Photo: PaulT · CC BY-SA 4.0Cabra West is older than 83% of Irish towns: a median age of 40.8
In Cabra West, 35% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. 9,786 residents in 3,821 households: that is Cabra West at the 2022 Census. Households of parents with children account for 34%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 85% here, more than in just over three quarters of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Cabra West
Fewer people than before
Cabra West went from about 9,850 people in 2016 to 9,786 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 95% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 95% 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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Cabra West ranks above 84% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Cabra West. The largest age band is 30–34: 8.2% of residents. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Cabra West, 40.8. 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%.
8.5% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 87% 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
In Cabra West, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 28% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 21%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 69% 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.
6.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. For Cabra West, the census puts one-person households at 27%.
13% of households live in a flat, more than in 56% 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
Nothing unusual on holiday homes: 0.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€54,610 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 West’s households have a gross income below €54,610 a year, 9% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
17% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 77% 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 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (6.9%), then elsewhere in the EU (4.8%). At 13%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 62% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%.
Irish speakers make up 29% of Cabra West
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 1.2%. Speakers of Irish: 2,543 residents, 29% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
Cabra West: 20% of residents said they have no religion, above 64% 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: 85% of Cabra West · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (9.2%), Other, including mixed (2.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%). Residents with no religion: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 72% in Cabra West.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, below 75% 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.
5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, against 6.5% in Cabra West. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 26%, a lower 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
11% of Cabra West’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 22% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Among 41 towns of 8,505 to 11,149 people, the 9th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Kilcock (33.1), the youngest, and Donaghmede (43.8), the oldest. Nearest to Cabra West in age: Dungarvan (40.5), Skerries (40.7), Portmarnock (41.2) and Youghal (42).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Cabra West
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabra West | 9,786 | — | 40.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Cabra East | 13,895 | 1.1 km | 37.5 | 13% | 25% |
| Ashtown | 14,937 | 1.4 km | 36.5 | 12% | 40% |
| Stoneybatter | 18,644 | 2.0 km | 33.4 | 7.2% | 16% |
| Finglas South | 12,475 | 2.0 km | 37 | 14% | 44% |
| Glasnevin | 9,299 | 2.2 km | 37.7 | 15% | 27% |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 2.3 km | 41.9 | 20% | 39% |
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 West’s residents
What is the population of Cabra West?
Cabra West had 9,786 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Cabra West?
The median age is 40.8, older than 83% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cabra West?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,543 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cabra West?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cabra West?
72% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 8.7% another religion; 6.1% didn’t say.
Is Cabra West good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cabra West are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cabra West?
Median gross household income in Cabra West was €54,610 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).