Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domain38% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 87% of Irish towns
Where 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, Booterstown has 25%. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in four fifths of Irish towns. 8,505 residents in 3,171 households: that is Booterstown at the 2022 Census. Here, 9.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
What stands out about the people of Booterstown
A student neighbourhood
16% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 95% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 15% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Growing more slowly than most
Booterstown went from about 8,500 people in 2016 to 8,505 in 2022, ±0%: slower growth than in 92% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
14% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 5% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
±0% since 2016, a pace below 92% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
A young neighbourhood: 15% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
20–24 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%. The median age in Booterstown is 37.2, lower than in 56% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Booterstown, 37.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Students among residents 15 and over: 16%, a higher share than 95% of Irish towns
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
Professional occupations stand out among workers: 47%, against a typical 21%. Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 14% here, more than in 90% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 69% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
1.1% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 16% of households have no car or van here. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €93,790 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €93,790 a year, 56% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin the median is €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland: 28%, a higher share than 71% 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.
18% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (12%) and in the UK (6.4%).
1.3% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
Top of Co. Dublin: Monkstown, at 2.5%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 64%, a lower share than 76% of Irish towns
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: 77% of Booterstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (10%), Asian or Asian Irish (9.2%) and Other, including mixed (2.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%. 77% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a lower share than in 53% of Irish towns.
Above 70% of Irish towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
On the census count, 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. 55% of Booterstown’s residents 15 and over are single and 37% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
75% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: 21% of residents 15 and over. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate qualifications are held by nearly two in five adults here, while 1.8% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Ranked by age, 17th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Grand Canal Dock is the youngest (32.1); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to Booterstown in age: Edenderry (36.9), Frankfield and Grange (37.1), Glasnevin (37.7) and Bandon (38).
Booterstown and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booterstown | 8,505 | — | 37.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 1.9 km | 39.5 | 17% | 41% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 2.0 km | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 2.2 km | 29.4 | 12% | 32% |
| Sandymount | 22,340 | 2.8 km | 38.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 3.0 km | 43 | 21% | 39% |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 3.2 km | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
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 Booterstown’s residents
What is the population of Booterstown?
Booterstown had 8,505 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Booterstown?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 56% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Booterstown?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,635 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Booterstown?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Booterstown?
64% are Catholic, 25% have no religion and 12% another religion; 6.1% didn’t say.
Is Booterstown good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Booterstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Booterstown?
Median gross household income in Booterstown was €93,790 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).