Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Bellanagare: 5.1% of homes are holiday homes, above 95% of Irish towns
In Bellanagare, just over a third of households are one person living alone, beside 24% across Ireland’s towns. Across Bellanagare, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 21%, more than in 92% of Irish towns. The town counted 162 residents and 73 households at the 2022 Census.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Bellanagare ahead of 52% 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.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% in Bellanagare, less than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 0–4 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Bellanagare is 38.9, higher than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Roscommon 50.1%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 3.2%, a lower share than 98% 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
Among workers, skilled trades stand out: 23%, against a typical 11%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Smaller households than 95% of Irish towns: 2.2 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.
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns: 43%). The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 5.5%.
Households without a car or van: 15%, a lower share than 61% of Irish towns
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Most homes are connected: 77% have broadband, and 18% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
Households here have a median income of €40,650 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €40,650 a year before tax, the median household income is 32% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Roscommon, the median is €51,010.
Bellanagare ranks below 95% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 6.8%
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 (17%) or outside the EU and UK (2.5%). The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 21%, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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 highest share in Co. Roscommon belongs to Roscommon (1.1%). Speakers of Irish: 48 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 86% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 91% of Bellanagare · Co. Roscommon’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 9.5%, Bellanagare is behind 95% of Irish towns on that count. The wider picture: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (6.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (2%) and Irish Traveller (0.7%).
6.2% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 82% 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.
A third of residents 15 and over are married, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 93% of Irish towns, at 18%
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 1% of adults; primary level or less for 12% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Bellanagare are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellanagare | 162 | — | 38.9 | 21% | 36% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 10.5 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Ballaghaderreen | 2,387 | 14.7 km | 35.6 | 16% | 39% |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 15.8 km | 43.8 | 25% | 37% |
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 Bellanagare’s residents
What is the population of Bellanagare?
Bellanagare had 162 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bellanagare?
The median age is 38.9. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bellanagare?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (48 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bellanagare?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bellanagare?
86% are Catholic, 9.5% have no religion and 4.8% another religion; 9.3% didn’t say.
Is Bellanagare good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bellanagare are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bellanagare?
Median gross household income in Bellanagare was €40,650 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).