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Ballyshannon Urban

Ballyshannon Urban (County Donegal) had 1,714 residents in April 2022, part of Ballyshannon. The median household had a gross income of €34,773, 18% below the county figure. 63% of households owned their home, 23% rented privately and 11% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 48 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Donegal local electoral area · 9 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
1,714residentsCensus, April 2022
€34,773median household incomegross, 2022
63%of homes owner-occupied23% rented privately
2%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Ballyshannon Urban by census small area
Map of Ballyshannon Urban: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
Ballyshannon Urban · County DonegalBallyshannon Urban highlighted; the rest of County Donegal in grey
Map of County Donegal with Ballyshannon Urban highlighted

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for County Donegal. 786 households, 2.2 people in each on average.

14%
aged under 15
11%
aged 15–24
23%
aged 25–44
26%
aged 45–64
26%
aged 65 and over
38%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.

€34,773
median gross household income
€32,186
median household income after tax
43%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
16%
of the labour force are unemployed
23%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
23%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none15%
Lower secondary19%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)22%
Further education and apprenticeships22%
Bachelor’s degree15%
Postgraduate8%

Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

1,085 dwellings on census night; 87% of households live in a house or bungalow and 13% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan18%
Owned outright45%
Rented from a private landlord23%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body11%
Occupied free of rent3%

When homes were built

Before 194627%
1946–197020%
1971–199021%
1991–200014%
2001–201015%
2011–20152%
2016 or later0%
22%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
4%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€165,000median sale price, County Donegal1,703 sales, 2025
2.2people per household2022

Median sale price, County Donegal

2010€102,325
2011€80,000
2012€60,970
2013€62,000
2014€65,800
2015€81,000
2016€83,693
2017€90,800
2018€91,000
2019€100,000
2020€115,000
2021€120,000
2022€145,000
2023€155,000
2024€154,000
2025€165,000

Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)

Getting about.

How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 27% of households have no car; 24% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike64%
Work or study mainly at home7%
On foot23%
Bus, minibus or coach5%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle0%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes61%
15 to 30 minutes17%
30 to 45 minutes9%
45 minutes to an hour8%
An hour to an hour and a half3%
An hour and a half or more2%
79%of households with broadband2022

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Everyday life.

48 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 2% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops4
Bakeries0
Pharmacies1
GP surgeries and doctors1
Dentists0
Cafés and pubs15
Restaurants4
Parks5
Playgrounds1
Pitches7
Gyms and sports centres3
Libraries1
Crèches and childcare0
Bus stops0
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
2schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
479residents per km²3.6 km²

Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of County Donegal.