Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 13% of households are parents with children in O'Connell Street
The share of households without a car or van is 82%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put O'Connell Street’s population at 6,749, in 2,187 households. On the census count, 31% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
What stands out about the people of O'Connell Street
More born abroad than anywhere else in Co. Dublin
56% of residents were born abroad, against 23% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (28%) and elsewhere in the EU (17%); 68% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
72% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (29%), Asian or Asian Irish (26%) and Other, including mixed (12%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
More with no religion than most
36% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 34% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of O'Connell Street’s residents are under 33.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 12% are 15 to 24 and 4.7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +19% change since 2016: O'Connell Street grew faster than 90% 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 92% of Irish towns: half of O'Connell Street is under 33.3
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 15% of residents, 2.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 4.7% here, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ O'Connell Street, 33.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 93% of Irish towns: 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
12% of residents 15 and over are students; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 10%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
O'Connell Street households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 77% 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 share of one-person households stands at 23%.
O'Connell Street: 96% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 99% 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
90% have broadband at home and 8.2% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). O'Connell Street has more holiday homes than 79% of Irish towns, at 0.8%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €57,780 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €57,780 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 56% in O'Connell Street, more than in 99% 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 65%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
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.
33% speak another language at home, most often Spanish (3.3%); 4.8% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are common here: 68%, more than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland.
0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns
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
In all, 511 residents aged 3 and over (14%) can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
O'Connell Street sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (29%)
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: 29% of O'Connell Street · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 34% in O'Connell Street. Residents with no religion account for 36%. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%.
Only 1.9% of residents give unpaid care in O'Connell Street
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.
Here 25% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 34%. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 88% of Irish towns, at 57%
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 a quarter of adults; primary level or less for 7.2% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (5,789 to 7,874), the 4th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 25.6 in Gillabbey to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to O'Connell Street in age: Ballinfoile and Terryland (30.4), Temple Bar (31.4), South Gate (33.7) and Clongriffin (33.7).
O'Connell Street and its 6 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | — | 33.3 | 4.7% | 13% |
| Temple Bar | 7,276 | 0.7 km | 31.4 | 6.2% | 12% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 0.7 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 0.9 km | 30.5 | 4.2% | 20% |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 1.0 km | 34.5 | 11% | 16% |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 1.2 km | 32.2 | 8.1% | 20% |
| Stoneybatter | 18,644 | 1.3 km | 33.4 | 7.2% | 16% |
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 O'Connell Street’s residents
What is the population of O'Connell Street?
O'Connell Street had 6,749 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in O'Connell Street?
The median age is 33.3, younger than 92% of Irish towns. 16% are under 18 and 4.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in O'Connell Street?
14% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (511 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is O'Connell Street?
29% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 56% were born abroad and 68% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in O'Connell Street?
34% are Catholic, 36% have no religion and 29% another religion; 44% didn’t say.
Is O'Connell Street good for families?
13% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near O'Connell Street are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in O'Connell Street?
Median gross household income in O'Connell Street was €57,780 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).