Photo: Patrice78500 · Public domainBallyduff is older than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.9
6.2% of homes are holiday homes (Ireland’s towns: 0.2%). There were 186 households in Ballyduff at the 2022 Census, home to 447 residents. In Ballyduff, 93% of residents said they are Catholic. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, 91% of Irish towns grew faster than Ballyduff: ±0%
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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Kerry’s towns +2%.
Ballyduff sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Ballyduff, 4.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 94% 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
The occupation that stands out is skilled trades: 21%, where 11% is typical. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. For Ballyduff, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 9.6%.
Ballyduff sits above 92% of Irish towns for one-person households (32%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Ballyduff has 45%. Against that, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.4 people each.
100% of homes are houses
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
A fifth of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 77% have broadband. In one household in 6 there is no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €38,860 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Ballyduff’s households have a gross income below €38,860 a year, 35% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Kerry as a whole, the figure is €48,320.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 99% of Irish towns, at 7.4%
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.
3% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (6.2%), then outside the EU and UK (1.2%).
Ballyduff sits above 85% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (1.7%)
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
171 residents, two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
4.3% of residents said they have no religion, below 99% 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: 96% of Ballyduff · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (2.8%), Irish Traveller (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96% here, more than in 99% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Ballyduff, 9.4% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
The share of married residents 15 and over tops 84% of Irish towns: 39%. Elsewhere, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns: 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 16% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Ballyduff sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyduff | 447 | — | 43.9 | 26% | 45% |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 6.6 km | 44.4 | 24% | 36% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 12.1 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kerry’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 Ballyduff’s residents
What is the population of Ballyduff?
Ballyduff had 447 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyduff?
The median age is 43.9. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyduff?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (171 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyduff?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.4% were born abroad and 3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyduff?
93% are Catholic, 4.3% have no religion and 3.2% another religion; 1.3% didn’t say.
Is Ballyduff good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyduff are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyduff?
Median gross household income in Ballyduff was €38,860 in 2022, against €48,320 across Co. Kerry 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).