Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A family town: 57% of households are parents with children
Half of Ballintogher’s residents are under 34.4, younger than in 85% of Irish towns. This Co. Sligo town counted 351 residents and 124 households at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 86% of residents said they are Catholic. Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment locally.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 75% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Sligo’s towns.
Only 8.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 13%, a higher share than 81% 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
Where 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, Ballintogher has 5.2%. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.4%, a lower share than 90% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. One-person households account for 19%.
Ballintogher ranks below 98% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 4.3%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. 3.5% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 96% have broadband.
Median gross household income: €56,990 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 €56,990 sits 5% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Sligo’s median household income is €50,440.
Only 15% of residents were born outside Ireland in Ballintogher
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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 9.8% here and 15% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 14% speak another language at home, most often Polish (8.3%); 2% speak English not well or not at all.
41% of Ballintogher 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
No town in Co. Sligo beats Sligo (1.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 88% in Ballintogher, more than in 89% of Irish towns
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: 88% of Ballintogher · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (11%), Other, including mixed (0.6%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 12% here, fewer than in 84% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8.5% 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.
For Ballintogher, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 35%. About 30 residents (8.5%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns: 25%
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 6.1% of adults; primary level or less for 9.8% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Ballintogher is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballintogher | 351 | — | 34.4 | 8.8% | 57% |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 8.5 km | 34.9 | 9.6% | 48% |
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | 9.6 km | 35.5 | 11% | 41% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 10.5 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 15.8 km | 34 | 5.9% | 58% |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 15.9 km | 40.2 | 18% | 37% |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 16.8 km | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Sligo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Sligo 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 Ballintogher’s residents
What is the population of Ballintogher?
Ballintogher had 351 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballintogher?
The median age is 34.4. 28% are under 18 and 8.8% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballintogher?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (134 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballintogher?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 9.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballintogher?
86% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 1.7% another religion; 1.4% didn’t say.
Is Ballintogher good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballintogher are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballintogher?
Median gross household income in Ballintogher was €56,990 in 2022, against €50,440 across Co. Sligo 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).