Photo: NTF30 · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 93% of Irish towns: half of Glencullen is over 42.8
At 3.3 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. In Glencullen, 2.8% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few one-person households: 14% here, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 376 residents in 113 households.
Glencullen grew +19% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 90% 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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
50–54 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly three fifths of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
3.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Glencullen, 48% and 9%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Glencullen ranks above 66% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 46%
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 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The share of households of parents with children across Ireland’s towns is 43%.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 2.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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: 81% have broadband, and 3.9% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Typically, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €102,170 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €102,170 a year here, 70% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Dublin has a median of €71,120.
Below 93% of Irish towns: 13% 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 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.7%) or elsewhere in the EU (3.8%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. 5.5% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 2.3% in Glencullen, more than in 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 147 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over). The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% 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: 93% of Glencullen · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (4.2%), Other, including mixed (2%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Glencullen has more residents who said they are Catholic than four fifths of Irish towns, at 77%. At 17%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are 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.
8% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Above 53% of Irish towns: 37% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 7.7%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 15% of adults. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Glencullen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencullen | 376 | — | 42.8 | 15% | 46% |
| Enniskerry | 2,000 | 4.2 km | 42.7 | 16% | 51% |
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 4.3 km | 34.3 | 5.9% | 52% |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 5.9 km | 38.9 | 16% | 45% |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 6.0 km | 44.7 | 22% | 47% |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 6.2 km | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Shankill | 11,009 | 6.4 km | 42.2 | 18% | 45% |
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.
Questions about Glencullen’s residents
What is the population of Glencullen?
Glencullen had 376 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glencullen?
The median age is 42.8. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glencullen?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (147 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glencullen?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glencullen?
77% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 5.8% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Glencullen good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glencullen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glencullen?
Median gross household income in Glencullen was €102,170 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. 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).