Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 81% of Irish towns: 33% of households are parents with children
18% of residents are 65 or over (Ireland’s towns: 14%). There were 1,495 households in Ballinacurra at the 2022 Census, home to 3,719 residents. Here, just over one in ten households are unrelated adults sharing a home. More households in flats than in 77% of Irish towns: 23%.
A +12% change since 2016: Ballinacurra grew faster than 72% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Half of Ballinacurra is over 38.6, older than 62% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 25–29: 9.4% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Ballinacurra, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ballinacurra, 38.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 12% in Ballinacurra, more than in 78% 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
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.5%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 77% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
0.2% of homes are holiday homes, fewer than in 54% 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 90% of households, while 9% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van account for 17%.
Household income, middle of the range: €62,720 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €62,720 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €55,950 across Co. Limerick.
In Ballinacurra, 19% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns
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 largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (7.5%) and in the UK (4%). The usual figure: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 14%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 53% of Irish towns.
47% of Ballinacurra can speak Irish
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
The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%). 1.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
82% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 65% 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: 82% of Ballinacurra · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (8.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.2%) and Other, including mixed (3%). Typically, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. More residents with no religion than in 61% of Irish towns: 19%. Residents who said they are Catholic: 71%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 87% of Irish towns: 6.4%
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.
Married residents 15 and over: 34% of the total. About 240 residents (6.4%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Above 68% of Irish towns: 44% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
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 18% of adults; primary level or less for 9.7% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Oldest by rank: 11th of 41 towns of 3,141 to 4,365 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.8 in Taylor's Hill to 46.5 in Montenotte. Nearest to Ballinacurra in age: Westbury (38.5), Kill (38.5), Ballyfermot (38.8) and Cahir (39.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Ballinacurra
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | — | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 1.2 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 1.4 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 1.8 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 2.0 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 2.1 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 2.2 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Ballinacurra’s residents
What is the population of Ballinacurra?
Ballinacurra had 3,719 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinacurra?
The median age is 38.6, older than 62% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinacurra?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,547 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinacurra?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinacurra?
71% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 9.4% another religion; 8.7% didn’t say.
Is Ballinacurra good for families?
33% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinacurra are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinacurra?
Median gross household income in Ballinacurra was €62,720 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).