Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households of parents with children than 97% of Irish towns: 59%
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats in Clonsilla comes in at 4.9%. At 9.9%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 22,510, in 6,577 households. There are 13% more residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Clonsilla
A neighbourhood of families
49% of households are couples with children and 9.6% lone parents with children, more than in 97% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A student neighbourhood
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 88% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 15% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
37% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 87% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (8.8%) and Black or Black Irish (4.7%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clonsilla’s residents are under 34.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 15% are 15 to 24 and 5.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +13% change since 2016: faster 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Clonsilla ranks below 95% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 5.8%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. The median age in Clonsilla is 34.3, lower than in 86% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clonsilla, 34.3. 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%.
In Clonsilla, 14% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 88% 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Clonsilla comes in at 4.6%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 99% of Irish towns: 3.5 people each on average
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 census found that 5.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Clonsilla.
Clonsilla sits below 91% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (6.4%)
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
Internet at home: broadband for 98%, nothing for 1.3% (typical: 7.6%). Clonsilla has fewer holiday homes than nearly three quarters of Irish towns, at 0.1%. Across the comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income here: €79,270 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €79,270 a year, 32% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Dublin, the median is €71,120.
In Clonsilla, 30% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 79% 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.
Set against 15% across Ireland’s towns, 18% of residents are citizens of another country in Clonsilla. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%.
In Clonsilla, Irish is spoken by 38% of residents
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
Top of Co. Dublin: Monkstown, at 2.5%. At 1.1%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is higher than in 52% of Irish towns.
Clonsilla ranks below 87% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 63%
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: 63% of Clonsilla · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly three in five residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. Add to that, residents with no religion are rarer here than in 57% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
In Clonsilla, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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.
Set against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, 4.4% of residents give unpaid care in Clonsilla. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 56% of Irish towns: 38%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Clonsilla, 6.9%, and 13% hold a postgraduate qualification. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Students still in education make up 18% of residents 15 and over.
41 towns of 18,212 to 27,351 people: this is the 7th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Jobstown (32.4), the youngest, and Beaumont (42.9), the oldest. Nearest to Clonsilla in age: Rathmines West (34.3), Stepaside (34.3), Dolphins Barn (34.6) and Balbriggan (34.9).
Clonsilla sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | — | 34.3 | 5.8% | 59% |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 1.0 km | 31.6 | 2.5% | 56% |
| Clonee | 1,205 | 2.0 km | 34.2 | 5.6% | 39% |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 2.2 km | 35.6 | 10% | 50% |
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 2.7 km | 37.3 | 14% | 45% |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 3.4 km | 37.4 | 11% | 52% |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 3.8 km | 30.9 | 2.5% | 58% |
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 Clonsilla’s residents
What is the population of Clonsilla?
Clonsilla had 22,510 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonsilla?
The median age is 34.3, younger than 86% of Irish towns. 30% are under 18 and 5.8% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonsilla?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (7,516 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonsilla?
63% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonsilla?
59% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 25% another religion; 7.9% didn’t say.
Is Clonsilla good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonsilla are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonsilla?
Median gross household income in Clonsilla was €79,270 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).