Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 6.4% of residents said they have no religion
By its share of one-person households (31%), Ballinalee is above 88% of Irish towns. The town’s 154 households held 395 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of holiday homes stands at 2.2%. 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 77% of Irish towns.
Ballinalee changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, 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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Longford’s towns, by more than +11%.
Older than 62% of Irish towns: half of Ballinalee is over 38.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 9.4% of residents. In Lanesborough-Ballyleague, the oldest of Co. Longford’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Ballinalee, 3.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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
Among workers, process, plant and machine operatives stand out: 13%, against a typical 7.8%. The census found that just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students in Ballinalee. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 87% of Irish towns, at 2.6%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Ballinalee the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 44% of households are parents with children. The usual figure: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Ballinalee ranks below 67% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 14%
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
83% have broadband at home and 13% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €39,730 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 €39,730 a year here, 34% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Longford the median is €47,220.
Residents born outside Ireland: 9.6%, 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (4.1%) and outside the EU and UK (3%). Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. 3.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Below 90% of Irish towns: 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
No town in Co. Longford beats Drumlish (0.8%). The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Ballinalee · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
86% of residents said they are Catholic, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Next after White Irish come Other White (6.7%), Black or Black Irish (1.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%).
Ballinalee ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 7.8%
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 account for 34%. About 30 residents (7.8%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
In Ballinalee, 28% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 70% 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 Ballinalee’s adults, 8.2% went on to postgraduate study and 13% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Ballinalee
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinalee | 395 | — | 38.6 | 14% | 44% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 8.8 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 9.0 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 10.2 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
| Granard | 1,058 | 10.6 km | 36.5 | 15% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Longford has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Ballinalee’s residents
What is the population of Ballinalee?
Ballinalee had 395 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinalee?
The median age is 38.6. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinalee?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (112 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinalee?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.6% were born abroad and 3.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinalee?
86% are Catholic, 6.4% have no religion and 7.5% another religion; 8.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballinalee good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinalee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinalee?
Median gross household income in Ballinalee was €39,730 in 2022, against €47,220 across Co. Longford 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).