Photo: Rossyxan · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Baldoyle is over 40.9, older than 84% of Irish towns
With residents with no religion at 24%, Baldoyle is ahead of 79% of Irish towns on that count. At the same time, 14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 65% of Irish towns. The neighbourhood had 7,864 residents in 2,865 households at the 2022 Census. There are 8% more residents than in 2016.
Baldoyle grew +8% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 50% of Irish towns
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.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Baldoyle, more than in 75% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 9% of residents. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 71% of Irish towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Baldoyle, 40.9. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
46% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
14% of workers are in administrative and secretarial, against a typical 9.8%. Across Baldoyle, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. At 10%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is lower than in 56% of Irish towns.
2.7 people per household, more than in 57% of Irish towns
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.
22% of households are one person living alone (Ireland’s towns: 24%). For Baldoyle, the census puts households of parents with children at 43%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Baldoyle sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 4.6%.
13% of households live in a flat, more than in 51% of Irish towns
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
At 0.1%, the share of holiday homes is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%.
The midpoint household income is €69,260 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €69,260 sits 15% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
20% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 59% 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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (2.1%); in all 16% speak another language, and 1.5% speak English not well or not at all. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 13% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns.
38% of Baldoyle can speak Irish
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 1.2%. 2,745 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
A lower share of residents who said they are Catholic than 69% of Irish towns, at 67%
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: 81% of Baldoyle · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (13%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%) and Black or Black Irish (1.9%). More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in 60% of Irish towns: 81%. Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns.
Baldoyle sits above 83% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (39%)
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.
Set against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, 6.4% of residents give unpaid care in Baldoyle. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 59% of Irish towns: 40%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Baldoyle, 11%, and 16% hold a postgraduate qualification. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.4 in Temple Bar to 50.3 in Dalkey. Nearest to Baldoyle in age: Buncrana (39.8), Thurles (40.6), Westport (41.3) and Youghal (42).
Older than Baldoyle: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldoyle | 7,864 | — | 40.9 | 17% | 43% |
| Sutton | 5,789 | 0.9 km | 45.4 | 26% | 41% |
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 1.2 km | 33.7 | 6.8% | 44% |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 2.0 km | 43.8 | 23% | 41% |
| Raheny | 8,734 | 2.2 km | 42.8 | 22% | 39% |
| Belmayne | 15,047 | 2.4 km | 33.8 | 6.8% | 52% |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 3.0 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
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 Baldoyle’s residents
What is the population of Baldoyle?
Baldoyle had 7,864 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baldoyle?
The median age is 40.9, older than 84% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baldoyle?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,745 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Baldoyle?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baldoyle?
67% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 9.7% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Baldoyle good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baldoyle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baldoyle?
Median gross household income in Baldoyle was €69,260 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).