Photo: JP · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households of parents with children than 85% of Irish towns: 31%
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%; Inchicore has 36%. 14% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 86% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 5,285 residents here, living in 2,034 households. Locally, 61% of residents said they are Catholic.
+15% since 2016, a pace 81% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Inchicore is younger than 61% of Irish towns: a median age of 36.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 9.1% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Inchicore, 36.8. 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.8% in Inchicore, more than in 68% 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
Work here tilts toward elementary occupations, at 13% against a typical 11%. For Inchicore, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 10%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
28% of households are one person living alone, a share 70% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Households in Inchicore hold 2.6 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%.
In Inchicore, 25% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 80% 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
Broadband: 86% of households. Across the comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Inchicore has more holiday homes than 58% of Irish towns, at 0.3%.
The midpoint household income is €51,490 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €51,490 a year before tax: 14% under the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €71,120 (Co. Dublin).
In Inchicore, 19% of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 71% 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 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (9.9%) and elsewhere in the EU (6.3%). 22% of residents were born outside Ireland, a higher share than in 51% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
1.3% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
Monkstown leads Co. Dublin with 2.5%. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 77% of Irish towns: 24% of residents said they have no religion
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: 72% of Inchicore · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (14%), Black or Black Irish (5.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (4.4%).
26% of residents 15 and over are married, below 90% 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.
On unpaid carers, 4.6% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 33% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Inchicore
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Inchicore’s adults, 13% went on to postgraduate study and 17% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,794 to 5,851
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Ballinfoile and Terryland (30.4) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Inchicore in age: Ferrybank (36.5), Oranmore (36.6), Poleberry (36.9) and Carrickmacross (36.9).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Inchicore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchicore | 5,285 | — | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 1.1 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Kilmainham | 10,240 | 1.1 km | 36.7 | 12% | 27% |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 1.3 km | 39.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 1.4 km | 39 | 16% | 35% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 1.6 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 1.7 km | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
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 Inchicore’s residents
What is the population of Inchicore?
Inchicore had 5,285 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Inchicore?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 61% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Inchicore?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,116 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Inchicore?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Inchicore?
61% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 16% another religion; 23% didn’t say.
Is Inchicore good for families?
31% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Inchicore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inchicore?
Median gross household income in Inchicore was €51,490 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).