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607 residents make their home in this town in Co. Wexford.
The median sale, €266,600, comes to 4.3 times what the median household here earns. Of those who commute, 4% go on foot, by bike or by public transport. Residents born outside Ireland: 7%. It skews young: only nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Ballymurn has none.
The 3 things Ballymurn does most differently from other towns.
Homes built before 1919: 3%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballymurn.
The closest place to swim from Ballymurn is Ballinesker, 9.2 km away, rated excellent in 2025. An estimated 2.6% of homes locally have radon above the reference level. Landslides: none of Ballymurn lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
| Share of homes | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 93% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.9% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Expect July highs of around 19.6°C in Ballymurn. The year’s mean temperature is 10.2°C, about level with Irish towns (10.3°C) and below Co. Wexford’s towns (10.4°C). The town gets 1,046 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.6°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.2°C | 10.4°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,046 mm | 1,026 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 2.8°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
For its ages, Ballymurn has 118 people in bad health for every 100 expected, below Co. Wexford’s towns (145) and close to Irish towns (113). Family carers: 4.6% of the people in Ballymurn look after someone without pay. Ages taken into account, Ballymurn counts 124 people with a disability for every 100 predicted.
| Census 2022 | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 90% | 85% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.6% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.7% | 2.7% | 2% |
| With a disability | 23% | 26% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Social renters account for 8% of households. 17% rent privately, below both Co. Wexford’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 73% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 8% | 17% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €267K | €250K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area Y21, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Within 5 km, 0.1% of the land is protected nature, below Co. Wexford’s towns (2.1%) and Irish towns (1.8%) alike. Woodland covers 9.2% of the land within 1 km, above both Co. Wexford’s towns (6.9%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Walkers have 4 waymarked trails and greenways starting within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 53% | 83% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 9.2% | 6.9% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 0.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.1% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
68% of 15 to 64s were in work, about level with Irish towns (68%) and above Co. Wexford’s towns (61%). Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 9% are unemployed.
| Census 2022 | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 9% | 15% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 29% | 44% | 31% |
| Median household income | €62,180 | €44,117 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 68% | 61% | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
6.9% of residents were born abroad. People 65 and over make up 8.7% of the town, below both Co. Wexford’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%). Graduates make up a quarter of adults.
Women make up 54.2% of Ballymurn
329 women and 278 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 28% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 8.7% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.3% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.2% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 25% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Wexford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
One council serves Ballymurn: Wexford County Council. At the general election 62% voted, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (62%) and above Irish towns (59%). Turnout at the last local elections was 52%. There is no majority on Wexford County Council; Independent have the most seats, 11 of 34, short of 18.
| Turnout | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 52% | 52% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 62% | 62% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.5% of the total. The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 3 buildings in Ballymurn, each rated of regional importance.
| Heritage | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 49 | 216 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 28 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 2.5% | 8% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Families in Ballymurn have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Muirne Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 114 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ballymurn | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +2% | +5% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Ballymurn; these are the best known within 40 km.
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral9.6 km northwest
CastleEnniscorthy Castle9.3 km northwest
MuseumIrish National Heritage Park10 km south
Abbey or priorySelskar Abbey11 km south
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksTintern Abbey33 km southwest
CastleBargy Castle24 km southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 3 buildings in Ballymurn, each rated of regional importance.
No notable person born in Ballymurn is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
John Banville: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eoin Colfer: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dan O'Herlihy: Cleary, Strauss and Irwin, public relations., Public domain · Eileen Gray: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymurn | 607 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 6.2 | — | B− | A− | C |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 9.9 | D | A− | C− | D |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 12 | C | B | D | D |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 17 | — | B | B | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Ballymurn is 34.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
11% mostly work from home, and 29% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Ballymurn had 607 people at the 2022 census, up from 563 in 2016: 7.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Wexford
607 people live in Ballymurn, in the area of Wexford County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).