Photo: ethics girl · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 43.5: Ballymacarbry is older than 95% of Irish towns
One-person households make up 41%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Ballymacarbry is home to 138 residents in 64 households, by the 2022 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 92% of the total. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Ballymacarbry’s population moved +5% on 2016, less than in 65% 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 +9% across Co. Waterford’s towns.
22% of Ballymacarbry is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Ballymacarbry and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
30% 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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 28% of workers. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 9.7%.
Smaller households than 96% 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. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Ballymacarbry, just over a third of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 82% of Irish towns: 8.2%
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
At home, 73% have broadband, while 22% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €57,420 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Ballymacarbry’s households have a gross income above €57,420 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Waterford’s median household income is €51,540.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 99% of Irish towns, at 5.8%
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 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (1.4%) or in Poland (1.4%). Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 3%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%.
In Ballymacarbry, 45% of residents 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
The highest share in Co. Waterford belongs to Dungarvan (2%). Irish speakers number 57, or 45% of residents aged 3 and over.
Fewer residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns: 6.3%
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: 92% of Ballymacarbry · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
92% of residents said they are Catholic, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns, at 8.7%
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.
Locally, 34% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
In Ballymacarbry, 24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 79% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Ballymacarbry, 23%, and 5.3% hold a postgraduate qualification. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Ballymacarbry has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Waterford’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 Ballymacarbry’s residents
What is the population of Ballymacarbry?
Ballymacarbry had 138 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballymacarbry?
The median age is 43.5. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballymacarbry?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (57 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballymacarbry?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 5.8% were born abroad and 3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballymacarbry?
92% are Catholic, 6.3% have no religion and 1.6% another religion; 8% didn’t say.
Is Ballymacarbry good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballymacarbry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballymacarbry?
Median gross household income in Ballymacarbry was €57,420 in 2022, against €51,540 across Co. Waterford 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).