Photo: Deitel55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Clonskeagh is younger than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 29.4
Nearly a third of households are parents with children; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 43%. By contrast, at 21%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 93% of Irish towns. Clonskeagh had 14,142 residents in 4,935 households at the 2022 Census. In Clonskeagh, 36% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What stands out about the people of Clonskeagh
A student neighbourhood
33% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 99% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 29% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clonskeagh’s residents are under 29.4 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 29% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
22% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 2.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 8.5% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
30% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 56% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +16% since 2016, faster than 83% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Clonskeagh, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, beside 14% across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: 18% of residents, 3.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clonskeagh, 29.4. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 33%
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 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 59% of Irish towns: 2.7 people 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.
Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
20% of households have no car or van, more than in 64% 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
96% of households are on broadband; 3.3% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. In Clonskeagh, 0.4% of homes are holiday homes.
The median household brings in €76,780 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €76,780 a year here, 28% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin the median is €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland: 29%, a higher share than 77% 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.
The share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 21%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
1.6% of Clonskeagh’s residents use Irish every day outside education
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%). Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%. In all, 5,707 residents aged 3 and over (44%) can speak Irish.
30% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 89% 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: 73% of Clonskeagh · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 56% in Clonskeagh. By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 73% of the total.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 80% of Irish towns: 30%
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.
Students and young renters account for much of that. 4.5% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 82% of Irish towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 97% of Irish towns: 68%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Students still in education make up 54% of residents 15 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%. Of Clonskeagh’s adults, 35% went on to postgraduate study and 4.3% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
41 towns of 12,163 to 16,570 people: this is the 2nd youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Castletroy (29), the youngest, and Foxrock (44.7), the oldest. Nearest to Clonskeagh in age: Castletroy (29), Hollystown (30.9) and East Wall (31.2).
Every nearby town is older than Clonskeagh
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | — | 29.4 | 12% | 32% |
| Rathmines East | 16,923 | 2.1 km | 36.1 | 14% | 24% |
| Churchtown | 10,044 | 2.1 km | 40.5 | 19% | 42% |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 2.2 km | 37.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2.2 km | 37 | 15% | 37% |
| Rathgar | 5,768 | 2.3 km | 34.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 2.7 km | 40 | 19% | 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 Clonskeagh’s residents
What is the population of Clonskeagh?
Clonskeagh had 14,142 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clonskeagh?
The median age is 29.4, younger than 99% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clonskeagh?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (5,707 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clonskeagh?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 21% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clonskeagh?
56% are Catholic, 30% have no religion and 15% another religion; 6% didn’t say.
Is Clonskeagh good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clonskeagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clonskeagh?
Median gross household income in Clonskeagh was €76,780 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).