Photo: ClongriffinClongriffin · Public domainA median age of 33.7: Clongriffin is younger than 89% of Irish towns
The share of households in flats tops 91% of Irish towns: 45%. Meanwhile, fewer residents who said they are Catholic than in 88% of Irish towns: 57%. Clongriffin counted 7,438 residents and 2,692 households at the 2022 Census. One-person households account for 16%.
What stands out about the people of Clongriffin
Growing faster than most
Clongriffin went from about 5,330 people in 2016 to 7,438 in 2022, +40%: faster growth than in 99% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
More born abroad than most towns
34% of residents were born abroad, against 23% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (15%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.8%); 28% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
40% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 91% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (24%), Asian or Asian Irish (8.4%) and Other, including mixed (4.1%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clongriffin’s residents are under 33.7 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 10% are 15 to 24 and 6.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +40% change since 2016: Clongriffin grew faster than 99% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
In Clongriffin, 6.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 12% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clongriffin, 33.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 93% of Irish towns: 8%
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
Compared with a typical 9.8%, administrative and secretarial account for 14% of workers. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Clongriffin: 8.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, above 75% 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.
In Clongriffin the average household is 2.8 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%. Households of parents with children account for 44%.
Clongriffin: 22% of households have no car or van, above 71% 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
Clongriffin sits close to the norm on holiday homes: 0.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. One household in 4 has no car or van.
Household income at the median: €74,260 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €74,260 gross, 24% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
A larger share of residents born outside Ireland than 88% of Irish towns: 34%
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (15%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.8%). Clongriffin has more residents with another country’s citizenship than 90% of Irish towns, at 28%. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 56% 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
In all, 1,816 residents aged 3 and over (28%) can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
60% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 91% 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: 60% of Clongriffin · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 26% in Clongriffin. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (24%), Asian or Asian Irish (8.4%) and Other, including mixed (4.1%). Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Only 3.8% of residents give unpaid care in Clongriffin
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.
For Clongriffin, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 33%. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
In Clongriffin, 42% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 63% 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: 16% of adults. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 7.2%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 6,555 to 8,674 people, the 8th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Temple Bar is the youngest (31.4); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to Clongriffin in age: O'Connell Street (33.3), South Gate (33.7), Santry (34) and Kinsealy-Drinan (34.4).
Every neighbour of Clongriffin has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
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 Clongriffin’s residents
What is the population of Clongriffin?
Clongriffin had 7,438 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 40% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clongriffin?
The median age is 33.7, younger than 89% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 6.8% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clongriffin?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,816 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clongriffin?
60% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 34% were born abroad and 28% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clongriffin?
57% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 18% another religion; 8.9% didn’t say.
Is Clongriffin good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clongriffin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clongriffin?
Median gross household income in Clongriffin was €74,260 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).