Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.0Saggart is younger than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 32
53% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. Higher than in 93% of Irish towns: 55% of households live in a flat or apartment. Saggart counted 4,573 residents and 1,263 households at the 2022 Census. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 12%.
What stands out about the people of Saggart
Younger than most towns
Half of Saggart’s residents are under 32 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 8.2% are 15 to 24 and 6.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
51% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 97% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (14%) and Black or Black Irish (4.3%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
More born abroad than most towns
40% 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 (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (11%); 33% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
Growing faster than most
Saggart went from about 3,400 people in 2016 to 4,573 in 2022, +35%: faster growth than in 98% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +35% since 2016, faster than 98% 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%.
Saggart sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.2%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 5–9: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Saggart, 6.1% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Saggart, 32. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Saggart sits above 77% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (10%)
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
Professional occupations stand out among workers: 24%, against a typical 21%. For Saggart, the census puts students among residents 15 and over at 8.9%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Below 78% of Irish towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
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 average 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Here, 46% of households are parents with children. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 72% of Irish towns, at 12%
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
The share of households with broadband is 94%; 3.6% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes: 0.3% of the total.
The middle household earns €69,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €69,250, 15% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin comes in at €71,120 at the median.
Saggart: 40% of residents born outside Ireland
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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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 figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 33% in Saggart and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (11%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.5%, a lower share than 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
The highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. Some 918 people here, 29% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 49%, a lower share than 97% 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: 49% of Saggart · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (14%) and Black or Black Irish (4.3%). Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. At 23%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in just over three quarters of Irish towns.
Fewer unpaid carers than 97% of Irish towns: 2.8%
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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, against 30% in Saggart. Across Ireland’s towns, unpaid carers come to 5.4%.
More adults with a degree or higher than 68% of Irish towns: 44%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
16% of Saggart’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 7.5% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
41 towns of 3,970 to 5,319 people: this is the 2nd youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Dangan (27.5) and the oldest Montenotte (46.5). Nearest to Saggart in age: Dangan (27.5), Woodquay and Nuns Island (32.1) and St Stephen's Green (32.2).
Every nearby town is older than Saggart
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Saggart’s residents
What is the population of Saggart?
Saggart had 4,573 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 35% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saggart?
The median age is 32, younger than 96% of Irish towns. 36% are under 18 and 6.1% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Saggart?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (918 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Saggart?
49% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 40% were born abroad and 33% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Saggart?
53% are Catholic, 23% have no religion and 24% another religion; 29% didn’t say.
Is Saggart good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 36% of residents are under 18. Schools near Saggart are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saggart?
Median gross household income in Saggart was €69,250 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).