Ballyroe: 91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 98% of Irish towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 11%, Ballyroe is behind 74% of Irish towns on that count. For Ballyroe, the census puts one-person households at 28%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 196 residents in 69 households: that is Ballyroe at the 2022 Census.
Since 2016, Ballyroe has changed by +4%, slower than 76% 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 Co. Kildare’s towns the median is +14%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Ballyroe is younger than 75% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Ballyroe, 13%. 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
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
27% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Ballyroe, 27% and 16%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Bigger households than 74% 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.
Set against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Ballyroe. Census figures put households of parents with children at 42% here.
Households without a car or van make up 13% in Ballyroe, less than in 67% 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
Home broadband covers 82% of households, while 12% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €57,430 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 €57,430 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kildare as a whole has a median of €73,000.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 9.7% of 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.
In Ballyroe, 4.1% of residents are citizens of another country, beside 15% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (3.6%), then outside the EU and UK (3.6%).
Can speak Irish: 32% of Ballyroe’s residents
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
Top of Co. Kildare: Maynooth, at 2.2%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
11% of residents said they have no religion, below 88% 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: 91% of Ballyroe · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 71% across Ireland’s towns, four in five residents said they are Catholic in Ballyroe. Residents with no religion: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Next after White Irish come Other White (4.8%), Other, including mixed (3.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%).
Above 99% of Irish towns: 9.2% of residents give unpaid care
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 is 30%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
Ballyroe sits below 91% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (19%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.1% of Ballyroe’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 13% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ballyroe are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyroe | 196 | — | 35.6 | 11% | 42% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 4.4 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 7.9 km | 36.7 | 9.1% | 57% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 8.5 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 14.3 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 15.2 km | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 15.7 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
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 Ballyroe’s residents
What is the population of Ballyroe?
Ballyroe had 196 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyroe?
The median age is 35.6. 30% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyroe?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (58 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyroe?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.7% were born abroad and 4.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyroe?
80% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 8.6% another religion; 5.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballyroe good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyroe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyroe?
Median gross household income in Ballyroe was €57,430 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).