Photo: Amir Mohammad Saeid · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people live alone than in 74% of Irish towns: 19% of households
43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 47% in Clondalkin. On the census count, 14% of households have no car or van. Lower than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over. The neighbourhood had 22,788 residents in 7,643 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 37.1 (younger than 57% of Irish towns).
Slower growth than 80% of Irish towns: Clondalkin changed by +2% since 2016
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
A median age of 37.1: Clondalkin is younger than 57% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 8.5% of residents. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clondalkin, 37.1. 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%.
Only 5.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Clondalkin
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
On students among residents 15 and over, 9.4% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Clondalkin households average 2.8 people, larger than in 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.
Across Clondalkin, 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More flats than 65% of Irish towns: 16% of households in Clondalkin
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
0.1% of homes are holiday homes, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%.
Median household income here: €64,970 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €64,970 a year before tax, the median household income is 8% above that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin as a whole, the figure is €71,120.
A larger share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 63% of Irish towns: 18%
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.
The figure for residents born outside Ireland is 24% in Clondalkin and 22% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. Another language is spoken at home by 20%, most often Polish (4.5%); 2.9% speak English not well or not at all.
2.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 93% of Irish towns
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
No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%). The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
70% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 58% 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: 77% of Clondalkin · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (13%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.1%) and Black or Black Irish (3.1%). By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 77% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here.
In Clondalkin, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% 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.
In Clondalkin, 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. 56% of the neighbourhood’s residents 15 and over are single and 36% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Clondalkin ranks below 73% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 27%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Clondalkin’s adults, 8.3% went on to postgraduate study and 10% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (18,239 to 27,923 people), the 21st oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 32.4 in Jobstown to 42.9 in Beaumont. Nearest to Clondalkin in age: Mullingar (36.7), Naas (36.9), Blanchardstown (37.3) and Carpenterstown (37.4).
Older than Clondalkin: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clondalkin | 22,788 | — | 37.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 2.1 km | 35.7 | 11% | 49% |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 2.4 km | 33 | 6.8% | 49% |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 2.6 km | 35.9 | 14% | 49% |
| Carna | 2,897 | 2.8 km | 39.5 | 17% | 43% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 3.4 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 3.4 km | 36.3 | 16% | 42% |
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 Clondalkin’s residents
What is the population of Clondalkin?
Clondalkin had 22,788 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clondalkin?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 57% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clondalkin?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (6,879 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clondalkin?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clondalkin?
70% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 13% another religion; 8.9% didn’t say.
Is Clondalkin good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clondalkin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clondalkin?
Median gross household income in Clondalkin was €64,970 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).