Older than 96% of Irish towns: half of Baylin is over 43.8
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Households without a car or van account for 2.1%. 284 residents in 97 households: that is Baylin at the 2022 Census. Residents with no religion: 6.5% here and 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Since 2016, Baylin has changed by +6%, slower than 62% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Westmeath’s towns, by more than +11%.
Baylin: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 14% of the total.
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%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Irish towns: 3.3%
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
The share of students among residents 15 and over is 12%, against 10% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
56% of households are parents with children, more than in 93% of Irish towns
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.
Where nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, Baylin has 20%. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 3 people each.
Only 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in Baylin
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
8.3% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 91% have broadband. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%.
The middle household earns €71,090 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 €71,090 sits 18% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Westmeath as a whole has a median of €57,430.
Only 7.9% of Baylin’s residents were born outside Ireland
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 (5%) or outside the EU and UK (2.2%). Elsewhere, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Only 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Baylin
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
110 residents, 41% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Westmeath belongs to Mullingar (0.9%). As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Baylin ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 97%
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: 97% of Baylin · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 90% in Baylin. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
3.9% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 53% of Irish towns, at 37%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Baylin’s adults, 12% went on to postgraduate study and 6.4% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Baylin is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylin | 284 | — | 43.8 | 14% | 56% |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 7.0 km | 36.4 | 13% | 40% |
| Moate | 3,013 | 8.8 km | 39 | 15% | 44% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 15.1 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
| Clara | 3,403 | 18.2 km | 37.6 | 15% | 45% |
| Ferbane | 1,324 | 18.4 km | 42.6 | 22% | 41% |
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 Baylin’s residents
What is the population of Baylin?
Baylin had 284 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baylin?
The median age is 43.8. 21% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baylin?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (110 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Baylin?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.9% were born abroad and 2.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baylin?
90% are Catholic, 6.5% have no religion and 4% another religion; 2.1% didn’t say.
Is Baylin good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baylin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baylin?
Median gross household income in Baylin was €71,090 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).