Bellavary: 4.4% of homes are holiday homes, above 95% of Irish towns
Half of Bellavary’s residents are over 41.4, older than in 87% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 191 people lived here, in 73 households. The census found that 89% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 99% of Irish towns: 1.4%.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 71% 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. Mayo’s towns.
Only 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bellavary
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns, against 16% in Bellavary. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
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. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 7.2%
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
Compared with a typical 9.8%, administrative and secretarial account for 18% of workers. On residents who moved in within the year, Bellavary sits lower than 99% of Irish towns: 1.6%. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Above 82% of Irish towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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.
Households of parents with children: 47% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. The average household has 2.7 people.
Fewer car-free households than 94% of Irish towns: 5.7%
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
Households in flats: 4.1%, below 91% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €52,730 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€52,730 a year before tax puts the median household 12% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Mayo has a median of €48,670.
6.3% of residents are citizens of another country, below 96% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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 (11%) and in Poland (2.1%). On residents born outside Ireland, Bellavary sits lower than 83% of Irish towns: 15%.
Able to speak Irish: 39% in Bellavary
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
In all, 72 residents aged 3 and over (39%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 83%, a higher share than 95% 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: 89% of Bellavary · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 12%, Bellavary is behind just over four fifths of Irish towns on that count. The comparison figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 71% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (6.4%), Irish Traveller (4.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%).
Bellavary sits above 99% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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 census found that just over a third of residents 15 and over are married in Bellavary. About 20 residents (11%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Below 69% of Irish towns: 28% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Bellavary, 14%, and 9.3% hold a postgraduate qualification. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Bellavary
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Bellavary’s residents
What is the population of Bellavary?
Bellavary had 191 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bellavary?
The median age is 41.4. 31% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bellavary?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (72 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bellavary?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 6.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bellavary?
83% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 4.8% another religion; 2.1% didn’t say.
Is Bellavary good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bellavary are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bellavary?
Median gross household income in Bellavary was €52,730 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).