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Ballysimon

Ballysimon (Limerick) had 16,540 residents in April 2022, part of Limerick city and suburbs. The median household had a gross income of €76,260, 36% above the figure for Limerick. 59% of households owned their home, 35% rented privately and 4% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 50 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Limerick City East local electoral area · 53 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
16,540residentsCensus, April 2022
€76,260median household incomegross, 2022
59%of homes owner-occupied35% rented privately
28%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Ballysimon by census small area
Map of Ballysimon: 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
Ballysimon · LimerickBallysimon highlighted; the rest of Limerick in grey
Map of Limerick with Ballysimon 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 Limerick. 5,566 households, 2.9 people in each on average.

18%
aged under 15
22%
aged 15–24
32%
aged 25–44
19%
aged 45–64
10%
aged 65 and over
18%
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.

€76,260
median gross household income
€61,554
median household income after tax
54%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
6%
of the labour force are unemployed
59%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
47%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none4%
Lower secondary7%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)15%
Further education and apprenticeships16%
Bachelor’s degree34%
Postgraduate25%

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.

6,067 dwellings on census night; 85% of households live in a house or bungalow and 15% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan33%
Owned outright26%
Rented from a private landlord35%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body4%
Occupied free of rent1%

When homes were built

Before 19462%
1946–19705%
1971–199023%
1991–200018%
2001–201038%
2011–20154%
2016 or later11%
4%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
0%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€295,000median sale price, County Limerick2,567 sales, 2025
2.9people per household2022

Median sale price, County Limerick

2010€147,250
2011€120,000
2012€96,000
2013€100,000
2014€85,313
2015€102,000
2016€115,000
2017€135,000
2018€155,000
2019€170,000
2020€181,875
2021€190,000
2022€225,000
2023€237,500
2024€266,667
2025€295,000

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. 8% of households have no car; 57% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike62%
Work or study mainly at home9%
On foot20%
Bus, minibus or coach6%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle3%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes37%
15 to 30 minutes42%
30 to 45 minutes14%
45 minutes to an hour2%
An hour to an hour and a half2%
An hour and a half or more2%
96%of households with broadband2022
4.5 kmto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

50 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 28% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops5
Bakeries0
Pharmacies3
GP surgeries and doctors0
Dentists0
Cafés and pubs6
Restaurants6
Parks0
Playgrounds1
Pitches24
Gyms and sports centres2
Libraries0
Crèches and childcare1
Bus stops14
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
3schoolsOpenStreetMap
2crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
541residents per km²30.6 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 Limerick.