Photo: Jamip29 · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of Irish towns, at 16%
A household here has 3.1 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. The 2022 Census counted 19,252 people in Mulhuddart, in 6,240 households; half are older than 35.6 (younger than 75% of Irish towns). On the census count, half of households are parents with children. Fewer residents with no religion than in 77% of Irish towns: 13%.
What stands out about the people of Mulhuddart
A mix of backgrounds
38% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 88% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (18%), Black or Black Irish (9.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (6.1%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower growth than 66% of Irish towns: Mulhuddart changed by +5% since 2016
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.
Half of Mulhuddart is under 35.6, younger than 75% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15–19 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 10% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Mulhuddart, 35.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Mulhuddart
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 Mulhuddart, 24% and 21%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Mulhuddart sits below 90% of Irish towns for one-person households (15%)
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.
Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 5% in Mulhuddart. On average, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 59% of Irish towns: 11%
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
Connected households: 94% on broadband; 4.1% offline (typical: 7.6%). Census figures put holiday homes at 0.1% in Mulhuddart. The share of households in flats across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
Median household income here: €65,100 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Mulhuddart’s households have a gross income above €65,100 a year, 8% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). County median: €71,120 (Co. Dublin).
Mulhuddart: 30% of residents were born outside Ireland, above 80% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 18%, Mulhuddart is ahead of two thirds of Irish towns on that count. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (14%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.1%). Against that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 29% of Mulhuddart
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 4,852 people here, 29% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). At 0.9%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 88% of Irish towns: 62%
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: 62% of Mulhuddart · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 61% in Mulhuddart. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (18%), Black or Black Irish (9.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (6.1%).
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 63% of Irish towns: 33%
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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.2% in Mulhuddart. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 86% of Irish towns: 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Among 41 towns of 15,907 to 23,033 people, the 10th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
East Wall is the youngest (31.2); Ballinteer the oldest (44.1). Nearest to Mulhuddart in age: Stepaside (34.3), Dolphins Barn (34.6), Letterkenny (35.7) and Lucan (35.7).
Mulhuddart sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | — | 35.6 | 10% | 50% |
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 1.6 km | 37.3 | 14% | 45% |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 1.9 km | 30.9 | 2.5% | 58% |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 2.2 km | 34.3 | 5.8% | 59% |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 3.1 km | 31.6 | 2.5% | 56% |
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 3.3 km | 37.4 | 11% | 52% |
| Clonee | 1,205 | 3.4 km | 34.2 | 5.6% | 39% |
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 Mulhuddart’s residents
What is the population of Mulhuddart?
Mulhuddart had 19,252 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mulhuddart?
The median age is 35.6, younger than 75% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mulhuddart?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,852 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mulhuddart?
62% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mulhuddart?
61% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 25% another religion; 8.4% didn’t say.
Is Mulhuddart good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mulhuddart are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mulhuddart?
Median gross household income in Mulhuddart was €65,100 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).