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A neighbourhood in Dublin, home to 12,884 people. It skews young: only 3% of residents are 65 or over.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Health is its strong suit — 88 residents in bad health and 81 with a disability for every 100 its ages predict. What counts against it is cost of living: set against the median household income, the median home, at €475,000, costs 5.7 times as much. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #52 of 116 in Co. Dublin. On that grade it does better than 57% of Irish towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: health, work and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Hollystown does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hollystown with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
19 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Hollystown. Best known first.
Big drawZooDublin Zoo4.1 km outside town, to the southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Castle · Office of Public WorksPhoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle3 km outside town, to the southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens3.9 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleDunsoghly Castle1.5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumGlasnevin Cemetery Museum3.9 km outside town, to the southeastWater parkWater parkAquazone1.1 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hollystown.
13% of residents have a disability, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%). Self-reported good health: 93% of Hollystown’s residents. Family carers: 3.5% of the people in Hollystown look after someone without pay.
| Census 2022 | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 13% | 22% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 3.5% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 93% | 89% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 0.9% | 1.9% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Landslides: none of Hollystown lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Radon is rarely a worry locally: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Nearly one in ten households rent from a council or housing body. A buyer in Hollystown paid 335% more for a typical home in 2025 than in 2012: €494K against €114K. Owners make up 62% of households, about level with Irish towns (61%) and below Co. Dublin’s towns (66%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €475,000 | 664 |
| Second-hand homes | €516,500 | 70 |
| The last 12 months | €510,000 | 62 |
| Housing | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 29% | 19% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €475K | €450K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 9% | 10% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 62% | 66% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Single-sex secondaries: 33%, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). The nearest secondary, Rath Dara Community College, is 1.9 km away. Within 3 km of Hollystown there are 68 schools (51 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and 5 special schools).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids Mxd N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 834 | Catholic |
| Hartstown Community SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 1,120 | Inter-denominational |
| Gaelscoil an Chuilinn GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 282 | Inter-denominational |
| St Michaels Secondary School DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 646 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −3% | +4% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 33% | 40% | 39% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.
The census found just over a fifth of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The average trip to work took 31.8 min, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (31.1 min) and above Irish towns (27.6 min). Driving is how 68% of commuters got to work at the census.
| Census 2022 | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €83,520 | €72,400 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 31.8 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 28% | 23% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 8.7% | 7.3% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
The commonest graded crime in Hollystown was damage to property (2023–2025). Homes saw 7.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (7.5) and above Irish towns (6.4).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| Violent crime | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Hollystown gets 830 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.9°C, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). It is 0.2°C warmer over the year than in 1981–2010.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.2°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 830 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its paths and tracks come to 3.3 km per km², below Co. Dublin’s towns (5.5 km per km²) but above Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). 2 parks and 53 ha of green space in all: that is Hollystown’s share. This Co. Dublin town offers 4.1 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 55% | 100% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 3.3 km per km² | 5.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 2% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
People 65 and over make up 2.5% of the town, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (14%). 29% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 14% of the town.
49.0% of Hollystown’s residents are women
6,316 women and 6,568 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 29% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 35% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 2.5% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 4.3% | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 45% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fingal County Council has no ruling majority: Independent hold 7 of its 40 seats, short of the 21 needed. Hollystown is run by Fingal County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. It sits in the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart local electoral area, which elects 5 councillors.
| Turnout | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 33% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 57% | 57% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, that is 3 inventory buildings for every 10,000 people in Hollystown. The Sites and Monuments Record lists 19 sites here, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (6) and Irish towns (11). 0.2% of homes date from before 1919.
| Heritage | Hollystown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 3 | 10 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 19 | 6 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0.2% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Hollystown’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 19 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
No notable person born in Hollystown is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Graham Carey: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0 · Roderic O'Gorman: Roderic O'Gorman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mark Ferguson: Mark Ferguson, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollystown | 12,884 | — | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 1.9 | B− | B | C+ | C |
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 3.3 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 3.8 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Clonee Meath | 1,205 | 4.1 | — | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 4.4 | A− | B | C+ | A |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 5.1 | A | B− | C+ | A+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Hollystown had 12,884 people at the 2022 census, up from 9,309 in 2016: 38.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Hollystown is 30.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
12,884 people live in Hollystown, in the area of Fingal County Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).