Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Households of parents with children: 15%, a lower share than 97% of Irish towns
Half of Parnell Square’s residents are under 34.2, younger than in 87% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 10,117 residents and 3,405 households locally. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 33%. Nothing unusual on holiday homes: 0.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Parnell Square
More born abroad than most towns
52% 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 (29%) and elsewhere in the EU (15%); 60% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
65% 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 (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (21%) and Other, including mixed (11%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
98% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 99% of Irish towns. 75% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
More with no religion than most
34% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 40% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Growth of +20% since 2016 puts Parnell Square ahead of 91% 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 Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, +6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of Irish towns: 6.4%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 13% of residents, 2.2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Parnell Square.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Parnell Square, 34.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Parnell Square: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 86% of Irish towns
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
Census figures put students among residents 15 and over at 11% in Parnell Square. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 84% of Irish towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
One-person households: 27%, above 63% of Irish towns.
Households in flats: 98%, a higher share than 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
At home, 85% have broadband, while 13% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). In Parnell Square, 75% of households have no car or van. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €45,540 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 €45,540 a year, 24% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Dublin, the figure is €71,120.
Parnell Square: 52% of residents were born outside Ireland, above 98% 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.
The most common home language after English is Spanish (3.1%); in all 30% speak another language, and 5.7% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. Parnell Square has more residents with another country’s citizenship than 99% of Irish towns, at 60%.
Parnell Square ranks below 96% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.5%
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
Monkstown leads Co. Dublin with 2.5%. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Parnell Square, 35% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 99% 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: 35% of Parnell Square · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents said they have no religion in Parnell Square. 40% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (21%) and Other, including mixed (11%).
Unpaid carers: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Where just over a third of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, Parnell Square has 25%. Measured more widely, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 44% in Parnell Square, more than in 68% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Parnell Square, 11%, and 19% hold a postgraduate qualification. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 1st of 41 towns of 8,734 to 11,741 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 34.2 in Parnell Square to 43.8 in Donaghmede. Nearest to Parnell Square in age: Phibsborough (34.5) and Ratoath (34.6).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Parnell Square
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | — | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 0.4 km | 30.5 | 4.2% | 20% |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 0.5 km | 34.5 | 11% | 16% |
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | 0.7 km | 33.3 | 4.7% | 13% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 1.1 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| Stoneybatter | 18,644 | 1.3 km | 33.4 | 7.2% | 16% |
| Temple Bar | 7,276 | 1.3 km | 31.4 | 6.2% | 12% |
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 Parnell Square’s residents
What is the population of Parnell Square?
Parnell Square had 10,117 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 20% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Parnell Square?
The median age is 34.2, younger than 87% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 6.4% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Parnell Square?
14% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (825 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Parnell Square?
35% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 52% were born abroad and 60% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Parnell Square?
40% are Catholic, 34% have no religion and 27% another religion; 42% didn’t say.
Is Parnell Square good for families?
15% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Parnell Square are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Parnell Square?
Median gross household income in Parnell Square was €45,540 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).