Town

Ballina

Béal an Átha

Ballina is a town in Tipperary. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBallina52.80864° N · 8.43518° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Béal an Átha · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballina · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Tipperary
Coordinates
52.80864, -8.43518
Logainm ID
1411252 ↗

Population over time

Ballina — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

2,899people · 2022

07501.5K2.3K3K 2016: 2,632 people20162022: 2,899 people2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

View population figures
Ballina — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20162,632
20222,899

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Ballina, North Tipperary

Published census settlement populations

2,632people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

View population figures
Ballina, North Tipperary — census population
Census yearPopulation
20112,442
20162,632

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Ballina, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

2,959people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

View population figures
Ballina, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20222,959

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballina. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-12-08. How this page was prepared.