Photo: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0Clontarf West ranks above 90% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 30%
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment (Ireland’s towns: 12%). There were 6,264 households in Clontarf West at the 2022 Census, home to 15,296 residents. The share of households of parents with children stands at 33%. With a median age of 38.7, Clontarf West is older than 63% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Clontarf West
More with no religion than most
30% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 61% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: +6% since 2016, behind 64% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Dublin’s towns +6%.
Below 80% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (15%), Clontarf West is above 61% of Irish towns. 30–34 is the most common age band: 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Clontarf West, 38.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
9.7% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 74% 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
The occupation that stands out is professional occupations: 33%, where 21% is typical. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 9.4%.
More one-person households than 79% of Irish towns: 30%
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.
Where 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns, Clontarf West has 8.7%. For comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Clontarf West ranks above 77% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 26%
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 92%, nothing for 7.1% (typical: 7.6%). The share of households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Census figures put holiday homes at 0.1% in Clontarf West.
€72,860 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €72,860 gross, 21% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Dublin comes in at €71,120 at the median.
A higher share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 57% of Irish towns, at 16%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 17%, most often Spanish (1.9%); 1.5% speak English not well or not at all. The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%. At 22%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Clontarf West sits above 88% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (1.8%)
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
Speakers of Irish: 5,874 residents, 43% of those aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
A smaller share of residents who said they are Catholic than 83% of Irish towns: 61%
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: 81% of Clontarf West · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.3%) and Other, including mixed (2.9%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 60% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 5.8%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 34% in Clontarf West.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 81% of Irish towns, at 52%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Nearly a quarter of Clontarf West’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 8.4% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The 12th oldest of 41 towns of 12,884 to 18,076 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 29 in Castletroy to 44.1 in Ballinteer. Nearest to Clontarf West in age: Cobh (38.7), Castlebar (38.7), Cabinteely (38.9) and Kimmage (39.1).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Clontarf West
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | — | 38.7 | 15% | 33% |
| Marino | 6,272 | 1.1 km | 39.8 | 20% | 38% |
| Clontarf East | 18,626 | 1.7 km | 42.5 | 20% | 41% |
| Beaumont | 19,072 | 1.8 km | 42.9 | 23% | 39% |
| Drumcondra | 11,149 | 2.1 km | 35.9 | 13% | 30% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 2.2 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | 2.3 km | 41.6 | 19% | 40% |
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 Clontarf West’s residents
What is the population of Clontarf West?
Clontarf West had 15,296 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clontarf West?
The median age is 38.7, older than 63% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Clontarf West?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (5,874 people), and 1.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Clontarf West?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Clontarf West?
61% are Catholic, 30% have no religion and 9.7% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Clontarf West good for families?
33% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Clontarf West are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clontarf West?
Median gross household income in Clontarf West was €72,860 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).