Holiday homes make up 8.2% in Ballinameen, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Ballinameen. For Ballinameen, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.1%. Half of the town’s residents are over 39.9, older than in 78% of Irish towns. There were 88 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 223 residents.
+53% since 2016, a pace 99% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +12% across Co. Roscommon’s towns.
Below 78% of Irish towns: 9.9% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Ballinameen and 12% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
43% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Work here tilts toward skilled trades, at 15% against a typical 11%. The census found that 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ballinameen.
Smaller households than 64% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Roscommon’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
By its share of households of parents with children (45%), Ballinameen is above 64% of Irish towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns, at 2.3%
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
Compared with 12% across Ireland’s towns, 2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
Households here have a median income of €48,260 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €48,260, 20% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €51,010 (Co. Roscommon).
Ballinameen ranks above 58% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 16%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (15%) or outside the EU and UK (5%). Where 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, Ballinameen has 23%.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.5%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 72 residents (34% of those aged 3 and over). Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 57% of Irish towns: 80% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 80% of Ballinameen · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here, 72% of residents said they are Catholic. Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 18% of residents said they have no religion here.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 7.6% of residents
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.
Here 39% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 34%. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
Below 64% of Irish towns: 30% 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
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 6.3% of adults here, while 7.7% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 2 of the 4 around it: Ballinameen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinameen | 223 | — | 39.9 | 9.9% | 45% |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 8.2 km | 43.8 | 25% | 37% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 15.1 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 18.1 km | 35.6 | 16% | 39% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 19.0 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Roscommon’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Roscommon 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 Ballinameen’s residents
What is the population of Ballinameen?
Ballinameen had 223 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 53% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinameen?
The median age is 39.9. 30% are under 18 and 9.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinameen?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (72 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinameen?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinameen?
72% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 9.6% another religion; 1.8% didn’t say.
Is Ballinameen good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinameen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinameen?
Median gross household income in Ballinameen was €48,260 in 2022, against €51,010 across Co. Roscommon 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).