Ballinagar’s story
Ballinagar has 1 building on the National Inventory
Homes built before 1919: 3%, against 3% across Irish towns.
- 1870Saint Joseph's Catholic Church
BallinagarCo. Offaly
321 residents make their home in this town in Co. Offaly.
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Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
321
CSO, Census 2022 · Offaly County Council
Median age
36.6
9% are 65+ · Co. Offaly 15%
Degree level
27%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
5%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Ballinagar a good place to live?
Half the homes sold for more than €267,600, a price of 4.2 times what the median household earns. The car is not the only way to work here: 5% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. Born outside Ireland: 7% of residents. Just nearly one in ten residents are 65 or older.
Ballinagar is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
What makes Ballinagar stand out
The 3 things Ballinagar does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
5% walk, cycle or ride
Against 23% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
Born outside Ireland
Who lives here
Against 22% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
Only 9% are 65 or over
Against 14% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballinagar.
Natural hazards
Ballinagar has low radon and steady ground, but its flood exposure isn’t measured
Under 1% of homes in Ballinagar are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Landslides: none of Ballinagar lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.
0%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
137
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Ballinagar has colder winters than Co. Offaly’s towns or Irish towns: January lows of 1.9°C
Across the year it averages 9.8°C, near Co. Offaly’s towns (9.9°C) and lower than Irish towns (10.3°C). October is the wettest month in Ballinagar, with 94 mm of rain on average. The nearest weather station is Mullingar, 31 km away.
20.0°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter8.3°C
Spring13.3°C
Summer19.4°C
Autumn13.8°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 1.9°C | 2.1°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 20.0°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
20.0°C
July high
1.9°C
January low
920 mm
Rain a year
94 mm
Wettest month
43
Air frosts
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
Fewer people in Ballinagar are in bad health than its ages would predict: 42 per 100 expected, under Co. Offaly’s towns and Irish towns
Self-reported good health: 90% of Ballinagar’s residents. 0.7% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below Co. Offaly’s towns (2.8%) and Irish towns (2%) alike. Disability, age-adjusted: 95 for every 100 expected locally.
90%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health42
Disability95
Co. Offaly157
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 90%Fair 10%Bad or very bad 1%
| Census 2022 | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.7% | 2.8% | 2% |
| With a disability | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 90% | 86% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
42
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Offaly 157
95
disability per 100 expected · Co. Offaly 116
83.2 · 80
life expectancy, women · men, the Midland region, 2016
28%
hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and Midlands
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
More households own their home in Ballinagar than in Co. Offaly’s towns or across Irish towns: 86%
12% rent privately, below both Co. Offaly’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (22%). Council and housing-body homes hold 2% of households.
€268Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Ballinagar€268K
Co. Offaly€233K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 86% | 61% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 2% | 17% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 23% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €268K | €233K | €350K |
86%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
12%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,198
a month on new tenancies, County Offaly
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area R35, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Green space is tight in Ballinagar: 3.5 ha per 1,000 residents, below Co. Offaly’s towns and Irish towns
Woodland covers 0.1% of the land within 1 km, below both Co. Offaly’s towns (8.7%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Its paths and tracks come to 0.2 km per km², close to Co. Offaly’s towns (0.6 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Walkers have one waymarked trail or greenway starting within 5 km.
0%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Ballinagar3.5 ha
Co. Offaly4.3 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 78% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.1% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 0.6 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 1.9% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
3.5 ha
Green space
1 km
Footpaths
1.9%
Protected for nature
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Ballinagar: mostly sunny today, up to 12 degrees
Thursday should be the warmest of the days ahead, at 11°C, and the coolest reaches only 7°C. What counts as normal for Ballinagar in November: highs come to 10°C and lows to 4°C. The rain holds off today, but the wind gets up to 23 km/h, and the low is 5°C.
