Photo: Jackpollock · CC BY-SA 3.025% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, a third of households are one person living alone in Cabra East. Holiday homes are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. The neighbourhood counted 13,895 residents and 5,980 households at the 2022 Census. Its population is up 3% on 2016.
What stands out about the people of Cabra East
More with no religion than most
32% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 55% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
40% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 89% of Irish towns. 41% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Cabra East changed by +3% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 78% 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.
Across Co. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 73% of Irish towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are 65 or over; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 14%. On top of that, the median age in Cabra East is 37.5, lower than in 52% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Cabra East, 37.5. 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%.
Cabra East: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 79% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Cabra East, 38% and 15%. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 15% in Cabra East, more than in 87% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
More car-free households than 91% of Irish towns: 41% in Cabra East
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
12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, against 40% in Cabra East. Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€57,730 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Cabra East’s households have a gross income above €57,730 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin’s median household income is €71,120.
25% of residents are citizens of another country, 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 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.
Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (2.5%), among the 23% who speak another language there; 2.6% speak English not well or not at all. At 30%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is higher than in 81% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
1.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 4,122 residents (35% of those aged 3 and over). The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. The highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%).
Cabra East: 32% of residents said they have no religion, above 94% 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: 71% of Cabra East · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (17%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.7%) and Other, including mixed (4.6%). Residents who said they are Catholic are rarer here than in 90% of Irish towns. Where 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, Cabra East has 71%.
Married residents 15 and over: 30%, a lower share than 80% of Irish towns
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 4.7%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 48%, a higher share than 75% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 22% of adults. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%. Primary level or earlier: 11%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
The 18th oldest of 41 towns of 11,911 to 16,038 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castletroy is the youngest (29); Foxrock the oldest (44.7). Nearest to Cabra East in age: Finglas South (37), Enniscorthy (37.5), Whitehall (37.6) and Bishopstown (38).
Older than Cabra East: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabra East | 13,895 | — | 37.5 | 13% | 25% |
| Cabra West | 9,786 | 1.1 km | 40.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Stoneybatter | 18,644 | 1.2 km | 33.4 | 7.2% | 16% |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 1.2 km | 34.5 | 11% | 16% |
| Glasnevin | 9,299 | 1.3 km | 37.7 | 15% | 27% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 1.8 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | 2.1 km | 33.3 | 4.7% | 13% |
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 Cabra East’s residents
What is the population of Cabra East?
Cabra East had 13,895 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cabra East?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 52% of Irish towns. 15% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cabra East?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,122 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cabra East?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 25% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cabra East?
55% are Catholic, 32% have no religion and 12% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Cabra East good for families?
25% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 15% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cabra East are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cabra East?
Median gross household income in Cabra East was €57,730 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).