Photo: Original uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainFewer households in flats than 97% of Irish towns: 1.9%
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Here, 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. In 2022, the Census found 309 residents in Ballinaclash, living in 105 households. Households average 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
Ballinaclash grew +10% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 64% 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. Wicklow’s towns, by more than +13%.
Above 84% of Irish towns: 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 13% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 14%. The median age in Ballinaclash is 39.9, higher than in 78% of Irish towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballinaclash: 13% of residents 15 and over are students, above 83% 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
37% of Ballinaclash’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 16% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 90% of Irish towns: 4.6%.
A larger share of households of parents with children than 81% of Irish towns: 50%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
18% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 96% of Irish towns: 5.1%
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 0.9%, the share of holiday homes is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
Median gross household income: €58,250 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 €58,250 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Wicklow, the median is €64,080.
19% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 66% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (10%), then outside the EU and UK (3.3%). Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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
Irish speakers number 100, or just over a third of residents aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%. In Co. Wicklow, Bray has the highest share (1.4%).
Ballinaclash: 23% of residents said they have no religion, above 77% 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: 87% of Ballinaclash · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (8.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are scarce here: 67%, fewer than in 66% of Irish towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 69% of Irish towns, at 37%
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.
At 4.9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Degree or higher: 36% of adults
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 one in ten adults here, while 14% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Higher than in 50% of Irish towns: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Ballinaclash
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. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wicklow’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 Ballinaclash’s residents
What is the population of Ballinaclash?
Ballinaclash had 309 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballinaclash?
The median age is 39.9. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballinaclash?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (100 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballinaclash?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballinaclash?
67% are Catholic, 23% have no religion and 9.5% another religion; 4.9% didn’t say.
Is Ballinaclash good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballinaclash are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballinaclash?
Median gross household income in Ballinaclash was €58,250 in 2022, against €64,080 across Co. Wicklow 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).