Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns, at 7.6%
0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns, against 2.7% in Ballinlough. The 2022 Census counted 343 residents in 149 households. The census found that just over one in ten residents said they have no religion here. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 34%, more than in 94% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, Ballinlough outgrew 81% of Irish towns: +15%
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.
Across Co. Roscommon’s towns the median is +12%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Older than 87% of Irish towns: half of Ballinlough is over 41.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (17%), Ballinlough is above nearly three quarters of Irish towns. The largest age band is 40–44: one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.1% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
22% of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.9%.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 90% of Irish towns
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.
34% of households are parents with children; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 43%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 5.4%.
Ballinlough sits below 83% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (8.1%)
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
Broadband reaches 80% of households; 17% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). 11% of households live in a flat or apartment, less than in 59% of Irish towns, against a typical 12% across Ireland’s towns.
The median household brings in €42,160 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €42,160 sits 30% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Roscommon as a whole has a median of €51,010.
Above 67% of Irish towns: 26% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
18% of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%). Against that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (11%), then elsewhere in the EU (7%).
Ballinlough ranks below 99% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.3%
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
86 residents, 29% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Roscommon, Roscommon has the highest share (1.1%).
Ballinlough ranks above 93% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 81%
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: 79% of Ballinlough · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (15%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%). For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 79% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Ballinlough.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 8.5% of residents give unpaid care
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.
54% of Ballinlough’s residents 15 and over are single and 32% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 18% in Ballinlough, less than in 92% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 4% of adults; primary level or less for 18% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Around Ballinlough, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinlough | 343 | — | 41.5 | 17% | 34% |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 9.5 km | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 9.8 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 17.9 km | 35.6 | 16% | 39% |
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 Ballinlough’s residents
What is the population of Ballinlough?
Ballinlough had 343 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinlough?
The median age is 41.5. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinlough?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (86 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinlough?
79% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinlough?
81% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 9.3% didn’t say.
Is Ballinlough good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinlough are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinlough?
Median gross household income in Ballinlough was €42,160 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).