Photo: Padraigobrian · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 43: Ballyporeen is older than 94% of Irish towns
1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. By contrast, more residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in 98% of Irish towns: 91%. Ballyporeen’s 150 households held 346 residents at the 2022 Census. In Ballyporeen, 37% of households are one person living alone.
Ballyporeen’s population moved +5% on 2016, less than in 70% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Tipperary’s towns, +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a higher share than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A student town: 11% of residents 15 and over are students
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
In Ballyporeen, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 30% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 19%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.4%.
Smaller households than 90% of Irish towns: 2.3 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
With households of parents with children at 39%, Ballyporeen is behind 70% of Irish towns on that count. In Ballyporeen, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Ballyporeen: 2.6% of homes are holiday homes, above 92% 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
Home broadband covers two thirds of households, while 24% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). The share of holiday homes across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. On the census count, 12% of households have no car or van.
Half above, half below €51,930 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €51,930 gross, 14% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Tipperary comes in at €52,760 at the median.
Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 97% of Irish towns: 6%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 7.1%, most often Polish (1.2%); 0.3% speak English not well or not at all. Fewer residents born outside Ireland than in 86% of Irish towns: 15%.
0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 82% 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
125 residents, just over two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
8% said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% 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: 91% of Ballyporeen · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.9%) and Other, including mixed (1%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 84% here, more than in 97% of Irish towns. On average, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Ballyporeen: 36% of residents 15 and over are married, above 60% 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.
On unpaid carers, 4.6% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 76% of Irish towns: 26% 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
At the top, 4.7% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 15% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Ballyporeen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyporeen | 346 | — | 43 | 21% | 39% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 12.0 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 14.4 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Cahir | 3,679 | 16.7 km | 39.4 | 15% | 39% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 18.7 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Tipperary’s towns of 2,500 or more and over 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 Ballyporeen’s residents
What is the population of Ballyporeen?
Ballyporeen had 346 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyporeen?
The median age is 43. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyporeen?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (125 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyporeen?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyporeen?
84% are Catholic, 8% have no religion and 7.7% another religion; 9.8% didn’t say.
Is Ballyporeen good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyporeen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyporeen?
Median gross household income in Ballyporeen was €51,930 in 2022, against €52,760 across Co. Tipperary 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).