Photo: Ridiculopathy · CC0Households of parents with children make up 30% in Drumcondra, less than in 86% of Irish towns
29% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 14%, more than in 84% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 11,149 residents in 4,362 households. In Drumcondra, 75% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
What stands out about the people of Drumcondra
More with no religion than most
31% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 58% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Drumcondra grew +9% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 55% 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%.
Half of Drumcondra is under 35.9, younger than 71% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
30–34 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For Drumcondra, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 60% of Irish towns: 13%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Drumcondra, 35.9. 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%.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 87% 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 biggest occupational gap is in professional occupations: 36%, against a typical 21%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. For Drumcondra, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 10%.
Drumcondra households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 75% 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.
27% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 83% of Irish towns: 35% of households live in a flat or apartment
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 93%, nothing for 6.2% (typical: 7.6%). The share of holiday homes stands at 0.3%. As a yardstick, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€77,750 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.
Half of Drumcondra’s households have a gross income above €77,750 a year, 29% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin as a whole, the figure is €71,120.
21% of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 76% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (12%) or elsewhere in the EU (8.3%). The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%. 27% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 69% of Irish towns.
An Irish-speaking neighbourhood: 2.1% speak it daily 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
Top of Co. Dublin: Monkstown, at 2.5%. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 92% of Irish towns: 31%
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 Drumcondra · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (15%), Other, including mixed (4.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%). Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are scarce here: 58%, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
Only 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Drumcondra
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: 5.4% of the total. 62% of Drumcondra’s residents 15 and over are single and 31% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns: 62%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 6.5%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Postgraduate: 28% of adults.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 9,616 to 12,884
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Summerhill is the youngest (30.5); Foxrock the oldest (44.7). Nearest to Drumcondra in age: Donabate (35.6), Ronanstown (35.9), Kildare (36) and Cavan (36.1).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Drumcondra
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | 11,149 | — | 35.9 | 13% | 30% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 1.1 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| Glasnevin | 9,299 | 1.1 km | 37.7 | 15% | 27% |
| Marino | 6,272 | 1.4 km | 39.8 | 20% | 38% |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 1.7 km | 30.5 | 4.2% | 20% |
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 1.8 km | 37.6 | 19% | 33% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 1.9 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
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 Drumcondra’s residents
What is the population of Drumcondra?
Drumcondra had 11,149 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drumcondra?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 71% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Drumcondra?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,430 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Drumcondra?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 27% were born abroad and 21% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Drumcondra?
58% are Catholic, 31% have no religion and 12% another religion; 6.7% didn’t say.
Is Drumcondra good for families?
30% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Drumcondra are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drumcondra?
Median gross household income in Drumcondra was €77,750 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).