Photo: Sheila1988 · CC BY-SA 4.0More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 60%
11% of households are one person living alone; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 24%. Across Esker, 6.1% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are scarce here: 58%, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns. The neighbourhood is home to 19,110 residents in 5,527 households, by the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Esker
A student neighbourhood
16% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 94% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 17% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of families
51% of households are couples with children and 9.7% lone parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns and the highest share in Co. Dublin; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Esker’s residents are under 33.5 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 17% are 15 to 24 and 3.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
38% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 88% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (16%), Asian or Asian Irish (12%) and Black or Black Irish (4.9%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Esker changed by +5% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 67% 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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
3.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 17% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Esker is 33.5, lower than in 90% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Esker, 33.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 16% in Esker, more than in 94% 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
Where 9.8% is typical, administrative and secretarial take in just over one in ten workers. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Esker households average 3.5 people, larger than in 99% 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.
The census found that 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Esker.
In Esker, 9.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 64% 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
Most homes are connected: 97% have broadband, and 1.9% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 0.1% of homes are holiday homes.
Median household income here: €87,710 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Esker’s households have a gross income above €87,710 a year, 46% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland: 30%, a higher share than 79% 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.
33% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.6%); 3.8% speak English not well or not at all. Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 67% of Irish towns: 18% of residents are citizens of another country.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 85% of Irish towns, at 1.7%
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%). The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 88% of Irish towns, at 62%
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: 62% of Esker · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Esker, 16% of residents said they have no religion. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Esker, 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.
Unpaid carers make up 4.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
41% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 62% of Irish towns
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Esker, 5.9%, and 14% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Still in education: just over a fifth of residents 15 and over.
The 5th youngest of 41 towns of 15,864 to 22,869 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.2 in East Wall to 44.1 in Ballinteer. Nearest to Esker in age: Maynooth (33.2), Stoneybatter (33.4), Clonsilla (34.3) and Rathmines West (34.3).
No nearby town is as young as Esker
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esker | 19,110 | — | 33.5 | 3.9% | 60% |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 1.5 km | 33.6 | 3.7% | 56% |
| Lucan | 23,033 | 1.6 km | 35.7 | 12% | 50% |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 2.0 km | 35.7 | 11% | 49% |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 2.6 km | 35.9 | 14% | 49% |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 3.7 km | 40.4 | 18% | 42% |
| Clondalkin | 22,788 | 4.0 km | 37.1 | 12% | 47% |
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 Esker’s residents
What is the population of Esker?
Esker had 19,110 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Esker?
The median age is 33.5, younger than 90% of Irish towns. 31% are under 18 and 3.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Esker?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (6,781 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Esker?
62% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Esker?
58% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 26% another religion; 6% didn’t say.
Is Esker good for families?
60% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Esker are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Esker?
Median gross household income in Esker was €87,710 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).