Photo: NTF30 · CC BY-SA 4.049% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 91% of Irish towns don’t reach
24% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 11% of the total. The median age in Sandyford is 35.2, lower than in 78% of Irish towns. There were 3,306 households locally at the 2022 Census, home to 8,844 residents.
What stands out about the people of Sandyford
More born abroad than most towns
39% 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 (17%) and in India (9.5%); 33% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
42% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 92% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Asian or Asian Irish (16%), Other White (16%) and Other, including mixed (7.2%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
15% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 5.8% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
49% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 91% of Irish towns. 26% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+10% since 2016, a pace 64% of Irish towns didn’t match
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%.
In Sandyford, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 14% here, fewer than in 53% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Sandyford, 35.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
More residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Irish towns: 15%
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
10% of residents 15 and over are students, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Sandyford, 37% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 75% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Sandyford, 2.6. As a yardstick, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Here, a fifth of households are one person living alone.
In Sandyford, 26% of households have no car or van, more than in 79% 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
Internet at home: broadband for 95%, nothing for 3.9% (typical: 7.6%). Measured more widely, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of holiday homes stands at 0.3%.
€85,600 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€85,600 a year before tax puts the median household 42% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Sandyford sits above 91% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (39%)
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 45%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
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.
35% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.2%); 2.4% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are common here: 33%, more than in 92% of Irish towns. For comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 32% of Sandyford
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%). Speakers of Irish: 2,533 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
59% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 92% 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: 59% of Sandyford · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over half of residents said they are Catholic (Ireland’s towns: 71%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%. After White Irish, the most common groups are Asian or Asian Irish (16%), Other White (16%) and Other, including mixed (7.2%).
Above 83% of Irish towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
4.4% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Sandyford sits above 89% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (57%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
25% of Sandyford’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 6.6% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The 8th youngest of 41 towns of 7,687 to 10,117 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 32.1 in Grand Canal Dock to 50.3 in Dalkey. Nearest to Sandyford in age: Ballybough (34.6), Ratoath (34.6), Lusk (35.3) and Donabate (35.6).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Sandyford
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyford | 8,844 | — | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 1.3 km | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 1.9 km | 37 | 15% | 37% |
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 2.1 km | 34.3 | 5.9% | 52% |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 2.6 km | 44.1 | 24% | 41% |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 2.8 km | 39.5 | 17% | 41% |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 3.2 km | 29.4 | 12% | 32% |
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 Sandyford’s residents
What is the population of Sandyford?
Sandyford had 8,844 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sandyford?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 78% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Sandyford?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,533 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Sandyford?
59% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 39% were born abroad and 33% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Sandyford?
51% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 25% another religion; 6.5% didn’t say.
Is Sandyford good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Sandyford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sandyford?
Median gross household income in Sandyford was €85,600 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).