Ballyduff’s story
Ballyduff has 3 buildings on the National Inventory
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
- 1850Barracks, Ballyduff
- 1870J. Browne
- 1890I. McEllistrim
BallyduffCo. Kerry
With 447 residents, it is a town in Co. Kerry.
2 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Patrice78500 · Public domain
Population
447
CSO, Census 2022 · Kerry County Council
Median age
43.9
26% are 65+ · Co. Kerry 18%
Degree level
22%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
10%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Ballyduff a good place to live?
A typical home sold for €241,500, or 6.2 years of the town’s median household income. Born outside Ireland: 7% of residents. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 10% of commuters. People aged 65 and over make up 26% of residents.
Ballyduff isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
What makes Ballyduff stand out
The 3 things Ballyduff does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballyduff.
Schools
100% of schools around Ballyduff get DEIS support, above Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
Since 2019/20, pupils changed −21%, lower than both Co. Kerry’s towns (+9%) and Irish towns (+4%). Within 3 km of Ballyduff there is one school. 96 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyduff National School DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 96 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 29% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −21% | +9% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 11% | 8% |
96
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−21%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
0.3 km
to the nearest primary school
6.8 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Natural hazards
Low radon and steady ground in Ballyduff; flooding isn’t measured here
Radon: an estimated 2.7% of homes in Ballyduff are over the reference level. The closest place to swim from Ballyduff is Ballybunnion South, 6.5 km away, rated excellent in 2025. The ground under Ballyduff carries no high landslide susceptibility.
0%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
6.5 km
to Ballybunnion South bathing water (excellent)
292
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Ballyduff has cooler summers than Co. Kerry’s towns or Irish towns: July highs of 19.0°C
A year brings 1,200 mm of rain, below Co. Kerry’s towns (1,339 mm) but above Irish towns (937 mm). Day and night, summer and winter, Ballyduff averages 10.8°C. Also worth knowing: in January, overnight lows in Ballyduff settle at 4.0°C.
19.0°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter9.7°C
Spring13.4°C
Summer18.6°C
Autumn14.5°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.0°C | 19.6°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 4.0°C | 3.7°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,200 mm | 1,339 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.8°C | 10.9°C | 10.3°C |
19.0°C
July high
4.0°C
January low
1,200 mm
Rain a year
138 mm
Wettest month
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
Disability runs above what Ballyduff’s ages predict, at 115 per 100 expected, and above Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
Allowing for its ages, Ballyduff has 89 residents in bad health per 100 expected, lower than both Co. Kerry’s towns (106) and Irish towns (113). 83% of people in Ballyduff rate their own health good or very good. Unpaid caring falls to nearly a tenth of the town’s residents.
83%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health89
Disability115
Co. Kerry106
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 83%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 2%
| Census 2022 | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 9.4% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 83% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2% |
89
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Kerry 106
115
disability per 100 expected · Co. Kerry 105
83.2 · 79.1
life expectancy, women · men, the South-West region, 2016
28%
hold a medical card, HSE South West
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
Private renting is less common in Ballyduff than in Co. Kerry’s towns or across Irish towns: 11%
Owners make up 69% of households, above Co. Kerry’s towns (53%) and Irish towns (61%) alike. Social housing holds 18% of households.
€242Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Ballyduff€242K
Co. Kerry€232K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 11% | 27% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 69% | 53% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €242K | €232K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 18% | 18% | 13% |
69%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
11%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,182
a month on new tenancies, County Kerry
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V92, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Ballyduff has fewer homes a short walk from green space than Co. Kerry’s towns or Irish towns: 38%
Ballyduff offers 17.2 ha of green space per 1,000 residents. Protected nature near Ballyduff includes Lower River Shannon SAC. Within 5 km, 5.2% of the land is protected nature, below Co. Kerry’s towns (12%) but above Irish towns (1.8%).
38%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Ballyduff17.2 ha
Co. Kerry2.9 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 38% | 77% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 5.2% | 12% | 1.8% |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 17.2 ha | 2.9 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 0.6 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
38%
Near a park
17.2 ha
Green space
5.2%
Protected for nature
2.2%
Woodland
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Ballyduff’s outlook today: sunny, peaking at 11 degrees
Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 9 mm of rain is forecast. Ballyduff’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 12°C, nights fall to 6°C. Today stays dry but breezy, with wind up to 24 km/h and a low of 6°C.
