Photo: Mrspaceman at English Wikipedia · Public domainHalf of Monkstown is over 43, older than 94% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%; Monkstown has 16%. The neighbourhood had 9,831 residents in 3,685 households at the 2022 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 85%. Few places have so few households of parents with children: 39% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Monkstown
Older than most towns
Half of Monkstown’s residents are under 43 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 21% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
26% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 63% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Monkstown changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 75% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Above 92% of Irish towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.1% of residents. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Monkstown sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 12%. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Monkstown, 43. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
12% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 71% 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
In Monkstown, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 65% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 5.8%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.5%.
Monkstown 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.
The census found that 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Monkstown. One-person households are more common here than in 54% of Irish towns.
Monkstown sits below 71% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (12%)
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
No internet at all: 3.4% (typical: 7.6%). One household in 9 has no car or van. More holiday homes than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 0.8%.
Household income at the median: €87,170 a year
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 €87,170, 45% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €71,120 across Co. Dublin.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 11% in Monkstown, less than in 74% 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (7.1%) and in the UK (6.8%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 20% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns.
A larger share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 97% of Irish towns: 2.5%
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
Some 4,383 people here, 48% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. It is the highest share of Co. Dublin’s 116 towns of 2,500+. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 26% in Monkstown, more than in 87% 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: 85% of Monkstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (8.8%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (2%). Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents who said they are Catholic: 63% here, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns.
Monkstown sits above 93% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (41%)
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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Monkstown has 6.5%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Monkstown sits above 96% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (65%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 32% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.7% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
The 2nd oldest of 41 towns of 8,564 to 11,277 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Kilcock (33.1), the youngest, and Donaghmede (43.8), the oldest. Nearest to Monkstown in age: Grantstown and Ballinakill (42.5), Raheny (42.8) and Donaghmede (43.8).
Monkstown and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monkstown | 9,831 | — | 43 | 21% | 39% |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 1.2 km | 39.5 | 17% | 41% |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 2.0 km | 36.6 | 13% | 43% |
| Dún Laoghaire | 17,994 | 2.0 km | 42.1 | 20% | 36% |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 2.4 km | 44.7 | 22% | 47% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 2.6 km | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 3.0 km | 37.2 | 17% | 34% |
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 Monkstown’s residents
What is the population of Monkstown?
Monkstown had 9,831 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Monkstown?
The median age is 43, older than 94% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Monkstown?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,383 people), and 2.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Monkstown?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Monkstown?
63% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 11% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Monkstown good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Monkstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Monkstown?
Median gross household income in Monkstown was €87,170 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 · 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).