Above 94% of Irish towns: 57% of households are parents with children
3% of households live in a flat or apartment; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 9.7%. More residents who said they are Catholic than in 82% of Irish towns: 77%. At the 2022 Census, 667 people lived in Ballitore, in 233 households.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Ballitore ahead of 63% 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. Kildare’s towns, by more than +14%.
Ballitore is younger than 66% of Irish towns: a median age of 36.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 14%, Ballitore is ahead of 79% of Irish towns on that count. In Leixlip, the oldest of Co. Kildare’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballitore sits below 77% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.7%)
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Ballitore, 21% and 25%. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 77% of Irish towns: 2.9 people each on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 22% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 75% of Irish towns, at 9.9%
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
Most homes are connected: 83% have broadband, and 14% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). On average, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €57,200 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €57,200 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kildare’s median household income is €73,000.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 87% of Irish towns: 14%
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are elsewhere in the EU (5.3%) and outside the EU and UK (5%). Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 67% of Irish towns: 12%. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% 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: 184 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. The highest share in Co. Kildare belongs to Maynooth (2.2%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 78% of Irish towns, at 13%
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: 84% of Ballitore · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (14%), Other, including mixed (1.3%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 84% here, more than in 73% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 30% in Ballitore, less than in 77% 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 Ballitore, the census puts unpaid carers at 5.5%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 19% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Ballitore
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 4.8% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 16% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Every nearby town is older than Ballitore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballitore | 667 | — | 36.4 | 9.7% | 57% |
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 9.5 km | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 11.3 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 11.5 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 11.6 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 14.1 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 14.1 km | 36.9 | 10% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kildare’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 Ballitore’s residents
What is the population of Ballitore?
Ballitore had 667 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballitore?
The median age is 36.4. 28% are under 18 and 9.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballitore?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (184 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballitore?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballitore?
77% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 9.9% another religion; 9% didn’t say.
Is Ballitore good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballitore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballitore?
Median gross household income in Ballitore was €57,200 in 2022, against €73,000 across Co. Kildare 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).