Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.016% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 90% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Deansrath, 3. At the 2022 Census, 13,743 people lived here, in 4,584 households. For Deansrath, the census puts households of parents with children at 49%. 14% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 74% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Deansrath
Fewer people than before
Deansrath went from about 13,900 people in 2016 to 13,743 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 97% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 97% 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.
Across Co. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Deansrath is younger than 73% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 14% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Deansrath comes in at 11%. No age band is larger than 40–44: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Deansrath, 35.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3.5% in Deansrath, less than in 97% 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
12% of residents 15 and over are students, against 10% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 78% of Irish towns: 18%
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.
Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.8% in Deansrath. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
20% of households have no car or van, more than in 63% 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
The share of households with broadband is 92%; 6.3% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. Households in flats account for 12%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Households here have a median income of €55,900 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €55,900 a year before tax, the median household income is 7% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Below 71% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (8.1%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.6%). As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside Ireland: 19% here, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns.
Able to speak Irish: 29% in Deansrath
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 ability to speak Irish extends to 3,390 residents (29% of those aged 3 and over). 0.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a lower share than in 74% of Irish towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 61% of Irish towns: 75%
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: 75% of Deansrath · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (10%), Black or Black Irish (5.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (4.9%). On residents who said they are Catholic, Deansrath sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 71%. Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 82% of Irish towns: 29%
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.
In Deansrath, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care. Just over three fifths of the neighbourhood’s residents 15 and over are single and 29% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 15%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
3.8% of Deansrath’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 17% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (11,911 to 16,038 people), the 13th 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 Deansrath in age: Ballsbridge (35), Ashbourne (35.6), Darndale (36.1) and Firhouse (36.3).
Around Deansrath, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deansrath | 13,743 | — | 35.7 | 11% | 49% |
| Esker | 19,110 | 2.0 km | 33.5 | 3.9% | 60% |
| Clondalkin | 22,788 | 2.1 km | 37.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 2.3 km | 35.9 | 14% | 49% |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 2.8 km | 33.6 | 3.7% | 56% |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 3.4 km | 33 | 6.8% | 49% |
| Lucan | 23,033 | 3.5 km | 35.7 | 12% | 50% |
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 Deansrath’s residents
What is the population of Deansrath?
Deansrath had 13,743 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Deansrath?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 73% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Deansrath?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,390 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Deansrath?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Deansrath?
71% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 15% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Deansrath good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Deansrath are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Deansrath?
Median gross household income in Deansrath was €55,900 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).