Photo: Andrew McMahon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Baltray is over 47.3, older than 99% of Irish towns
Holiday homes: 7.7% here and 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 150 residents in 67 households. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.5% in Baltray. Higher than in 97% of Irish towns: 91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
Baltray grew +13% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 77% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Louth’s towns +10%.
Above 93% of Irish towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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. Louth 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Irish towns: 2.7%
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
In Baltray, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 51% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 13%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person homes: 33% of households in Baltray
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children: 37% of the total. One-person households: 24% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
9% of households have no car or van, below 79% 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
88% have broadband at home and 11% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. For comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €77,520 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €77,520 a year before tax: 29% over the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €54,600 (Co. Louth).
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 88% of Irish towns, at 14%
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 in the UK (6.7%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.7%). As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 87% of Irish towns: 8.1% of residents are citizens of another country.
Able to speak Irish: 39% in Baltray
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. In all, 56 residents aged 3 and over (39%) can speak Irish.
Baltray ranks above 85% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 78%
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 Baltray · Co. Louth’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Baltray, 18% of residents said they have no religion. Elsewhere, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 47%
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 8% of residents, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Degree or higher: 36% of adults
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 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Baltray is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltray | 150 | — | 47.3 | 21% | 37% |
| Termonfeckin | 1,983 | 2.8 km | 36 | 13% | 57% |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 4.1 km | 36.8 | 10% | 53% |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 5.6 km | 37.8 | 13% | 47% |
| Clogherhead | 2,275 | 6.3 km | 36.6 | 8.7% | 56% |
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 9.5 km | 33.2 | 6.1% | 67% |
| Stamullen | 3,720 | 12.0 km | 34.4 | 5.3% | 63% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Louth 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 Baltray’s residents
What is the population of Baltray?
Baltray had 150 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baltray?
The median age is 47.3. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baltray?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (56 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Baltray?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baltray?
78% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 4% another religion; 0% didn’t say.
Is Baltray good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baltray are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baltray?
Median gross household income in Baltray was €77,520 in 2022, against €54,600 across Co. Louth 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).