Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
24,613 people call this neighbourhood in Dublin home. 12 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Blanchardstown’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 61% of Irish towns. Its place in the ranking is #127 of 320 Irish towns. Where it does best is walkability: nearly a third of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train, against 23% in the typical Irish town. Health outcomes beat most towns (B+). Half the homes sold for more than €333,000, a price of 4.9 times what the median household earns. Crime runs high: for every 1,000 residents, gardaí record 4.8 violent crimes and 6.9 burglaries or acts of criminal damage a year. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, health and work, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · radon, EPA.
The 2 things Blanchardstown does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Blanchardstown 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 15 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 1%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Blanchardstown. Best known first.
Big drawZooDublin Zoo2.7 km outside town, to the southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol4.3 km outside town, to the southeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksPhoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle1.4 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art4.3 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumNational Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks4.1 km outside town, to the southeast · 314K visitors a yearPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blanchardstown.
44% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). Within 3 km of Blanchardstown there are 91 schools (59 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 8 special schools). For secondary school, the closest is Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin, 0.7 km from the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 867 | Catholic |
| Castleknock Community CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 1,318 | Multi-denominational |
| Gaelscoil an Chuilinn GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 282 | Inter-denominational |
| Scoil Choilm Community NS DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 698 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 29% | 40% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +1% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 44% | 40% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
Ages taken into account, Blanchardstown counts 96 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. At the census, a fifth of people here had a disability, below Co. Dublin’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. 2.1% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2022 | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 88% | 89% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more incidents per resident: they are counted where they happen, not where victims live.
The graded crime recorded most in Blanchardstown was damage to property (2023–2025). For its size, Blanchardstown records less crime per resident than 56% of the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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 | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Burglary & damage | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Across the year it averages 10.1°C, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). A year brings 810 mm of rain to Blanchardstown. The nearest weather station is Phoenix Park, 3.6 km away.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.4°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.1°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 810 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 20.0°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its 9 parks give Blanchardstown 198 ha of green space between them. Woodland covers 3.8% of the land within 1 km, above Co. Dublin’s towns (2.2%) and Irish towns (2.7%) alike. 95% of homes are a short walk (400 m) from green space.
| Outdoors | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 7.0 km per km² | 5.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.8% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 95% | 100% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Judged by the averages, Blanchardstown sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 4°C. Some 1 mm of rain falls today, driven by wind of up to 24 km/h; the low reaches 9°C. Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 7 mm of rain is forecast.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 199 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 169 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 207 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 236 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
1% speak Irish daily outside school, below Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Children are 20% of the town. Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
Women make up 50.3% of Blanchardstown
12,390 women and 12,223 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 32% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 38% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Blanchardstown spans more than one of the local electoral areas: 71% of its residents vote in Castleknock, most of the rest in Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart. Turnout at the last local elections was 42%, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (42%) and below Irish towns (46%). Fingal County Council has no ruling majority: Independent hold 7 of its 40 seats, short of the 21 needed.
| Turnout | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 42% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 57% | 57% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Blanchardstown has 5 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents, below Co. Dublin’s towns (10) and Irish towns (48) alike. Before 1919: that is when 0.6% of homes were built. The Sites and Monuments Record holds 15 entries for the town.
| Heritage | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 5 | 10 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 15 | 6 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Sandymount Strand, 14 km from Blanchardstown, is the closest bathing water; it was rated sufficient in 2025. under 0.1% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, in line with Co. Dublin’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | under 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
24% of trips took under 15 minutes, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (23%) and below Irish towns (31%). Getting to work takes 32.1 min on average. Of those in the labour force, 11% are unemployed.
| Census 2022 | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 7.3% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 32.1 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €68,550 | €72,780 | €57,760 |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 24% | 23% | 31% |
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.
Rent averaged €1,960 a month, between Co. Dublin’s towns (€2,066) and Irish towns (€1,606). Prices in Blanchardstown are up 87% since 2010: the typical sale went from €200K that year to €373K in 2025. The owner-occupied share of households is 60%.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €331,500 | 476 |
| The last 12 months | €379,000 | 152 |
| Housing | Blanchardstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €333K | €454K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,960 | €2,066 | €1,606 |
| Households owning their home | 60% | 66% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
12 of Blanchardstown’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 2 rank of national or international importance. 15 archaeological sites are on the record here.
7 notable people were born in Blanchardstown.
Graham Carey: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0 · Mark Ferguson: Mark Ferguson, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | — | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 1.6 | B− | B | C+ | C |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 1.8 | A | B− | C+ | A+ |
| Castleknock | 6,355 | 2.6 | B+ | D | C+ | A+ |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 2.7 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 3.3 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 3.7 | A− | B | C+ | A |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
11% mostly work from home, and 24% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Blanchardstown had 24,613 people at the 2022 census, up from 24,356 in 2016: 1.1% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Blanchardstown is 37.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
24,613 people live in Blanchardstown, in the area of Fingal County 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).
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).