Brittas’ story
Brittas has 1 building on the National Inventory
Homes built before 1919: 10%, against 3% across Irish towns.
- 1780Farmyard complex, Brittas
BrittasCo. Dublin
The town, home to 166 people, lies in Co. Dublin.
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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Population
166
CSO, Census 2022 · South Dublin County Council
Median age
34.5
12% are 65+ · Co. Dublin 14%
Degree level
39%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
8%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Brittas a good place to live?
The median sale, €379,100, comes to 5 times what the median household here earns. The car is not the only way to work here: 8% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. It grew by 35% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses. Residents born outside Ireland: 11%.
Brittas isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
What makes Brittas stand out
The 3 things Brittas does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
8% walk, cycle or ride
The median of Irish towns: 23%
CSO, Census 2022
Population growth, 2016 to 2022
Growth
+35% more people than in 2016
Against 8% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2016 and 2022, on the 2022 boundaries.
Born outside Ireland
Who lives here
The median of Irish towns: 22%
CSO, Census 2022
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brittas.
Schools
Pupil numbers around Brittas moved −50% since 2019, below Co. Dublin’s towns and Irish towns
Within 3 km of Brittas there is one school. The one school within 3 km of Brittas has 57 pupils.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. BriotasLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 57 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −50% | +4% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 7% | 8% |
57
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−50%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
0.9 km
to the nearest primary school
4.2 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Natural hazards
Low radon, steady ground, few homes by big water: Brittas is light on natural hazards
In Brittas, an estimated 1.7% of homes exceed the radon reference level. The ground under Brittas carries no high landslide susceptibility. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.
0%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
Low-lying beside water0%
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
Low-lying near a river0%
Low-lying near the coast0%
| Share of homes | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
70
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Brittas has colder winters than Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: January lows of 1.0°C
A year brings 1,052 mm of rain to Brittas. Across the year it averages 8.8°C, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Expect July highs of around 18.9°C here.
18.9°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter7.4°C
Spring12.0°C
Summer18.3°C
Autumn12.9°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.9°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 1.0°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 8.8°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,052 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
18.9°C
July high
1.0°C
January low
1,052 mm
Rain a year
115 mm
Wettest month
36
Air frosts
1,397 hrs
Sunshine
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
For its ages, Brittas reports less bad health than Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 41 per 100 expected
Ages taken into account, Brittas counts 117 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. At the census, 95% of people in Brittas called their health good or very good, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (89%) and Irish towns (88%). 0.7% of residents report bad or very bad health.
95%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health41
Disability117
Co. Dublin103
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 95%Fair 5%Bad or very bad 1%
| Census 2022 | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 95% | 89% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 7.2% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 0.7% | 1.9% | 2% |
| With a disability | 24% | 21% | 22% |
41
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Dublin 103
117
disability per 100 expected · Co. Dublin 99
83.4 · 80.1
life expectancy, women · men, the Dublin region, 2016
28%
hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and Midlands
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
Brittas is a town of owners: 91% of households own their home, above Co. Dublin’s towns and Irish towns
4% of households are private tenants.
€379Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Brittas€379K
Co. Dublin€452K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 91% | 66% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 0% | 10% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 4% | 20% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €379K | €452K | €350K |
91%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
4%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€2,047
a month on new tenancies, its Dublin postal district
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area D24, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
More woodland lies at the edge of Brittas than Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 14% of the land within 1 km
Brittas has 0.9 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents, below Co. Dublin’s towns (7.6 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha) alike. Walkers have 0.6 km per km² of paths and tracks, below Co. Dublin’s towns (5.4 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²) alike. 2 waymarked trails and greenways start within 5 km.
0%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Brittas0.9 ha
Co. Dublin7.6 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 14% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.6 km per km² | 5.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 0.9 ha | 7.6 ha | 4.1 ha |
0.9 ha
Green space
5 km
Footpaths
0.9%
Protected for nature
14%
Woodland
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Brittas: 10 degrees and light showers today
Only a trace of rain is due today, on a breeze of up to 23 km/h, with a low of 6°C. For Brittas, a normal November afternoon peaks at 10°C, and a normal night bottoms out at 3°C. By December, a normal day reaches 7°C and a normal night 1°C.
