Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns: 2.4%
Just over a quarter of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Ballyknockan had 247 residents in 89 households at the 2022 Census. Across Ballyknockan, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are scarce here: 39%, fewer than in 67% of Irish towns.
Ballyknockan’s population moved +7% on 2016, less than in 54% 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. Wicklow’s towns the median is +13%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Older than 84% of Irish towns: half of Ballyknockan is over 41
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 16% of residents are 65 or over in Ballyknockan.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 82% of Irish towns: 8.7%
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
By occupation, skilled trades are over-represented: 20%, against a typical 11%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 5.9% in Ballyknockan. Across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Fewer one-person households than 69% of Irish towns: 20%
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.
Households in Ballyknockan hold 2.8 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 3.4%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Ballyknockan sits below 81% of Irish towns for households in flats (6.7%)
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes; in Ballyknockan, 2%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €71,090 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Ballyknockan’s households have a gross income above €71,090 a year, 18% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Wicklow, the middle household has €64,080.
7.9% of residents are citizens of another country, below 88% 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.
Born outside Ireland: 17% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (9.8%) and outside the EU and UK (3.7%).
Irish: 52% of Ballyknockan’s residents can speak it
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.4%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. The ability to speak Irish extends to 115 residents (52% of those aged 3 and over).
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 87%, a higher share than 85% 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 Ballyknockan · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who said they are Catholic (65%), Ballyknockan is below 74% of Irish towns. On average, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% 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.
4% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
38% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 55% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 14% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ballyknockan are all younger
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 Ballyknockan’s residents
What is the population of Ballyknockan?
Ballyknockan had 247 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyknockan?
The median age is 41. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyknockan?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (115 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyknockan?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 7.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyknockan?
65% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 9.7% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballyknockan good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyknockan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyknockan?
Median gross household income in Ballyknockan was €71,090 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).