11°C / 6°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November12°C
December10°C
January10°C
February10°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 366 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 225 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 257 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 352 mm |
11°C / 6°C
Today
None
Rain, next 24 hours
17 km/h
Wind
94%
Humidity
9 h 23 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Ballyduff than in Co. Kerry’s towns or Irish towns: 9.9%
Short trips: 37% under 15 minutes, lower than Co. Kerry’s towns (53%) yet higher than Irish towns (31%). 80% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Average household income comes to €38,860 a year before tax.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van80%
Walk10%
| Census 2022 | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 37% | 53% | 31% |
| Median household income | €38,860 | €42,580 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 65% | 67% | 68% |
| Average trip | 25.9 min | 21.7 min | 27.6 min |
€38,860
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Kerry €48,320
10%
worked mainly from home, 2022
8%
trips of an hour or more
4,870
on the Live Register, County Kerry, September 2026
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Who lives here
Most of Ballyduff was born here: only 7.4% come from abroad, fewer than in Co. Kerry’s towns and across Irish towns
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 1.7%, above both Co. Kerry’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
43.9median age
BallyduffCo. KerryIreland
Ages · share of residents
26%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none16%
Lower secondary23%
Leaving Cert36%
Diploma or cert3%
Degree or higher22%
Women and men · all residents
50.6% of Ballyduff’s residents are women
226 women and 221 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 26% | 18% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 16% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.3% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 22% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kerry and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
Local election turnout in Ballyduff: 57%, against 62% in Co. Kerry’s towns and 46% in Irish towns
Kerry County Council has no ruling majority: Independent hold 11 of its 33 seats, short of the 17 needed. Turnout at the general election came to 65%. Ballyduff is run by Kerry County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government.
11/33seats held by Independent
Seats on Kerry County · June 2024
Independent11
Fianna Fáil9
Fine Gael6
Sinn Féin4
Labour Party2
Kerry Independent Alliance1
| Turnout | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 62% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 65% | 65% | 59% |
6
Councillors
11/33
Independent seats on Kerry County, the largest party
57%
turnout, June 2024
5
TDs elected for Kerry
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
Ballyduff has 67 inventory buildings per 10,000 residents (Co. Kerry towns 94, Irish towns 48)
Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total, above Co. Kerry’s towns (4.5%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 3 of Ballyduff’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
3inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional3
Among them
- Barracks, Ballyduff 1850
- J. Browne 1870
- I. McEllistrim 1890
0
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1850
earliest dated inventory building
6%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
| Heritage | Ballyduff | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 67 | 94 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 19 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 6% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nearby attractions
All attractions →North Kerry Museum and 13 more within 40 km
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Ballyduff; with them, the best known within 40 km.
MuseumMuseumNorth Kerry Museum1.3 km outside town, to the north
Cathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral16 km southwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle12 km east
Castle · Office of Public WorksCarrigafoyle Castle17 km northeast
FortCaherconree32 km southwest
CastleCarrigaholt Bay16 km north
Cathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral16 km southwestCastle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle12 km eastCastle · Office of Public WorksCarrigafoyle Castle17 km northeastFortCaherconree32 km southwestCastleCarrigaholt Bay16 km northPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Ardfert Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Listowel Castle: Larsoner~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigafoyle Castle: Arcaist, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caherconree: Stephen Murphy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigaholt Bay: Warren Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Ballyduff
15pages on Ballyduff
The big questions
Out and about
Landmarks
3 of Ballyduff’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
Famous people from Ballyduff
14 notable people were born in Ballyduff.
Ballyduff’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
BallybunionListowelBallyduff
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyduff | 447 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 6.6 | — | C+ | B | C− |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 12 | C+ | B+ | C | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Ballyduff
Is Ballyduff a young town or an old one?
The median age in Ballyduff is 43.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Has Ballyduff grown?
Ballyduff had 447 people at the 2022 census, up from 445 in 2016: 0.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
About Ballyduff
Urban area in Co. Kerry
447 people live in Ballyduff, in the area of Kerry County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
- Population
- 447 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Kerry
- Council
- Kerry County Council
- Local electoral area
- Listowel
- Dáil constituency
- Kerry
- Name in Irish
- An Baile Dubh
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:19846
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).