Photo: Finnfrog99 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 32.5: Dubber is younger than 94% of Irish towns
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Dubber has 59%. There were 2,711 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 7,941 residents. One-person households account for 15%. The neighbourhood has more households of parents with children than 73% of Irish towns, at 48%.
What stands out about the people of Dubber
More born abroad than most towns
43% of residents were born abroad, against 23% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (16%) and elsewhere in the EU (10%); 32% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
54% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 97% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (17%) and Black or Black Irish (5.1%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Dubber’s residents are under 32.5 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 13% are 15 to 24 and 2.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
68% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 96% of Irish towns. 19% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Dubber has grown +21%, faster than 91% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
2.1% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Dubber, 32.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
12% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 82% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten residents 15 and over are students; in Dubber, 12%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Dubber, 12% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more 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.
Households in Dubber hold 3 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%.
68% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Typically, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 19% in Dubber.
The middle household earns €66,260 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €66,260 gross, 10% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Dublin as a whole has a median of €71,120.
Dubber sits above 94% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (43%)
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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 32%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. At home, 44% use another language, chiefly Polish (9.5%), and 4.5% speak English not well or not at all. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.7% in Dubber, less than in 82% 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
1,748 residents, 27% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 46%, a lower share than 97% 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: 46% of Dubber · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (17%) and Black or Black Irish (5.1%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 16%, fewer than in 57% of Irish towns.
Dubber ranks below 79% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 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.
In Dubber, 3.7% of residents give unpaid care, beside 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 39% in Dubber, more than in 58% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 13% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 4.6% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Youngest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 6,749 to 9,299 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.4 in Temple Bar to 50.3 in Dalkey. Nearest to Dubber in age: Temple Bar (31.4), Grand Canal Dock (32.1), Cherry Orchard (33) and Kilcock (33.1).
The towns around Dubber are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubber | 7,941 | — | 32.5 | 2.1% | 48% |
| Finglas North | 9,805 | 1.4 km | 39.4 | 15% | 40% |
| Ballymun | 22,321 | 1.6 km | 36.6 | 13% | 41% |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 2.5 km | 41.9 | 20% | 39% |
| Finglas South | 12,475 | 2.5 km | 37 | 14% | 44% |
| Santry | 6,710 | 3.1 km | 34 | 8.2% | 31% |
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 3.6 km | 37.6 | 19% | 33% |
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 Dubber’s residents
What is the population of Dubber?
Dubber had 7,941 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dubber?
The median age is 32.5, younger than 94% of Irish towns. 29% are under 18 and 2.1% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dubber?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,748 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dubber?
46% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 43% were born abroad and 32% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dubber?
59% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 25% another religion; 15% didn’t say.
Is Dubber good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dubber are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dubber?
Median gross household income in Dubber was €66,260 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).