Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,172 people live in this town in Co. Mayo.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A) — at a median €175,000, a home costs 4.1 times the town’s median household income. It is hard to get around without a car. one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Hazards are a real consideration: an estimated 8% of its homes exceed the radon reference level. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · commuting, health and work, CSO Census 2022 · radon, EPA. Irish towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Charlestown-Bellahy has subject grades only.
Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level.
The 3 things Charlestown-Bellahy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charlestown-Bellahy with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Irish towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Charlestown-Bellahy has subject grades only.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
9 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charlestown-Bellahy.
Private renters make up 27% of households, below Co. Mayo’s towns (34%) but above Irish towns (22%). The owner-occupied share of households is 58%. 13% of households rent from a council or housing body.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €168,000 | 79 |
| The last 12 months | €175,000 | 43 |
| Housing | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €175K | €190K | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,013 | €1,047 | €1,606 |
| Households renting privately | 27% | 34% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 58% | 54% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
DEIS, the support scheme, covers half of them, above both Co. Mayo’s towns (18%) and Irish towns (35%). Families in Charlestown-Bellahy have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. The nearest secondary, St Joseph's Community College, is 0.4 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Athracht Nfa Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 268 | Catholic |
| St Joseph's Community College DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 223 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +42% | +10% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 18% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 4% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
Per 1,000 residents, 3.5 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. Assaults and harassment topped the graded crimes in Charlestown-Bellahy (2023–2025). Every kind together came to 59.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above Co. Mayo’s towns (38.6) and Irish towns (54.3) alike.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 3.5 | 4 | 6.4 |
| Theft | 4.4 | 6.4 | 15.3 |
| All recorded crime | 59.6 | 38.6 | 54.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
No part of Charlestown-Bellahy is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 97% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 1.7% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Charlestown-Bellahy gets 1,263 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.6°C, below Co. Mayo’s towns (9.9°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C) alike. A July afternoon in Charlestown-Bellahy typically reaches 18.7°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 9.6°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 18.7°C | 18.7°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 2.2°C | 2.6°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,263 mm | 1,314 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Walkers have 0.1 km per km² of paths and tracks, below Co. Mayo’s towns (0.6 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²) alike. Among the protected sites near Charlestown-Bellahy is River Moy SAC. For 79% of homes, green space is under 400 m away.
| Outdoors | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 7% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 6.1% | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 79% | 85% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | 0.6 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Charlestown-Bellahy’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 10°C, nights fall to 4°C. It should stay dry today, with a fresh breeze of up to 21 km/h and a low near 5°C. Rain peaks later in the week on Monday, at about 9 mm for the day.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 381 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 254 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 11°C | 273 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 7°C | 355 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
0.7% speak Irish daily outside school, close to Co. Mayo’s towns (1%) and below Irish towns (1.1%). Children under 15 make up 22% of residents. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.
53.2% of Charlestown-Bellahy’s residents are women
623 women and 549 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 10% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 38% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.6% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 33% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Mayo and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Charlestown-Bellahy is split between local electoral areas: 83% of its residents are in Swinford, most of the rest in Ballymote-Tobercurry (Sligo County). At the general election 64% voted, about level with Co. Mayo’s towns (64%) and above Irish towns (59%). There is no majority on Mayo County Council; Fine Gael have the most seats, 10 of 30, short of 16.
| Turnout | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 60% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 64% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Charlestown-Bellahy has 43 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents, below Co. Mayo’s towns (85) and Irish towns (48) alike. Beneath and around the town lie 9 recorded archaeological sites. 5 of Charlestown-Bellahy’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
| Heritage | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 43 | 85 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 9.2% | 4.4% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 9 | 21 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
In the HSE West and North West health region, 34% of people hold a medical card. Allowing for its ages, Charlestown-Bellahy has 99 residents with a disability per 100 expected, close to Co. Mayo’s towns (100) and below Irish towns (106). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.4% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Workers spend 24.6 min getting to work, on average. Four in five commuters drove, above Co. Mayo’s towns (74%) and Irish towns (66%) alike. The average household earns €42,490 a year before tax.
| Census 2022 | Charlestown-Bellahy | Co. Mayo | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 49% | 55% | 31% |
| Median household income | €42,490 | €49,791 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 24.6 min | 20.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 9.7% | 11% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Charlestown-Bellahy; these are the best known within 40 km.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey33 km east
MuseumMuseum of Country Life28 km west · 99K visitors a year
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen29 km northwest
CathedralSt. Muredack's Cathedral29 km northwest
CastleBallymote Castle23 km northeast
CastleBallinafad Castle31 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 of Charlestown-Bellahy’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 9 archaeological sites in and around the town.
3 notable people were born in Charlestown-Bellahy.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown-Bellahy | 1,172 | — | — | A | B+ | B |
| Swinford | 1,459 | 10 | — | A | C+ | C+ |
| Tubbercurry Sligo | 2,307 | 11 | — | A− | B+ | C |
| Ballaghaderreen Roscommon | 2,387 | 16 | — | A+ | C+ | D |
| Kiltimagh | 1,232 | 18 | — | A− | B+ | B+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Charlestown-Bellahy had 1,172 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,100 in 2016: 6.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Charlestown-Bellahy is 38.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Mayo
Charlestown-Bellahy has 1,172 people, in the area of Mayo County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).