Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer young people than 98% of Irish towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24
Flats are home to 1.9% of households, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish. Households of parents with children are more common here than in 74% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 544 residents in 210 households.
A change of +6% since 2016 leaves Ballycanew behind 61% 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 Co. Wexford’s towns the median is +11%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Older than 73% of Irish towns: half of Ballycanew is over 39.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Ballycanew, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 6.4%
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
29% of Ballycanew’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 20% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 84% of Irish towns: 2.9%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. 28% of households are one person living alone, more than in 68% of Irish towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%.
Ballycanew sits above 93% of Irish towns for holiday homes (2.9%)
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, 83% have broadband, while 9.5% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Few places have so few households without a car or van: 10% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns. To put it in context, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€54,020 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.
At €54,020 a year before tax, the median household income is 10% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Wexford as a whole has a median of €51,440.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 95% 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.
7% of residents are citizens of another country; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 15%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (6.4%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.2%). As a yardstick, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Ballycanew sits below 99% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.4%)
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 169 residents (33% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Wexford, Gorey has the highest share (0.9%). Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
75% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 72% 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: 90% of Ballycanew · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (8.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%) and Black or Black Irish (0.4%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 14% here, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
Ballycanew: 7% of residents give unpaid care, above 96% 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.
In Ballycanew, 35% of residents 15 and over are married. Typically, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns: 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Ballycanew’s adults, 3.7% went on to postgraduate study and 18% 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.
2 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Ballycanew
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. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’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 Ballycanew’s residents
What is the population of Ballycanew?
Ballycanew had 544 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballycanew?
The median age is 39.5. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballycanew?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (169 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballycanew?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballycanew?
75% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 11% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Ballycanew good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballycanew are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballycanew?
Median gross household income in Ballycanew was €54,020 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford 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).