Photo: Ro55box · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of one-person households than 92% of Irish towns: 15%
In Lucan, 8.4% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. The neighbourhood had 23,033 residents in 7,592 households at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 57% of residents said they are Catholic. Few places have as many households of parents with children: 50% here, more than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Lucan
Growing faster than most
Lucan went from about 16,790 people in 2016 to 23,033 in 2022, +37%: faster growth than in 98% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
A mix of backgrounds
39% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 90% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Asian or Asian Irish (17%), Other White (13%) and Black or Black Irish (5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +37% change since 2016: faster than 98% 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.
Across Co. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Younger than 73% of Irish towns: half of Lucan is under 35.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 9.6% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 65% 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+
■ Lucan, 35.7. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
Lucan sits above 58% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (11%)
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Lucan, 52% and 9.7%. Here, 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
3 people per household, more than in 90% 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 other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 50% of Irish towns.
A larger share of households in flats than 73% of Irish towns: 18%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. 3.2% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 96% have broadband.
Median household income here: €84,840 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €84,840 a year, 41% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
32% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 85% 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (14%), then in India (7.2%). The wider picture: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 20%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is higher than in three quarters of Irish towns.
38% of Lucan can speak Irish
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 highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). In all, 7,935 residents aged 3 and over (38%) can speak Irish. Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.3%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Lucan sits below 90% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (61%)
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: 61% of Lucan · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Asian or Asian Irish (17%), Other White (13%) and Black or Black Irish (5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Lucan has fewer residents with no religion than 57% of Irish towns, at 16%.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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.
At 4.6%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Lucan sits above 78% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (50%)
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 19% of adults; primary level or less for 6.4% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Jobstown is the youngest (32.4); Beaumont the oldest (42.9). Nearest to Lucan in age: Mulhuddart (35.6), Letterkenny (35.7), Portlaoise (35.9) and Carlow (36.3).
Around Lucan, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan | 23,033 | — | 35.7 | 12% | 50% |
| Esker | 19,110 | 1.6 km | 33.5 | 3.9% | 60% |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 2.3 km | 33.6 | 3.7% | 56% |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 3.5 km | 35.7 | 11% | 49% |
| Leixlip | 16,733 | 3.6 km | 38.6 | 17% | 49% |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 4.0 km | 35.9 | 14% | 49% |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 4.9 km | 40.4 | 18% | 42% |
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 Lucan’s residents
What is the population of Lucan?
Lucan had 23,033 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 37% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lucan?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 73% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Lucan?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (7,935 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Lucan?
61% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 32% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Lucan?
57% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 27% another religion; 5.4% didn’t say.
Is Lucan good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Lucan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lucan?
Median gross household income in Lucan was €84,840 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).