Photo: SeoR · CC BY-SA 4.094% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Households without a car or van make up 34%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 71% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 3,632 residents in Ballyfermot, living in 1,372 households. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone locally.
Ballyfermot’s population moved +1% on 2016, less than in 87% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Older than 64% of Irish towns: half of Ballyfermot is over 38.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 8.1% of residents. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ballyfermot, 38.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballyfermot sits below 97% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (3.5%)
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
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.2%, below 91% of Irish towns. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 74% of Irish towns, at 3.4%
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.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are scarce here: 41%, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.7%.
Ballyfermot sits below 80% of Irish towns for households in flats (7.1%)
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. The wider picture: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. 15% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 82% have broadband.
€48,670 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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €48,670 a year, 19% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
Only 6.7% of Ballyfermot’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
Compared with 15% across Ireland’s towns, 3.7% of residents are citizens of another country here. Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (2.4%) or in the UK (1.9%). Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.7% in Ballyfermot, less than in 82% 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
Speakers of Irish: 668 residents, 21% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%). Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
82% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 94% 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 Ballyfermot · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Ballyfermot, just over one in ten residents said they have no religion, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (3.2%), Black or Black Irish (1%) and Other, including mixed (1%).
27% of residents 15 and over are married, below 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.
For Ballyfermot, the census puts unpaid carers at 5.6%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 13%, a lower share than 97% 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 3.4% of adults; primary level or less for 25% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 3,064 to 4,278 people: this is the 9th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Taylor's Hill is the youngest (31.8); Montenotte the oldest (46.5). Nearest to Ballyfermot in age: Kill (38.5), Ballinacurra (38.6), Cahir (39.4) and Tower (39.4).
5 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Ballyfermot
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | — | 38.8 | 17% | 41% |
| Carna | 2,897 | 0.6 km | 39.5 | 17% | 43% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 0.8 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 1.1 km | 33 | 6.8% | 49% |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 1.2 km | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 1.3 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 1.5 km | 40.4 | 18% | 42% |
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 Ballyfermot’s residents
What is the population of Ballyfermot?
Ballyfermot had 3,632 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyfermot?
The median age is 38.8, older than 64% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyfermot?
21% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (668 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyfermot?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.7% were born abroad and 3.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyfermot?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.5% another religion; 8.8% didn’t say.
Is Ballyfermot good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyfermot are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyfermot?
Median gross household income in Ballyfermot was €48,670 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).