Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.00.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of Irish towns
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.8%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. For Ballymore, the census puts residents with no religion at 7.3%. 52% of households are parents with children, more than in 85% of Irish towns. Its 169 households held 478 residents at the 2022 Census.
Ballymore changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 91% 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 median change is +8%; across Co. Westmeath’s towns, +11%.
Ballymore is younger than 69% of Irish towns: a median age of 36.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
5–9 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Ballymore, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
8.4% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 89% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Ballymore, 33% and 17%. Residents who moved in within the year: 5.8% of the total.
Bigger households than 71% of Irish towns: 2.8 people each on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Ballymore, 22%.
Households without a car or van make up 9.9% in Ballymore, less than in 75% 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
Most homes are connected: 81% have broadband, and 15% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). On average, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of holiday homes stands at 1.1%.
The middle household earns €53,990 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €53,990 a year before tax, the median household income is 10% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Westmeath, the middle household has €57,430.
Ballymore sits below 97% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (5.9%)
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (8.4%) and outside the EU and UK (3.6%). The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 85% of Irish towns.
Of Ballymore’s residents, 38% 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
Some 171 people here, 38% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Ballymore: 91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 98% 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 Ballymore · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (6.4%), Other, including mixed (1.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 90% here, more than in 99% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Ballymore ranks above 83% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 38%
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.
Ballymore sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.6%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Ballymore sits below 77% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (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 5.1% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Ballymore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymore | 478 | — | 36.2 | 13% | 52% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 10.2 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
| Moate | 3,013 | 10.6 km | 39 | 15% | 44% |
| Clara | 3,403 | 17.0 km | 37.6 | 15% | 45% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 18.3 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 18.9 km | 36.4 | 13% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Westmeath 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 Ballymore’s residents
What is the population of Ballymore?
Ballymore had 478 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Ballymore?
The median age is 36.2. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballymore?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (171 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballymore?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballymore?
90% are Catholic, 7.3% have no religion and 3.2% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Ballymore good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballymore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballymore?
Median gross household income in Ballymore was €53,990 in 2022, against €57,430 across Co. Westmeath 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).