Photo: shaun12246 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Darndale, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 86% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%; Darndale has 12%. In Darndale, 48% of households are parents with children. 14,675 people lived in the neighbourhood on Census night in 2022, in 4,878 households, with a median age of 36.1 (younger than 70% of Irish towns). Its population is much the same as in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Darndale
Fewer people than before
Darndale went from about 14,800 people in 2016 to 14,675 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 96% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower growth than 96% of Irish towns: Darndale changed by −1% since 2016
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.
A median age of 36.1: Darndale is younger than 70% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are 65 or over; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 14%. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Darndale, 36.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 95% of Irish towns: 3.9%
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
In Darndale, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 18% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 23%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 17% in Darndale, less than in 81% 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.
4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 52% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%.
A higher share of households without a car or van than 84% of Irish towns, at 30%
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
18% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes: 0.1% of the total.
Half above, half below €54,890 a year in 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 €54,890 gross, 9% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Dublin has a median of €71,120.
In Darndale, 13% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 93% 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 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (4.4%) and in the UK (3.4%). Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 7.6% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 90% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.5% in Darndale, less than in 96% 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
Top of Co. Dublin: Monkstown, at 2.5%. The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 84% of Irish towns, at 78%
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: 85% of Darndale · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (5.7%), Irish Traveller (3.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.7%). Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White Irish, Darndale sits higher than just over three quarters of Irish towns: 85%.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 89% of Irish towns: 27%
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.
At 5.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 13% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 3.3% of adults. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 21%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 15th of 41 towns of 12,475 to 17,259 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castletroy is the youngest (29); Ballinteer the oldest (44.1). Nearest to Darndale in age: Deansrath (35.7), Rathmines East (36.1), Tallaght (36.3) and Ashtown (36.5).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Darndale
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 Darndale’s residents
What is the population of Darndale?
Darndale had 14,675 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Darndale?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 70% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Darndale?
21% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,549 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Darndale?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Darndale?
78% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 10% another religion; 12% didn’t say.
Is Darndale good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Darndale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Darndale?
Median gross household income in Darndale was €54,890 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).