Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in flats than 88% of Irish towns: 39%
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (8.7%), Dundrum is above 77% of Irish towns. Its population is up 6% on 2016. In Dundrum, 37% of households are parents with children. 74% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Dundrum
More with no religion than most
26% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 58% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
39% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 88% of Irish towns. 15% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Dundrum’s population moved +6% on 2016, less than in 58% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Younger than 58% of Irish towns: half of Dundrum is under 37
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 14% across Ireland’s towns. The largest age band is 25–29: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Dundrum, 37. 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 13%, a higher share than 85% 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
Students among residents 15 and over make up 11%, against 10% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 64% 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.
One-person households: 22%, below 60% of Irish towns.
Dundrum sits below 62% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (15%)
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
On holiday homes, 0.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
The median household brings in €88,640 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €88,640, 47% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
Above 69% of Irish towns: 27% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
Nearly a fifth of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.4%).
An Irish-speaking neighbourhood: 1.6% 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
No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%). As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
26% of residents said they have no religion, a share 86% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 74% of Dundrum · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (13%), Asian or Asian Irish (7.7%) and Other, including mixed (4.6%). At 58%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is lower than in 86% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Dundrum, more than in 78% of Irish towns
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 5.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
64% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 95% 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, 29% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.7% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Castletroy (29) and the oldest Ballinteer (44.1). Nearest to Dundrum in age: Carrigaline (36.6), Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney (36.8), Knocknacarra (38) and Old Bawn (38).
Dundrum sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundrum | 16,570 | — | 37 | 15% | 37% |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 1.2 km | 44.1 | 24% | 41% |
| Churchtown | 10,044 | 1.8 km | 40.5 | 19% | 42% |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 1.9 km | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 2.2 km | 29.4 | 12% | 32% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 2.5 km | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Rathfarnham | 17,508 | 3.0 km | 43.3 | 22% | 42% |
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 Dundrum’s residents
What is the population of Dundrum?
Dundrum had 16,570 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dundrum?
The median age is 37, younger than 58% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dundrum?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (6,572 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dundrum?
74% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 27% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dundrum?
58% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 17% another religion; 4.2% didn’t say.
Is Dundrum good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dundrum are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dundrum?
Median gross household income in Dundrum was €88,640 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).