, 1.7% of homes are holiday homes.
Half above, half below €99,170 a year in household income
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 €99,170 a year here, 65% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin the median is €71,120.
A higher share of residents born outside Ireland than 93% of Irish towns, at 40%
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.
Here a third of residents are citizens of another country, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 15%. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (3.8%), among the 25% who speak another language there; 1.5% speak English not well or not at all.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Ballsbridge
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
In all, 3,792 residents aged 3 and over (35%) can speak Irish. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 35%, a higher share than 95% of Irish towns
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: 65% of Ballsbridge · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Ballsbridge has 50%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are scarce here: 65%, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (22%), Asian or Asian Irish (8%) and Other, including mixed (5%).
Unpaid carers: 4.1%, a lower share than 89% 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.
With married residents 15 and over at 32%, Ballsbridge is behind 71% of Irish towns on that count. Set beside that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 99% of Irish towns: 77%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Two fifths of Ballsbridge’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 3.6% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
8th lowest median age among 41 towns of 10,875 to 14,739
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Clonskeagh is the youngest (29.4); Foxrock the oldest (44.7). Nearest to Ballsbridge in age: Ballyowen (33.6), Phibsborough (34.5), Deansrath (35.7) and Drumcondra (35.9).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ballsbridge
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballsbridge | 12,743 | — | 35 | 11% | 19% |
| Grand Canal Dock | 8,320 | 1.0 km | 32.1 | 6.2% | 15% |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 1.2 km | 32.2 | 8.1% | 20% |
| Sandymount | 22,340 | 1.4 km | 38.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Portobello | 5,732 | 1.6 km | 33.4 | 7.6% | 11% |
| Rathmines East | 16,923 | 1.8 km | 36.1 | 14% | 24% |
| East Wall | 15,907 | 2.0 km | 31.2 | 6.4% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Ballsbridge’s residents
What is the population of Ballsbridge?
Ballsbridge had 12,743 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Ballsbridge?
The median age is 35, younger than 80% of Irish towns. 14% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballsbridge?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,792 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballsbridge?
65% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 40% were born abroad and 33% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballsbridge?
50% are Catholic, 35% have no religion and 15% another religion; 13% didn’t say.
Is Ballsbridge good for families?
19% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 14% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballsbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballsbridge?
Median gross household income in Ballsbridge was €99,170 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).