Photo: National Library of Ireland on The Commons · Public domainAshtown: 38% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 87% of Irish towns
Households of parents with children: 40% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Ashtown. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 78% of Irish towns: 9.3%. The neighbourhood had 14,937 residents in 5,609 households at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Ashtown
More with no religion than most
26% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 62% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, Ashtown outgrew 78% of Irish towns: +13%
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Ashtown is younger than 65% of Irish towns: a median age of 36.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Ashtown, 12%. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ashtown, 36.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 81% of Irish towns, at 8.8%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
A third of workers are in professional occupations, against a typical 21%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 66% of Irish towns, at 21%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
A household here has 2.7 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. Typically, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
More households without a car or van than 55% of Irish towns: 18%
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
Internet at home: broadband for 94%, nothing for 4.7% (typical: 7.6%). The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. In Ashtown, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
Median gross household income: €83,160 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €83,160 a year, 38% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Ashtown: 19% of residents are citizens of another country, above 71% of Irish towns
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Born outside Ireland: 26% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Polish leads the languages spoken at home (3.1%), among the 24% who speak another language there; 2.5% speak English not well or not at all.
Irish speakers make up 39% of Ashtown
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.2%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 5,250 residents, 39% of those aged 3 and over.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 86% of Irish towns: 26%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 74% of Ashtown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (6.4%) and Other, including mixed (3.7%). For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who said they are Catholic are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns. Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, nearly three quarters of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Ashtown.
Ashtown sits above 58% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (35%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
On unpaid carers, 5% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 53% in Ashtown, more than in 83% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 23% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 7.1% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (12,743 to 17,508 people), the 17th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 29 in Castletroy to 44.1 in Ballinteer. Nearest to Ashtown in age: Rathmines East (36.1), Tallaght (36.3), Sallynoggin (36.6) and Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney (36.8).
Every nearby town is older than Ashtown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtown | 14,937 | — | 36.5 | 12% | 40% |
| Cabra West | 9,786 | 1.4 km | 40.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Finglas South | 12,475 | 1.4 km | 37 | 14% | 44% |
| Castleknock | 6,355 | 2.3 km | 38.1 | 18% | 41% |
| Cabra East | 13,895 | 2.4 km | 37.5 | 13% | 25% |
| Finglas North | 9,805 | 2.5 km | 39.4 | 15% | 40% |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 2.6 km | 41.9 | 20% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Ashtown’s residents
What is the population of Ashtown?
Ashtown had 14,937 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ashtown?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 65% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ashtown?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (5,250 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ashtown?
74% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ashtown?
62% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 13% another religion; 5.5% didn’t say.
Is Ashtown good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ashtown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ashtown?
Median gross household income in Ashtown was €83,160 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).