Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its population rose 16% from 2016 to 2022. The neighbourhood has 14,142 residents and lies in Dublin.
Clonskeagh does especially well on health — bad health runs at 67 and disability at 101 per 100 expected for its ages. The neighbourhood ranks #50 of 116 in Co. Dublin, with a B overall. Nationally, it does better than nearly three fifths of Irish towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: on the way to work, 38% walk, cycle or take the bus or train, where the typical Irish town has 23%. The trade-off is cost of living: the median home here went for €725,000, 9.4 times the median household income. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: health, commuting and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA.
The 3 things Clonskeagh does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Clonskeagh with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 3%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Clonskeagh. Best known first.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland3.1 km outside town, to the north · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumNational Library of Ireland3.2 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseLeinster House3.1 km outside town, to the north
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green2.9 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clonskeagh.
Renting cost €2,624 a month on average, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (€2,063) and Irish towns (€1,606). 57% of households own their home. Social renters account for 6% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €515,400 | 36 |
| Second-hand homes | €780,000 | 185 |
| The last 12 months | €805,000 | 57 |
| Housing | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €725K | €450K | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €2,624 | €2,063 | €1,606 |
| Households renting privately | 36% | 19% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 6% | 10% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Since 2019/20, pupils changed +7%, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (+4%) and Irish towns (+4%). For secondary school, the closest is Our Lady's Grove Secondary School, 0.3 km from the town. Families in Clonskeagh have 106 schools within 3 km to choose from: 59 primary schools, 40 secondary schools and 7 special schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Christopher's NS DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 598 | Catholic |
| Blackrock College BoysLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 1,041 | Catholic |
| Coláiste Eoin GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 517 | Catholic |
| Ballinteer Community School DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 415 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 10% | 40% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 58% | 40% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +7% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 9% | 7% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
1.1% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (1.9%) and Irish towns (2%). Family carers: 4.5% of the people in Clonskeagh look after someone without pay. Disability, age-adjusted: 101 for every 100 expected here.
| Census 2022 | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 92% | 89% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.5% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 21% | 22% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
18% of workers worked mainly from home, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (11%). A trip to work takes 25.6 min on average. On top of that, of those in the labour force, 5.9% are unemployed.
| Census 2022 | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 51% | 71% | 68% |
| Average trip | 25.6 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €76,780 | €72,400 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
In January, overnight lows in Clonskeagh settle at 3.2°C. The year’s mean temperature is 10.5°C, about level with both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Across the year, Clonskeagh now averages 0.2°C more than it did in 1981–2010.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 3.2°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.5°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 774 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Protected nature near Clonskeagh includes South Dublin Bay. The sea makes up 16% of the area within 5 km, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (3.7%) and Irish towns (0%). Its 6 parks give Clonskeagh 72 ha of green space between them.
| Outdoors | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea within 5 km | 16% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 6.0 km per km² | 5.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
A typical November day reaches 11°C and drops to 5°C at night: the forecast for Clonskeagh is set against that. Rain totals about 2 mm today, the wind freshens to 31 km/h, and the low is 10°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 6 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 197 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 165 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 183 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 230 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 1.6%, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Those 65 and older account for 12% of residents. Graduates make up just over two thirds of adults.
Women make up 53.8% of Clonskeagh
7,613 women and 6,529 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 29% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 18% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 4.3% | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 5.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 19% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.4% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 68% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
61% of voters cast a ballot at the general election. Clonskeagh spans more than one of the local electoral areas: 66% of its residents vote in Stillorgan, most of the rest in Dundrum. There is no majority on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Fine Gael have the most seats, 16 of 40, short of 21.
| Turnout | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 57% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 44% | 42% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Relative to its size, Clonskeagh keeps 2 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents. 2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, between Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (3.4%). 5 archaeological sites are on the record.
| Heritage | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 2 | 10 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 7 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Sandymount Strand, 3.1 km from Clonskeagh, is the closest bathing water; it was rated sufficient in 2025. No part of Clonskeagh is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0.2% | 0% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Violent crime ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (5.3) and Irish towns (5.7). The overall crime rate is 39.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Among the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Clonskeagh has less crime per resident than 70% of them.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Clonskeagh | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 5.3 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 39.3 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
| Violent crime | 4 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
3 of Clonskeagh’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 1 rank of national or international importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.
No notable person born in Clonskeagh is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Maureen O'Hara: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Stephen Roche: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | — | B | D− | B− | A− |
| Rathmines East | 16,923 | 2.1 | B+ | D | C+ | A+ |
| Churchtown | 10,044 | 2.1 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 2.2 | A | D− | B | A+ |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2.2 | A− | D− | B | A |
| Rathgar | 5,768 | 2.3 | B | C− | B− | A− |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 2.7 | A | D− | B+ | A+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Clonskeagh had 14,142 people at the 2022 census, up from 12,221 in 2016: 15.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Clonskeagh is 29.4, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
44% of working residents drive to work and 38% walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the median of Irish towns: 23%).
Neighbourhood in Dublin
Clonskeagh has 14,142 people, in the area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).