Photo: O'Dea · CC BY-SA 4.0Perrystown is older than 98% of Irish towns: a median age of 45.1
91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 78%. The 2022 Census put Perrystown’s population at 7,581, in 3,043 households. Locally, 4.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in three quarters of Irish towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Perrystown
Older than most towns
Half of Perrystown’s residents are under 45.1 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 23% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Perrystown went from about 7,590 people in 2016 to 7,581 in 2022, ±0%: slower growth than in 93% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Many carers
About 550 residents (7.3%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 98% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, 93% of Irish towns grew faster than Perrystown: ±0%
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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 96% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 12% across Ireland’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Perrystown, 45.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 97% of Irish towns: 7.7%
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
Workers here lean to administrative and secretarial: 16%, against a typical 9.8%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Perrystown sits below 78% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (36%)
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.
Households in Perrystown hold 2.5 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3.5%. Elsewhere, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
0.1% of homes are holiday homes, fewer than in 74% 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 9% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. In Perrystown, 17% of households have no car or van.
Median household income: €61,760 a year
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 €61,760 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
In Perrystown, 11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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.
9.3% speak another language at home, most often Spanish (1.1%); 1.1% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 97% of Irish towns: 6.2% of residents are citizens of another country. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Can speak Irish: 37% of Perrystown’s residents
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 highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). Irish speakers number 2,642, or 37% of residents aged 3 and over. Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.2%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Perrystown: 22% of residents said they have no religion, above 72% 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: 91% of Perrystown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%) and Other, including mixed (1.3%). Higher than in 58% of Irish towns: 72% of residents said they are Catholic. Elsewhere, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Perrystown: 39% of residents 15 and over are married, above 86% 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.
Unpaid carers make up 7.3%, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
35% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 51% of Irish towns
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 13% of adults here, while 16% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (6,597 to 8,734 people), the 3rd oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Temple Bar (31.4) and the oldest Dalkey (50.3). Nearest to Perrystown in age: Turner's Cross (43), Farranshone (43.5), Howth (47.7) and Dalkey (50.3).
Every neighbour of Perrystown has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrystown | 7,581 | — | 45.1 | 23% | 36% |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 1.1 km | 39.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Templeogue | 18,076 | 1.1 km | 43.3 | 23% | 42% |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 1.7 km | 39.1 | 16% | 32% |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 1.9 km | 39 | 16% | 35% |
| Terenure | 10,391 | 2.3 km | 39.6 | 17% | 36% |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 2.4 km | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
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 Perrystown’s residents
What is the population of Perrystown?
Perrystown had 7,581 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Perrystown?
The median age is 45.1, older than 98% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Perrystown?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,642 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Perrystown?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Perrystown?
72% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 5.9% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Perrystown good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Perrystown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Perrystown?
Median gross household income in Perrystown was €61,760 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).