Photo: Antony Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Irish towns: half of Ballyneety is over 43.7
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Ballyneety has 57%. Census day 2022: 586 residents and 195 households locally. 1.8% of households have no car or van. Residents who said they are Catholic are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns.
+7% since 2016: slower than 57% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Ballyneety: 19% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 50–54: 13% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. For Ballyneety, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns: 19%
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%; Ballyneety has 2.6%. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 15% in Ballyneety, less than in 92% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Ireland’s towns: 4.7%). To put it in context, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 3.1 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
No internet at all: 4.8% (typical: 7.6%). Broadband: 93% of households. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €78,730 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 €78,730 a year here, 31% above Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €55,950 across Co. Limerick.
9.6% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (4.8%), then outside the EU and UK (3.6%). The usual figure: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 99% of Irish towns: 3.3%.
59% of Ballyneety’s residents 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
At 0.8%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Some 302 people here, nearly three in five residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 95%
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: 95% of Ballyneety · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (3.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (1%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. On residents with no religion, Ballyneety sits lower than 88% of Irish towns: 11%.
Ballyneety: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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.
Unpaid carers make up 6.3%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
52% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 81% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Ballyneety’s adults, 19% went on to postgraduate study and 4.8% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. A quarter of residents 15 and over are still in education.
Every nearby town is younger than Ballyneety
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyneety | 586 | — | 43.7 | 14% | 57% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 5.1 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 7.4 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 7.9 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 8.0 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 8.2 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 8.2 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
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 Ballyneety’s residents
What is the population of Ballyneety?
Ballyneety had 586 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyneety?
The median age is 43.7. 21% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyneety?
59% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (302 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyneety?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.6% were born abroad and 3.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyneety?
86% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 2.3% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Ballyneety good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyneety are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyneety?
Median gross household income in Ballyneety was €78,730 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).