Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Foxrock is over 44.7, older than 98% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%; Foxrock has 4%. 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Lower than in 73% of Irish towns: 19% of households are one person living alone. At the 2022 Census, 12,163 people lived locally, in 4,213 households.
What stands out about the people of Foxrock
Older than most towns
Half of Foxrock’s residents are under 44.7 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 22% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
A student neighbourhood
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 88% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 13% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower growth than 64% of Irish towns: Foxrock changed by +6% since 2016
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.
22% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Foxrock, 44.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Foxrock ranks above 88% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 14%
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 21% is typical, professional occupations take in 38% of workers. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.9 people per household, more 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.
Compared with 43% across Ireland’s towns, 47% of households are parents with children here.
A lower share of households in flats than 86% of Irish towns, at 5.4%
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
Nothing unusual on holiday homes: 0.5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 97% of households. 5.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, less than in 86% of Irish towns, against a typical 12% across Ireland’s towns.
The median household brings in €105,770 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Foxrock’s households have a gross income above €105,770 a year, 76% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin the median is €71,120.
Only 7.9% of residents are citizens of another country in Foxrock
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.
At home, 12% use another language, chiefly French (2.5%), and 1% speak English not well or not at all. Residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 17% of residents were born outside Ireland, a lower share than in 76% of Irish towns.
Irish speakers: 50% of Foxrock’s residents
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
At 1.4%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Some 5,741 people here, 50% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 87% of Irish towns: 88%
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 Foxrock · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion in Foxrock. 71% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 51% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (6.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%) and Other, including mixed (1.9%).
Foxrock sits above 99% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (47%)
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.
The share of unpaid carers is 6.4%, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
63% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 95% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Foxrock, 2%, and 29% hold a postgraduate qualification. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 17% are still studying.
Among 41 towns of 10,391 to 14,213 people, the 1st oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 29.4 in Clonskeagh to 44.7 in Foxrock. Nearest to Foxrock in age: Ballygall (41.9) and Shankill (42.2).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Foxrock
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxrock | 12,163 | — | 44.7 | 22% | 47% |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 1.6 km | 38.9 | 16% | 45% |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 2.3 km | 36.6 | 13% | 43% |
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 2.4 km | 43 | 21% | 39% |
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 2.5 km | 45.5 | 26% | 47% |
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 2.7 km | 34.3 | 5.9% | 52% |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 2.9 km | 39.5 | 17% | 41% |
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 Foxrock’s residents
What is the population of Foxrock?
Foxrock had 12,163 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Foxrock?
The median age is 44.7, older than 98% of Irish towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Foxrock?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (5,741 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Foxrock?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 7.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Foxrock?
71% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 10% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Foxrock good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Foxrock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Foxrock?
Median gross household income in Foxrock was €105,770 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).