10°C / 6°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November10°C
December7°C
January7°C
February8°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 7°C | 1°C | 273 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 4°C | 214 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 10°C | 255 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 6°C | 311 mm |
10°C / 6°C
Today
0.4 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
14 km/h
Wind
91%
Humidity
9 h 18 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Brittas walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 8.2%
18% of trips took under 15 minutes, below Co. Dublin’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (31%) alike. At the census, 77% of commuters went by car. Also worth knowing: the average trip to work takes 37.3 min.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van77%
Bus4%
Train, DART or Luas3%
Walk1%
| Census 2022 | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 37.3 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 18% | 23% | 31% |
| Median household income | €76,380 | €72,590 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 73% | 71% | 68% |
€76,380
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Dublin €71,123
14%
worked mainly from home, 2022
16%
trips of an hour or more
48,940
on the Live Register, County Dublin, September 2026
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.
Who lives here
4.2% of Brittas speaks Irish every day outside school, more than Co. Dublin’s towns
Children under 15 make up 22%, above Co. Dublin’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (20%) alike. 12% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
34.5median age
BrittasCo. DublinIreland
Ages · share of residents
11%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none5%
Lower secondary10%
Leaving Cert42%
Diploma or cert5%
Degree or higher39%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 45.2% of Brittas
75 women and 91 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 4.9% | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 9.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 42% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.9% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 39% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
Turnout in Clondalkin was among the lowest at the 2024 local elections
56% of voters cast a ballot at the general election. Brittas is run by South Dublin County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. Local election turnout came to 41%. No party holds a majority on South Dublin County Council: Independent lead with 10 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed.
10/40seats held by Independent
Seats on South Dublin County · June 2024
Independent10
Fine Gael9
Fianna Fáil5
Sinn Féin5
People Before Profit–Solidarity4
Labour Party3
Social Democrats2
Independent Ireland1
| Turnout | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 41% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 56% | 57% | 59% |
7
Councillors
10/40
Independent seats on South Dublin County, the largest party
41%
turnout, June 2024
5
TDs elected for Dublin Mid-West
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
The national inventory counts 60 buildings per 10,000 residents in Brittas, more than in Co. Dublin’s towns and across Irish towns
Homes from before 1919 make up 10.4% of the total. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded one building in Brittas, of regional importance.
1inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional1
Among them
0
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1780
earliest dated inventory building
10%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
| Heritage | Brittas | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 60 | 10 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 10.4% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 7 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Kilteel Castle and 13 more within 40 km
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Brittas; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CastleKilteel Castle4.4 km outside town, to the west
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral17 km northeast
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland18 km northeast · 783K visitors a year
MuseumNational Library of Ireland18 km northeast
Historic houseLeinster House18 km northeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo17 km northeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)Places: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Kilteel Castle: Bogman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Brittas
15pages on Brittas
The big questions
Out and about
Famous people from around Brittas
One notable person was born in Brittas; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
J
Jim MansfieldIrish businessman · 1939–2014M
Michelle SmithIrish swimmer · born in Rathcoole · born 1969K
Kathleen WatkinsIrish broadcaster, harpist, singer and … · born in Saggart · 1934–2024B
Bill AttleyFormer Irish trade unionist and referee · born in Rathcoole · born 1938B
Blaine KellyGaelic football player · born in SaggartP
Pat TaaffeIrish jockey (1930-1992) · born in RathcooleBrittas’ neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
RathcooleSaggartJobstownNewcastleFettercairnBohernabreenaBrittas
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittas | 166 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rathcoole | 5,792 | 4.4 | A− | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Saggart | 4,573 | 4.6 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Jobstown | 23,437 | 5.6 | D− | C | C− | D |
| Newcastle | 4,526 | 6.6 | B | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Fettercairn | 12,970 | 6.7 | D− | D | C− | D |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 7.7 | C | B− | D | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Brittas
Has Brittas grown?
Brittas had 166 people at the 2022 census, up from 123 in 2016: 35% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Do people in Brittas drive to work?
14% mostly work from home, and 18% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Is Brittas a young town or an old one?
The median age in Brittas is 34.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
About Brittas
Urban area in Co. Dublin
166 people live in Brittas, in the area of South Dublin County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
- Population
- 166 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Dublin
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Local electoral area
- Clondalkin
- Dáil constituency
- Dublin Mid-West
- Name in Irish
- An Briotás
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:03361
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).