Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 33.8: Belmayne is younger than 89% of Irish towns
31% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put Belmayne’s population at 15,047, in 4,943 households. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish stands at 69%. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 6.3% here, more than in 63% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Belmayne
Growing faster than most
Belmayne went from about 11,070 people in 2016 to 15,047 in 2022, +36%: faster growth than in 98% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Belmayne’s residents are under 33.8 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 13% are 15 to 24 and 6.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of families
39% of households are couples with children and 14% lone parents with children, more than in 85% of Irish towns; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Belmayne’s population changed by +36% since 2016, more than in 98% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, +6%.
6.8% of residents are 65 or over, below 91% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 64% of Irish towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Belmayne, 33.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of Irish towns: 12%
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
Among the working population, administrative and secretarial make up 13%, against a typical 9.8%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of Irish towns, at 13%
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.
The average household has 3.1 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Across Belmayne, 52% of households are parents with children.
Only 15% of households have no car or van in Belmayne
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
On holiday homes, 0.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Every 7th household or so has no car or van.
Household income at the median: €80,890 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €80,890, 35% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin’s median household income is €71,120.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 22%, a higher share than 81% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
By its share of residents born outside Ireland (28%), Belmayne is above 73% of Irish towns. 27% speak another language at home, most often Polish (3.2%); 2.7% speak English not well or not at all. To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 32% of Belmayne
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: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%).
Belmayne sits below 77% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (63%)
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: 69% of Belmayne · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (17%), Asian or Asian Irish (8%) and Other, including mixed (3.2%). Few places have as many residents with no religion: 21% here, more than in 70% of Irish towns. Typically, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 58% of Irish towns, at 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.
4.8% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
More adults with a degree or higher than 53% of Irish towns: 37%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
13% of Belmayne’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 7.2% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 12,743 to 17,508 people: this is the 9th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Castletroy (29), the youngest, and Ballinteer (44.1), the oldest. Nearest to Belmayne in age: Maynooth (33.2), Ballyowen (33.6), Ballybane (34.1) and Ballsbridge (35).
Belmayne is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmayne | 15,047 | — | 33.8 | 6.8% | 52% |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 1.1 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 1.2 km | 33.7 | 6.8% | 44% |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 1.5 km | 43.8 | 23% | 41% |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 1.8 km | 36.1 | 13% | 48% |
| Edenmore | 2,831 | 1.9 km | 44.1 | 24% | 40% |
| Raheny | 8,734 | 2.3 km | 42.8 | 22% | 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 Belmayne’s residents
What is the population of Belmayne?
Belmayne had 15,047 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 36% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Belmayne?
The median age is 33.8, younger than 89% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 6.8% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Belmayne?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,190 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Belmayne?
69% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Belmayne?
63% are Catholic, 21% have no religion and 16% another religion; 7.9% didn’t say.
Is Belmayne good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Belmayne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Belmayne?
Median gross household income in Belmayne was €80,890 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).