Photo: Marek Czerwinski · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Ballycullane is under 32.5, younger than 94% of Irish towns
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Ballycullane had 230 residents in 88 households at the 2022 Census. For Ballycullane, the census puts residents who said they are Catholic at 84%. 3.1% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%.
Ballycullane grew +10% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 60% 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. Wexford’s towns, +11%.
16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 77% of Irish towns: 9.1%
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
Work here tilts toward caring, leisure and other services, at 18% against a typical 8.3%. The census found that 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ballycullane. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More households of parents with children than 76% of Irish towns: 49%
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.
Households average 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 24% of households are one person living alone in Ballycullane.
Below 85% of Irish towns: 5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
84% of households are on broadband; 8.8% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Set beside that, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. In one household in 8 there is no car or van.
A median household income of €52,600 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €52,600 a year, 13% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Wexford, the middle household has €51,440.
Only 8.8% of residents are citizens of another country in Ballycullane
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.
At home, 7.4% use another language, chiefly Polish (3.5%), and 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. A fifth of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 31% of Ballycullane
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
Gorey leads Co. Wexford with 0.9%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Ballycullane sits below 95% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (9.4%)
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: 87% of Ballycullane · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Ballycullane has 87%. Typically, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (11%), Irish Traveller (1.3%) and Black or Black Irish (0.4%).
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8.3%
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.
63% of Ballycullane’s residents 15 and over are single and 24% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 16% in Ballycullane, less than in 94% of Irish towns
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 6% of adults; primary level or less for 18% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Ballycullane
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycullane | 230 | — | 32.5 | 9.6% | 49% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 14.4 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 16.4 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 17.4 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 17.7 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 18.0 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Dunmore East | 1,731 | 18.0 km | 42.6 | 16% | 43% |
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 Ballycullane’s residents
What is the population of Ballycullane?
Ballycullane had 230 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballycullane?
The median age is 32.5. 28% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballycullane?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (66 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballycullane?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 8.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballycullane?
84% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 6.3% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Ballycullane good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballycullane are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballycullane?
Median gross household income in Ballycullane was €52,600 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).