12°C / 5°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November10°C
December8°C
January8°C
February9°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 247 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 186 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 230 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 6°C | 257 mm |
12°C / 5°C
Today
None
Rain, next 24 hours
13 km/h
Wind
89%
Humidity
9 h 18 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Only 4.8% of commuters in Ballinagar go to work without a car, fewer than in Co. Offaly’s towns and across Irish towns
Working mainly from home: 7.4% of workers, higher than Co. Offaly’s towns (6.6%) yet lower than Irish towns (11%). 87% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Among people aged 15 to 64, 72% were working at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van87%
Walk3%
Bus1%
| Census 2022 | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 72% | 62% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 34% | 50% | 31% |
| Median household income | €63,760 | €50,278 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 9% | 12% | 9.2% |
€63,760
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Offaly €56,048
7%
worked mainly from home, 2022
11%
trips of an hour or more
2,937
on the Live Register, County Offaly, September 2026
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.
Who lives here
Few people in Ballinagar were born abroad: 6.6%, fewer than in Co. Offaly’s towns and across Irish towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Co. Offaly’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%). One measure of family life: 25% of residents are under 15. Among adults, 27% have a degree.
36.6median age
BallinagarCo. OffalyIreland
Ages · share of residents
10%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none9%
Lower secondary18%
Leaving Cert41%
Diploma or cert6%
Degree or higher27%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 48.0% of Ballinagar
154 women and 167 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 9.3% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 8.9% | 15% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 27% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Offaly and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
The last seat in Offaly was won by 116 votes
Ballinagar answers to one council, Offaly County Council; Ireland has no town tier. Offaly County Council has no ruling majority: Fianna Fáil hold 8 of its 19 seats, short of the 10 needed. It sits in the Edenderry local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
8/19seats held by Fianna Fáil
Seats on Offaly County · June 2024
Fianna Fáil8
Fine Gael5
Sinn Féin3
Independent2
Independent Ireland1
| Turnout | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 48% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 60% | 59% |
6
Councillors
8/19
Fianna Fáil seats on Offaly County, the largest party
48%
turnout, June 2024
3
TDs elected for Offaly
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
Ballinagar’s heritage: one building on the national inventory
Relative to its size, Ballinagar keeps 31 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents. 2.6% of homes were built before 1919. Ballinagar has one building on the national inventory of architectural heritage, rated of regional importance.
1inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional1
Among them
0
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1870
earliest dated inventory building
3%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
| Heritage | Ballinagar | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 31 | 119 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 2.6% | 6.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 5 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Emo Court and 11 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Ballinagar; these are the best known within 40 km.
Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court20 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of Christ the King29 km north
Abbey or prioryDurrow Abbey14 km northwest
Abbey or prioryClonard Abbey30 km northeast
CastleRock of Dunamase27 km south
CastleTyrrellspass Castle14 km northPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Emo Court: AnTuisealGinideach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Christ the King: Mullingar, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Durrow Abbey: Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clonard Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rock of Dunamase: Meinirland.eu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrrellspass Castle: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Ballinagar
15pages on Ballinagar
Famous people from around Ballinagar
No notable person born in Ballinagar is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
F
Fintan MonahanBishop of Killaloe · born in Tullamore · born 1967
Photo credits
Brian Cowen: US Government / The White House, Public domain · Yvonne Farrell: Amor Vacui, CC BY 3.0 · Dónal Lunny: Richiecoss at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Charles Flanagan: Department of Children and Youth Affairs, CC BY 2.0 · Alfie Lambe: CONCILIUM LEGIONIS MARIAE, CC BY-SA 1.0
Ballinagar’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
DaingeanTullamorePortarlingtonKilbegganMountmellickRochfortbridgeBallinagar
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagar | 321 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 5.1 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 10 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Portarlington Laois | 9,288 | 15 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Kilbeggan Westmeath | 1,575 | 16 | — | A | A− | B+ |
| Mountmellick Laois | 4,905 | 16 | C+ | A | B− | D− |
| Rochfortbridge Westmeath | 1,498 | 17 | — | B+ | B+ | C+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Ballinagar
How old are the people of Ballinagar?
The median age in Ballinagar is 36.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Do people in Ballinagar drive to work?
7% mostly work from home, and 34% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Has Ballinagar grown?
Ballinagar had 321 people at the 2022 census, up from 311 in 2016: 3.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
About Ballinagar
Urban area in Co. Offaly
321 people live in Ballinagar, in the area of Offaly 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)
- Population
- 321 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Offaly
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Local electoral area
- Edenderry
- Dáil constituency
- Offaly
- Name in Irish
- Béal Átha na gCarr
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:12209
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).