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Ballymote

Ballymote (County Sligo) had 2,269 residents in April 2022, part of Ballymote. The median household had a gross income of €44,443, 12% below the county figure. 64% of households owned their home, 18% rented privately and 15% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 30 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Ballymote-Tobercurry local electoral area · 9 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
2,269residentsCensus, April 2022
€44,443median household incomegross, 2022
64%of homes owner-occupied18% rented privately
55%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Ballymote by census small area
Map of Ballymote: 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
Ballymote · County SligoBallymote highlighted; the rest of County Sligo in grey
Map of County Sligo with Ballymote 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 Sligo. 927 households, 2.5 people in each on average.

23%
aged under 15
10%
aged 15–24
24%
aged 25–44
25%
aged 45–64
18%
aged 65 and over
35%
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.

€44,443
median gross household income
€39,525
median household income after tax
53%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
9%
of the labour force are unemployed
28%
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 none10%
Lower secondary15%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)25%
Further education and apprenticeships23%
Bachelor’s degree19%
Postgraduate9%

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.

1,156 dwellings on census night; 94% of households live in a house or bungalow and 6% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan25%
Owned outright39%
Rented from a private landlord18%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body15%
Occupied free of rent3%

When homes were built

Before 194617%
1946–19708%
1971–199014%
1991–200015%
2001–201042%
2011–20152%
2016 or later3%
15%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
3%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€222,500median sale price, County Sligo966 sales, 2025
2.5people per household2022

Median sale price, County Sligo

2010€116,568
2011€67,483
2012€68,736
2013€71,896
2014€80,000
2015€85,000
2016€79,000
2017€96,500
2018€98,500
2019€115,000
2020€107,825
2021€137,000
2022€169,000
2023€165,000
2024€200,000
2025€222,500

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. 17% of households have no car; 38% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike74%
Work or study mainly at home6%
On foot13%
Bus, minibus or coach6%
Train, DART or Luas1%
Bicycle1%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes42%
15 to 30 minutes31%
30 to 45 minutes19%
45 minutes to an hour3%
An hour to an hour and a half4%
An hour and a half or more2%
80%of households with broadband2022
900 mto 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.

30 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 55% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops5
Bakeries0
Pharmacies3
GP surgeries and doctors0
Dentists0
Cafés and pubs7
Restaurants1
Parks4
Playgrounds1
Pitches7
Gyms and sports centres2
Libraries1
Crèches and childcare2
Bus stops0
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations1
3schoolsOpenStreetMap
2crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
90residents per km²25.2 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 Sligo.