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The median age in Brittas is 34.5, lower than in 84% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 166 residents locally, living in 53 households. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 87%. At 3.2 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
+35% since 2016, a pace 98% of Irish towns didn’t match
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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 66% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. As a yardstick, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Irish towns, at 1.2%
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
Set against 10% across Ireland’s towns, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students in Brittas. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children: 47%, a higher share than 71% 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.
5.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 21%.
94% of homes are houses
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Most homes are connected: 91% have broadband, and 9.1% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €76,380 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €76,380 sits 27% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin as a whole has a median of €71,120.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 97% of Irish towns: 11%
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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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.
3.9% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (1.8%), among the 13% who speak another language there; 0.6% speak English not well or not at all.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 4.2% of residents speak Irish daily 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
54 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Brittas ranks below 74% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 65%
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: 87% of Brittas · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 22%, above 71% of Irish towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Asian or Asian Irish (7.2%), Other, including mixed (2.6%) and Other White (2%).
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 88% of Irish towns: 40%
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.
7.2% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns: 39%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: just over one in ten adults. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 4.9%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Of the 6 towns nearest Brittas, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittas | 166 | — | 34.5 | 12% | 47% |
| Rathcoole | 5,792 | 4.4 km | 37 | 13% | 52% |
| Saggart | 4,573 | 4.6 km | 32 | 6.1% | 46% |
| Jobstown | 23,437 | 5.6 km | 32.4 | 6.8% | 55% |
| Newcastle | 4,526 | 6.6 km | 33.9 | 8.7% | 54% |
| Fettercairn | 12,970 | 6.7 km | 32.5 | 8.9% | 54% |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 7.7 km | 35.6 | 8.8% | 60% |
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.
Questions about Brittas’s residents
What is the population of Brittas?
Brittas had 166 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 35% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brittas?
The median age is 34.5. 25% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Brittas?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (54 people), and 4.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Brittas?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 3.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Brittas?
65% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 14% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Brittas good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Brittas are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brittas?
Median gross household income in Brittas was €76,380 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. 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).