Only 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Rivermeade
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Rivermeade comes in at 90%. Meanwhile, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 521 residents in 171 households. Here, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
+6% since 2016: slower than 57% 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.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a higher share than 85% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: one in ten residents. Half of Rivermeade’s residents are over 39.9, older than in 78% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 3.3%, a lower share than 97% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Rivermeade, 23% and 24%. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Rivermeade, 15% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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.
At 3.1 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. On top of that, 53% of households are parents with children, more than in 86% of Irish towns. One-person households: 24% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
100% of homes are houses
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
Broadband reaches 86% of households; 12% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Here, 17% of households have no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €73,830 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€73,830 a year before tax puts the median household 23% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 10% in Rivermeade, less than in 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 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%; Rivermeade has 5.9%. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%. At home, 7.4% use another language, chiefly Polish (1.3%), and 1.9% speak English not well or not at all.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns: 0.6%
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
Irish speakers number 116, or nearly a quarter of residents aged 3 and over. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%). The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
No religion: 9.4% of residents, a lower share than 95% 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: 90% of Rivermeade · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (8.1%), Black or Black Irish (1%) and Irish Traveller (0.6%). Against that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. At 81%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 91% of Irish towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 8.6% of residents give unpaid care
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.
A third of residents 15 and over are married (Ireland’s towns: 34%). Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Rivermeade ranks below 99% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 11%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 2.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 22% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Rivermeade is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivermeade | 521 | — | 39.9 | 19% | 53% |
| Swords | 40,776 | 4.0 km | 36.9 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Dubber | 7,941 | 5.3 km | 32.5 | 2.1% | 48% |
| Kinsealy-Drinan | 7,526 | 5.9 km | 34.4 | 3.9% | 53% |
| Santry | 6,710 | 6.1 km | 34 | 8.2% | 31% |
| Ballymun | 22,321 | 6.1 km | 36.6 | 13% | 41% |
| Finglas North | 9,805 | 6.6 km | 39.4 | 15% | 40% |
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.
Questions about Rivermeade’s residents
What is the population of Rivermeade?
Rivermeade had 521 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rivermeade?
The median age is 39.9. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rivermeade?
24% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (116 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rivermeade?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rivermeade?
81% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 10% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Rivermeade good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rivermeade are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rivermeade?
Median gross household income in Rivermeade was €73,830 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. 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).