Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0In Glasnevin, 27% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Glasnevin, 14%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are common here: 28%, more than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. The neighbourhood’s 3,747 households held 9,299 residents at the 2022 Census. There are 5% more residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Glasnevin
More with no religion than most
32% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 58% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, 68% of Irish towns grew faster than Glasnevin: +5%
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.
15% of Glasnevin is 65 or over, a higher share than 60% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Glasnevin. With a median age of 37.7, Glasnevin is older than 51% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Glasnevin, 37.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Glasnevin ranks above 84% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 12%
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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 39%, against a typical 21%. On students among residents 15 and over, Glasnevin sits higher than two thirds of Irish towns: 11%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Glasnevin ranks above 79% of Irish towns on one-person households: 29%
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.
In Glasnevin the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. One-person households: 24% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Glasnevin ranks above 83% of Irish towns on households in flats: 35%
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
92% of households are on broadband; 6.6% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats make up 12% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 0.3% of homes are holiday homes.
€75,610 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €75,610 a year before tax, the median household income is 26% above that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
19% of residents are citizens of another country, a share 69% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Against a figure of 22% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland in Glasnevin comes in at 25%. Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. The most common home language after English is Spanish (2.2%); in all 17% speak another language, and 2% speak English not well or not at all.
Glasnevin: 2.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, above 95% 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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 3,957 residents (49% of those aged 3 and over). The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
Glasnevin ranks above 94% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 32%
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: 79% of Glasnevin · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 58%, Glasnevin is behind 85% of Irish towns on that count. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 17% across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (13%), Other, including mixed (3.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%).
Half of adults have never married
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.
Across Glasnevin, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. Married residents 15 and over make up 34%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 95% of Irish towns, at 63%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 30% of adults; primary level or less for 4.7% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
16th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,152 to 10,743
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Grand Canal Dock is the youngest (32.1); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to Glasnevin in age: Kilmainham (36.7), Booterstown (37.2), Bandon (38) and Tuam (38.1).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Glasnevin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnevin | 9,299 | — | 37.7 | 15% | 27% |
| Drumcondra | 11,149 | 1.1 km | 35.9 | 13% | 30% |
| Cabra East | 13,895 | 1.3 km | 37.5 | 13% | 25% |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 1.5 km | 34.5 | 11% | 16% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 1.7 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 1.7 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 1.9 km | 41.9 | 20% | 39% |
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 Glasnevin’s residents
What is the population of Glasnevin?
Glasnevin had 9,299 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glasnevin?
The median age is 37.7, older than 51% of Irish towns. 16% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glasnevin?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,957 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glasnevin?
79% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glasnevin?
58% are Catholic, 32% have no religion and 10% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Glasnevin good for families?
27% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glasnevin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glasnevin?
Median gross household income in Glasnevin was €75,610 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).