Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 2.7%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 97%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 9.3% in Ballinagar. On households of parents with children, Ballinagar sits higher than 90% of Irish towns: 54%. This Co. Offaly town had 321 residents in 116 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 36.6.
+3% since 2016, a pace below 78% 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. Offaly’s towns +7%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of Irish towns, at 10%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Ballinagar’s residents are under 36.6, younger than in 64% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Ferbane, the oldest of Co. Offaly’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Irish towns, at 4.5%
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
Workers here lean to caring, leisure and other services: 13%, against a typical 8.3%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 9.5% of residents 15 and over are students.
17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 81% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Average household size: 2.8 people.
Few flats: only 1.7% of households in Ballinagar live in one
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. No internet at all: 4.5% (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €63,760 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Ballinagar’s households have a gross income above €63,760 a year, 6% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Offaly as a whole, the figure is €56,050.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 99% of Irish towns: 6.6%
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.
Compared with 15% across Ireland’s towns, 3.2% of residents are citizens of another country here. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (5%) and elsewhere in the EU (0.6%). The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
27% of Ballinagar’s residents 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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Some 78 people here, 27% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 5.8% of residents said they have no religion
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: 97% of Ballinagar · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 88% of residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (2.3%), Other, including mixed (1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.3%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 52% 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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5.9%. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Ballinagar
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Ballinagar’s adults, 7.4% went on to postgraduate study and 8.9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Ballinagar are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagar | 321 | — | 36.6 | 9.3% | 54% |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 5.1 km | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 10.3 km | 38.1 | 14% | 43% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 15.3 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 15.6 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 16.3 km | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 17.3 km | 38.2 | 14% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Offaly 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 Ballinagar’s residents
What is the population of Ballinagar?
Ballinagar had 321 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinagar?
The median age is 36.6. 30% are under 18 and 9.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinagar?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (78 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinagar?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.6% were born abroad and 3.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinagar?
88% are Catholic, 5.8% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Ballinagar good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinagar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinagar?
Median gross household income in Ballinagar was €63,760 in 2022, against €56,050 across Co. Offaly 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).