Photo: Darren J. Prior · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 89% of Irish towns: 62% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
26% of households live in a flat or apartment; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. Few places have so few one-person households: 17% here, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns. Blanchardstown is home to 24,613 residents in 8,121 households, by the 2022 Census. For Blanchardstown, the census puts households of parents with children at 45%.
What stands out about the people of Blanchardstown
More born abroad than most towns
33% of residents were born abroad, against 23% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (15%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.2%); 24% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
39% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 89% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (9.8%) and Other, including mixed (4.5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Blanchardstown has changed by +1%, slower than 88% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Dublin’s towns +6%.
Half of Blanchardstown is under 37.3, younger than 55% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 9.1% of residents. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Blanchardstown, 37.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 67% of Irish towns, at 6.4%
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
On students among residents 15 and over, 9.6% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
3 people per household, more than in 82% 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.
Here 6.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%.
In Blanchardstown, 15% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 60% 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
Internet at home: broadband for 95%, nothing for 3.7% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.1% of the total. Measured more widely, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The median household brings in €68,550 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €68,550 gross, 14% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Dublin as a whole, the figure is €71,120.
In Blanchardstown, 33% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 86% 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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 largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (15%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.2%). Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents are citizens of another country, a higher share than in 84% of Irish towns.
Can speak Irish: 33% of Blanchardstown’s residents
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
In all, 7,094 residents aged 3 and over (33%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 1%.
Only 61% of residents said they are Catholic in Blanchardstown
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: 62% of Blanchardstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (9.8%) and Other, including mixed (4.5%). Against that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. 16% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 73% of Irish towns: 37%
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 4.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 56% of Irish towns, at 38%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 14% of adults. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 11%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 18,239 to 27,923 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Jobstown (32.4), the youngest, and Beaumont (42.9), the oldest. Nearest to Blanchardstown in age: Naas (36.9), Clondalkin (37.1), Carpenterstown (37.4) and Newbridge (37.6).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Blanchardstown are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | — | 37.3 | 14% | 45% |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 1.6 km | 35.6 | 10% | 50% |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 1.8 km | 37.4 | 11% | 52% |
| Castleknock | 6,355 | 2.6 km | 38.1 | 18% | 41% |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 2.7 km | 34.3 | 5.8% | 59% |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 3.3 km | 30.9 | 2.5% | 58% |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 3.7 km | 31.6 | 2.5% | 56% |
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 Blanchardstown’s residents
What is the population of Blanchardstown?
Blanchardstown had 24,613 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Blanchardstown?
The median age is 37.3, younger than 55% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Blanchardstown?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (7,094 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Blanchardstown?
62% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 33% were born abroad and 24% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Blanchardstown?
61% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 22% another religion; 9.1% didn’t say.
Is Blanchardstown good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Blanchardstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blanchardstown?
Median gross household income in Blanchardstown was €68,550 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).