Photo: PUR DU · CC BY-SA 4.020% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children; in Marino, 38%. The census found that 85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. On shared households of unrelated adults, Marino sits higher than 72% of Irish towns: 7.4%. Census day 2022: 6,272 residents and 2,331 households locally.
What stands out about the people of Marino
Many older residents
20% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Irish towns; 6% are 80 or over, and 24% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, Marino outgrew 52% of Irish towns: +8%
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.
Older than 77% of Irish towns: half of Marino is over 39.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Marino, 39.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 80% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 10% across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students here. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Marino households average 2.6 people, smaller than in 58% 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.
For Marino, the census puts one-person households at 24%.
Households in flats: 15%, a higher share than 61% 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
Households without a car or van make up 19%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 12% across Ireland’s towns. In Marino, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
€79,470 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €79,470, 32% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €71,120 across Co. Dublin.
Only 18% of residents were born outside Ireland in Marino
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (7.3%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.4%). Marino has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than just over two thirds of Irish towns, at 12%. Typically, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Marino ranks above 95% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 2.3%
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 2,635 residents (45% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Marino ranks above 78% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 24%
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: 85% of Marino · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%) and Other, including mixed (2.7%). On residents who said they are Catholic, Marino sits lower than 61% of Irish towns: 69%. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 69% of Irish towns: 37%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 6%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 79% of Irish towns: 50%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by just over a fifth of adults here, while 9% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (5,478 to 7,155 people), the 9th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Gillabbey (25.6) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Marino in age: Passage West-Monkstown (39.6), Buncrana (39.8), The Glen (40.6) and Westport (41.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Marino, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marino | 6,272 | — | 39.8 | 20% | 38% |
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | 1.1 km | 38.7 | 15% | 33% |
| Beaumont | 19,072 | 1.3 km | 42.9 | 23% | 39% |
| Drumcondra | 11,149 | 1.4 km | 35.9 | 13% | 30% |
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 1.6 km | 37.6 | 19% | 33% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 2.1 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| Kilmore | 9,786 | 2.2 km | 39 | 14% | 43% |
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 Marino’s residents
What is the population of Marino?
Marino had 6,272 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Marino?
The median age is 39.8, older than 77% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Marino?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,635 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Marino?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Marino?
69% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 7.5% another religion; 4.1% didn’t say.
Is Marino good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Marino are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Marino?
Median gross household income in Marino was €79,470 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).