Photo: Zxcode · CC BY-SA 3.0One-person households make up 31% in Ballysadare, more than in 84% of Irish towns
In Ballysadare, 14% of residents said they have no religion, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 11% in the town. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 73% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 1,747 people lived locally, in 715 households.
+14% since 2016, a pace 80% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Sligo’s towns.
Half of Ballysadare is under 35.5, younger than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Sligo 52.2%, 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
Administrative and secretarial stand out among workers: 12%, against a typical 9.8%. Students among residents 15 and over: a tenth of the total.
Smaller households than 77% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Households of parents with children make up 41%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.9% in Ballysadare.
Above 91% of Irish towns: 1.7% of homes are holiday homes
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
The share of households with broadband is 92%; 7.4% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). On the census count, 17% of households live in a flat or apartment. Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
€56,500 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €56,500 a year, 6% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Sligo overall, the median comes to €50,440.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 12% in Ballysadare, less than in 65% of Irish towns
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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (5%), among the 17% who speak another language there; 2% speak English not well or not at all. Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 21% of residents were born outside Ireland (Ireland’s towns: 22%).
In Ballysadare, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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 654 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over). Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 75% in Ballysadare, more than in 73% 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: 80% of Ballysadare · Co. Sligo’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (10%), Other, including mixed (3.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%). For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 80%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Ballysadare sits below 63% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (33%)
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 Ballysadare, the census puts unpaid carers at 5.5%. 57% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 33% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 41%, a higher share than 63% 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 14% of adults; primary level or less for 5.3% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 3 of the 5 around it: Ballysadare
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballysadare | 1,747 | — | 35.5 | 11% | 41% |
| Collooney | 1,797 | 3.6 km | 34.9 | 9.6% | 48% |
| Sligo | 20,608 | 6.9 km | 38.5 | 17% | 33% |
| Coolaney | 1,155 | 7.5 km | 34 | 5.9% | 58% |
| Strandhill | 1,982 | 8.4 km | 41.1 | 14% | 44% |
| Ballymote | 1,711 | 13.9 km | 40.2 | 18% | 37% |
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 Ballysadare’s residents
What is the population of Ballysadare?
Ballysadare had 1,747 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballysadare?
The median age is 35.5. 27% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballysadare?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (654 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballysadare?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballysadare?
75% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 11% another religion; 5.5% didn’t say.
Is Ballysadare good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballysadare are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballysadare?
Median gross household income in Ballysadare was €56,500 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).