Photo: Ivandor · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer young people than 99% of Irish towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Households in Chapelizod hold 2.1 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). 4,862 residents in 2,113 households: that is Chapelizod at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 22% of households are parents with children. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are rarer here than in 69% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Chapelizod
More with no religion than most
31% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 56% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
68% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 96% of Irish towns. 31% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+6% since 2016, a pace below 60% 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.
Half of Chapelizod is over 38.9, older than 66% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Chapelizod, 38.9. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Chapelizod, 6.6% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households: 33%, a higher share than 93% 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.
Just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
More flats than 96% of Irish towns: 68% of households in Chapelizod
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
90% of households are on broadband; 8.4% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). In Chapelizod, 31% of households have no car or van. Households in flats: 12% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
€67,830 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.
A median gross household income of €67,830 sits 13% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin’s median household income is €71,120.
A higher share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 83% of Irish towns, at 23%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (11%) or elsewhere in the EU (7.8%). 29% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 77% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 37% in Chapelizod
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 highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). Irish speakers number 1,495, or 37% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 93% of Irish towns: 31%
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: 73% of Chapelizod · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (16%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.8%) and Other, including mixed (3.5%). On residents who said they are Catholic, Chapelizod sits lower than 89% of Irish towns: 56%. For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
27% of residents 15 and over are married, below 89% 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: 5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 58% in Chapelizod, more than in 90% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Chapelizod, 8.5%, and 27% hold a postgraduate qualification. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,278 to 5,542
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 27.5 in Dangan to 44.9 in Fair Hill. Nearest to Chapelizod in age: Kilcoole (37.8), Roscrea (37.8), Ballybofey-Stranorlar (39.3) and Birr (39.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Chapelizod
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | — | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 0.9 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 1.0 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 1.2 km | 38.8 | 17% | 41% |
| Kilmainham | 10,240 | 1.7 km | 36.7 | 12% | 27% |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 1.7 km | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Carna | 2,897 | 1.7 km | 39.5 | 17% | 43% |
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 Chapelizod’s residents
What is the population of Chapelizod?
Chapelizod had 4,862 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Chapelizod?
The median age is 38.9, older than 66% of Irish towns. 13% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Chapelizod?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,495 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Chapelizod?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 23% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Chapelizod?
56% are Catholic, 31% have no religion and 13% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Chapelizod good for families?
22% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 13% of residents are under 18. Schools near Chapelizod are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chapelizod?
Median gross household income in Chapelizod was €67,830 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).