Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Ballyhack is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 46
Here 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%. There were 83 households in Ballyhack at the 2022 Census, home to 211 residents. 17% of homes are holiday homes. At 36%, the share of households of parents with children is lower than in 76% of Irish towns.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Ballyhack ahead of 63% 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 +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 7.6%, a lower share than 97% 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
6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
In Ballyhack, 29% of households are one person living alone, more than in 76% of Irish towns
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Ballyhack, 2.5. The share of one-person households across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The share of households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Connected households: 79% on broadband; 14% offline (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €50,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €50,280 a year before tax: 16% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Wexford, the middle household has €51,440.
Ballyhack ranks below 98% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 7.6%
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 (5.7%) and elsewhere in the EU (1.9%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 3.4% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Ballyhack sits below 96% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.5%)
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
In all, 67 residents aged 3 and over (34%) can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Wexford belongs to Gorey (0.9%). The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 96% in Ballyhack, more than in 99% 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: 96% of Ballyhack · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Ballyhack has 84%. Here, 14% of residents said they have no religion. Typically, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8.5%
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over is 39%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns: 15%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 2.8% of adults here, while 24% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Every neighbour of Ballyhack has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyhack | 211 | — | 46 | 28% | 36% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 7.3 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 8.7 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 8.9 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 9.1 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 10.0 km | 38.8 | 17% | 24% |
| Ballytruckle | 6,563 | 10.2 km | 36 | 6.9% | 56% |
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 Ballyhack’s residents
What is the population of Ballyhack?
Ballyhack had 211 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyhack?
The median age is 46. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyhack?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (67 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyhack?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.6% were born abroad and 3.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyhack?
84% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 1.5% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Ballyhack good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyhack are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyhack?
Median gross household income in Ballyhack was €50,280 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).