Photo: Jonjobaker · CC BY-SA 4.03.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Edmondstown is home to 5,451 residents in 1,835 households, by the 2022 Census. Here, 50% of households are parents with children. The median age here is 39.5, higher than in 73% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Edmondstown
Fewer people than before
Edmondstown went from about 5,520 people in 2016 to 5,451 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Dublin’s towns +6%.
In Edmondstown, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 64% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Edmondstown has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 56% of Irish towns, at 13%. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Edmondstown, 39.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 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 4.6% in Edmondstown, less than in 90% 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
Workers here lean to professional occupations: 25%, against a typical 21%. Just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 81% of Irish towns: 2.9 people on average
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.
Edmondstown sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Edmondstown, nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households without a car or van than 78% of Irish towns: 9.4%
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
At 0.1%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Households here have a median income of €76,210 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €76,210 a year before tax, the median household income is 27% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin comes in at €71,120 at the median.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 95% of Irish towns: 6.6%
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 share of residents born outside Ireland trails 90% of Irish towns: 13%. The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (5.4%) and in the UK (4.5%).
Able to speak Irish: 39% in Edmondstown
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
Monkstown leads Co. Dublin with 2.5%. Edmondstown has more daily speakers of Irish outside education than 67% of Irish towns, at 1.3%.
Edmondstown: 19% of residents said they have no religion, above 62% 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: 88% of Edmondstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (5.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.3%). Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who said they are Catholic are rarer here than in 55% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 37%, a higher share than 71% 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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Edmondstown has 6.5%. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Edmondstown ranks above 60% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 40%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Edmondstown, 9.7%, and 16% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 15th of 41 towns of 4,899 to 6,051 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 25.6 in Gillabbey to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to Edmondstown in age: Ballybofey-Stranorlar (39.3), Knocknaheeny (39.3), Passage West-Monkstown (39.6) and Glounthaune (40.1).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Edmondstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmondstown | 5,451 | — | 39.5 | 13% | 50% |
| Ballyboden | 5,246 | 1.1 km | 41.5 | 18% | 50% |
| Rathfarnham | 17,508 | 1.6 km | 43.3 | 22% | 42% |
| Knocklyon | 13,854 | 1.7 km | 36.9 | 13% | 55% |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 2.4 km | 44.1 | 24% | 41% |
| Churchtown | 10,044 | 2.8 km | 40.5 | 19% | 42% |
| Firhouse | 12,254 | 3.0 km | 36.3 | 10% | 56% |
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 Edmondstown’s residents
What is the population of Edmondstown?
Edmondstown had 5,451 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Edmondstown?
The median age is 39.5, older than 73% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Edmondstown?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,973 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Edmondstown?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Edmondstown?
70% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 11% another religion; 5.1% didn’t say.
Is Edmondstown good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Edmondstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Edmondstown?
Median gross household income in Edmondstown was €76,210 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).