Ballymount (Irish, Baile an Arde), is located on the south side of Dublin, near the areas of Walkinstown, Tallaght and Clondalkin. This area houses one of the largest industrial zones in Ireland. This area is divided by the M50 motorway were the more populated area is on the southside of the divide in Kingswood, and the more industrial side on the northside. On the southside of Ballymount, there are the ruins of Ballymount castle, alongside the Luas tram tracks. The castle was built in 1622 by Sir William Parsons. The Irish army burnt the house in 1646. The original name given to the area was Bellamount (beautiful mount) in reference to the pre-existing mount (Bronze Age grave).

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Area Statistics

Area:	2.51 square km
Population:	1968
Population Density:	784 people/km 2

Age

65 & Over :	18.9 %		National 11.0 %
Under 15 :	14.7 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	14.3 %		14.9 %
25 - 34 :	14.7 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	13.3 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	14.8 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	9.3 %		9.6 %

Marital Status

Single :	52.4 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	33.7 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.8 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.7 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	9.3 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	47.8 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	26.6 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	4.1 %		2.2 %
Bus :	19.1 %		13.2 %
Rail :	1.4 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.9 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	33.1 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	30.7 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	19.5 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	8.4 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	7.6 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.7 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Other :	23.7 %		National 17.6 %
Professional :	3.4 %		6.5 %
Managerial & Technical :	15.3 %		26.4 %
Non-manual :	19.0 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	22.2 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	12.3 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	4.2 %		4.3 %

Religion

Catholic :	90.9 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	5.0 %		7.2 %
None :	4.1 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	92.8 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	6.5 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.7 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	37.1 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.4 %		0.6 %
Primary :	34.9 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	8.3 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	7.2 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	4.3 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	3.4 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	2.4 %		3.3 %
Masters :	1.8 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	24.2 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	4.6 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	7.7 %		10.1 %
Science :	3.9 %		5.2 %
Computing :	7.0 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	14.7 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.1 %		2.6 %
Health :	9.8 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	8.1 %		3.2 %
Services :	4.2 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	14.7 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	33.4 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.5 %		1.5 %
Construction :	7.5 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	14.0 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	8.1 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	17.5 %		19.7 %
Other :	18.9 %		17.4 %

Household

One Person :	28.6 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	16.2 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	24.4 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	13.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	17.7 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	93.0 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	3.8 %		7.1 %
Black :	1.0 %		1.1 %
Asian :	1.7 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.6 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	93.5 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.1 %		2.7 %
Polish :	1.4 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.5 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	0.6 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	2.9 %		3.5 %

House Age

1919 - 1960 :	81.3 %		National 18.0 %
Before 1919 :	1.6 %		11.1 %
1961 - 1980 :	6.1 %		23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	2.9 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	8.0 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 158 Walkinstown A.

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1. 50
2. 51c
3. 51b
4. 54n
5. 56
6. 56a
7. 68
8. 69
9. 77
10. 77a
11. 151

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