Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns, at 1.3%
With households in flats at 0.9%, Ballingarry is behind 98% of Irish towns on that count. One-person households are more common here than in 92% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 570, in 227 households. Locally, 12% of residents said they have no religion.
Ballingarry changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, behind 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Irish towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 39.1, Ballingarry is older than 68% of Irish towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. 13% of residents are 65 or over. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.9% in Ballingarry, less than in 74% 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
Skilled trades stand out among workers: 16%, against a typical 11%. For Ballingarry, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 9.3%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
2.5 people per household, fewer than in 73% 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.
Set against 43% across Ireland’s towns, 45% of households are parents with children in Ballingarry.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 67% of Irish towns, at 13%
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
There is little gap on holiday homes: 1.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Households here have a median income of €58,640 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €58,640 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick’s median household income is €55,950.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 5.5%, a lower share than 98% 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.
At home, 5.4% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.9%), and 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 89% of Irish towns: 13% of residents were born outside Ireland.
1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 56% 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: 222 residents, 43% of those aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Limerick, Farranshone has the highest share (1.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 92%, a higher share than 98% 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: 92% of Ballingarry · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (7.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%. 82% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 94% of Irish towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 73% of Irish towns: 31%
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.
Unpaid carers make up 6.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Ballingarry ranks below 66% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 30%
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 one in ten adults; primary level or less for 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Ballingarry sits below 3 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballingarry | 570 | — | 39.1 | 13% | 45% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 7.3 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Adare | 1,224 | 10.8 km | 42.9 | 20% | 37% |
| Croom | 1,240 | 11.3 km | 39.8 | 18% | 38% |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 13.3 km | 37.4 | 15% | 43% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 16.3 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 18.0 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
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.
Questions about Ballingarry’s residents
What is the population of Ballingarry?
Ballingarry had 570 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballingarry?
The median age is 39.1. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballingarry?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (222 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballingarry?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballingarry?
82% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.5% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Ballingarry good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballingarry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballingarry?
Median gross household income in Ballingarry was €58,640 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. 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).