Photo: JohnArmagh · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 37% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
The median age in Ballyhaunis is 34.5, lower than in 84% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 2,773 residents and 941 households here. Locally, 7.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 2.9 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Ballyhaunis
More born abroad than anywhere else in Co. Mayo
50% of residents were born abroad, against 29% across Co. Mayo’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (25%) and elsewhere in the EU (16%); 39% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
63% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (25%), Asian or Asian Irish (16%) and Other, including mixed (12%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Ballyhaunis has grown +16%, faster than 82% 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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Mayo’s towns.
Ballyhaunis ranks below 67% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 12%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: nearly one in ten residents. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Westport, the oldest of Co. Mayo’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ballyhaunis, 34.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 11%, a higher share than 65% 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
By occupation, process, plant and machine operatives are over-represented: 22%, against a typical 7.8%. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
45% of households are parents with children, a share 60% of Irish towns don’t reach
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
For Ballyhaunis, the census puts one-person households at 25%. The wider picture: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
25% of households have no car or van, more than in 76% 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
1.4% of homes are holiday homes, against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. Here, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Before tax, the median household income is €40,880 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €40,880 a year, 32% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Mayo as a whole, the figure is €48,670.
Ballyhaunis sits above 98% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (50%)
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 60%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
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 figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 39% in Ballyhaunis and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (25%) and elsewhere in the EU (16%).
28% of Ballyhaunis 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
0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Within Co. Mayo, Castlebar has the largest share, 1.2%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Irish towns: 8.7%
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: 37% of Ballyhaunis · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (25%), Asian or Asian Irish (16%) and Other, including mixed (12%). Fewer residents who said they are Catholic than in 91% of Irish towns: 52%. Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion.
Unpaid carers make up 4% in Ballyhaunis, less than in 90% 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.
The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 35%. About 110 residents (4%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 84% of Irish towns, at 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Ballyhaunis, 15%, and 6.2% hold a postgraduate qualification. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
6th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,510 to 3,211
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 30.4 in Kilbarry to 45.5 in Ballybrack. Nearest to Ballyhaunis in age: Sunday's Well (33), Kinnegad (33.8), Kingscourt (35.2) and Ballyjamesduff (35.5).
Ballyhaunis is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | — | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
| Knock | 1,029 | 10.3 km | 49 | 33% | 28% |
| Claremorris | 3,857 | 15.6 km | 37.4 | 13% | 38% |
| Kiltimagh | 1,232 | 17.8 km | 41.4 | 18% | 37% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 18.7 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Mayo’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 Ballyhaunis’s residents
What is the population of Ballyhaunis?
Ballyhaunis had 2,773 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyhaunis?
The median age is 34.5, younger than 84% of Irish towns. 30% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyhaunis?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (664 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyhaunis?
37% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 50% were born abroad and 39% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyhaunis?
52% are Catholic, 8.7% have no religion and 39% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Ballyhaunis good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyhaunis are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyhaunis?
Median gross household income in Ballyhaunis was €40,880 in 2022, against €48,670 across Co. Mayo 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).