Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion make up 12% in Baltinglass, less than in 82% of Irish towns
Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 71% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 2,611 residents in 923 households. Locally, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 45% in Baltinglass.
Since 2016, Baltinglass has grown +11%, faster than 70% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +13% across Co. Wicklow’s towns.
Older than 57% of Irish towns: half of Baltinglass is over 38.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 7.6% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 52% of Irish towns. In Bray, the oldest of Co. Wicklow’s towns by this measure, it is 16%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Baltinglass, 38.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
27% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Skilled trades stand out among workers: 15%, against a typical 11%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.7% of the total.
Larger households than 63% of Irish towns: 2.8 people on average
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.
Locally, 4.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Fewer one-person households than in 54% of Irish towns: 24%.
13% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 53% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
0.3% of homes are holiday homes, a higher share than in 58% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €51,920 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €51,920, 14% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Wicklow comes in at €64,080 at the median.
In Baltinglass, 18% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 71% 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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (2.6%); in all 16% speak another language, and 2.1% speak English not well or not at all. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 66% of Irish towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers: 35% of Baltinglass’s residents
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 are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 0.8%. Irish speakers number 792, or 35% of residents aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Wicklow belongs to Bray (1.4%).
Residents who said they are Catholic: 76%, a higher share than 76% 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: 83% of Baltinglass · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 83%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (11%), Other, including mixed (3.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%).
Married residents 15 and over make up 33% in Baltinglass, less than in 61% 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.
On unpaid carers, Baltinglass sits lower than 58% of Irish towns: 5.2%. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 24%, a lower share than 81% of Irish towns
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 6.8% of adults here, while 14% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Youngest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 2,510 to 3,211 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 30.4 in Kilbarry to 45.5 in Ballybrack. Nearest to Baltinglass in age: Gort (38), Bailieborough (38.2), Bundoran (38.4) and Athboy (38.8).
Baltinglass is younger than 1 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | — | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 6.2 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 9.9 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 13.7 km | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 14.9 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 18.5 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
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 Baltinglass’s residents
What is the population of Baltinglass?
Baltinglass had 2,611 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baltinglass?
The median age is 38.2, older than 57% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baltinglass?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (792 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Baltinglass?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baltinglass?
76% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 12% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Baltinglass good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baltinglass are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baltinglass?
Median gross household income in Baltinglass was €51,920 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).