Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
19,072 people live in this neighbourhood in Dublin. 50% of households own their home with no mortgage.
Beaumont’s strongest is health (A) — bad health runs at 85 and disability at 93 per 100 expected for its ages. What holds it back is cost of living: at a median €473,500, a home costs 6.8 times the town’s median household income. Overall, that makes a B, good for #43 of 116 in Co. Dublin. It comes out better than 64% of Irish towns.
Figures: health, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
The 3 things Beaumont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaumont with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 3 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 1%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Beaumont. Best known first.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland4.6 km outside town, to the south · 783K visitors a year
MuseumNational Library of Ireland4.5 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseLeinster House4.5 km outside town, to the south
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland4.4 km outside town, to the south
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral4.7 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaumont.
5% live in social housing, below Co. Dublin’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. The private rented sector houses 14% of households. Also worth knowing: prices in Beaumont are up 71% since 2010: the typical sale went from €299K that year to €512K in 2025.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €472,000 | 195 |
| The last 12 months | €515,000 | 64 |
| Housing | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 80% | 66% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 5% | 10% | 13% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €2,184 | €2,063 | €1,606 |
| Median sale price | €474K | €450K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Family carers: 6.2% of the people in Beaumont look after someone without pay. Self-reported good health: 88% of the town’s residents. Disability touches nearly a quarter of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.2% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 89% | 88% |
| With a disability | 23% | 21% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Household income came to €69,410 a year before tax, about level with Co. Dublin’s towns (€72,780) and above Irish towns (€57,760). 51% of commuters took the car to work at the census. At the census, nearly three quarters of people aged 15 to 64 had a job.
| Census 2022 | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 74% | 71% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 21% | 23% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 6.6% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 31.4 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
For radon, the estimate for Beaumont is 3.8% of homes above the reference level. The nearest bathing water to Beaumont is Dollymount Strand, 5.4 km away, rated good in 2025. No part of Beaumont is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Among the graded crimes in Beaumont, the most frequent was damage to property (2023–2025). Burglary and damage came to 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (7.5) and Irish towns (6.4). Per 1,000 residents, 4.8 violent crimes are recorded each year.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 7.9 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| Theft | 22.4 | 18.5 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
48% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, above Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. For secondary school, the closest is Our Lady Of Mercy College, 0.5 km from the town. 14 of the 124 schools are multi-denominational.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Fiachras Sen N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 609 | Catholic |
| Clonturk CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 968 | Multi-denominational |
| Scoil Chaitriona GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 523 | Catholic |
| St Mary's Secondary School DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 830 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 48% | 40% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 48% | 40% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +1% | +4% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
July afternoons reach 19.8°C here, near both Co. Dublin’s towns (19.9°C) and Irish towns (19.9°C). Across the year, Beaumont now averages 0.2°C more than it did in 1981–2010. November is the wettest month here, with 84 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 770 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.8°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Walkers have 2.9 km per km² of paths and tracks, between Co. Dublin’s towns (5.5 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Green space in Beaumont adds up to 49 ha, across 6 parks. The town offers 2.6 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea within 5 km | 9.7% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 2.9 km per km² | 5.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 3.4% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 100% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Tuesday stands out as the wet day ahead, with roughly 6 mm. Judged by the averages, Beaumont sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 5°C. Today brings about 1 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 31 km/h; the low is 10°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 185 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 162 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 199 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 225 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
11% of residents are 15 to 24, below Co. Dublin’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. Overseas births account for 17% of the people living here. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
Women make up 51.7% of Beaumont
9,866 women and 9,206 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 14% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 32% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 37% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout was 57%. Beaumont is split between local electoral areas: 59% of its residents are in Artane-Whitehall, most of the rest in Clontarf. Turnout at the last local elections was 43%, near Co. Dublin’s towns (42%) and lower than Irish towns (46%). With 11 of 63 seats, Fine Gael are the largest group on Dublin City Council, short of the 32 a majority needs.
| Turnout | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 57% | 57% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 43% | 42% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Beaumont has 4 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, below Co. Dublin’s towns (10) and Irish towns (48) alike. Homes from before 1919 make up 0.6% of the total. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
| Heritage | Beaumont | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 4 | 10 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 7 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 8 buildings in Beaumont, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
7 notable people were born in Beaumont.
Barney McKenna: Original uploader was Aloys Soullie at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 19,072 | — | B | D | C+ | A |
| Kilmore | 9,786 | 1 | D | C− | C | C− |
| Marino | 6,272 | 1.3 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 1.8 | B− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | 1.8 | B+ | D | B− | B+ |
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | 1.9 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 2.3 | C− | B | C | D− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Beaumont is 42.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
12% mostly work from home, and 21% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Beaumont had 19,072 people at the 2022 census, up from 18,443 in 2016: 3.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
19,072 people live in Beaumont, in the area of Dublin City Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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