Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainSandymount sits below 87% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (30%)
The figure for one-person households is 29% in Sandymount and 24% across Ireland’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 22,340 residents and 8,685 households at the 2022 Census. For Sandymount, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%. Residents who said they are Catholic are rarer here than in 79% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Sandymount
A neighbourhood people move to
15% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 5.2% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
41% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 90% of Irish towns. 27% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Sandymount changed by +2% from 2016 to 2022, behind 85% 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 median age of 38.6: Sandymount is older than 62% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Sandymount, 38.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 15% in Sandymount, more than in 90% 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
Work here tilts toward professional occupations, at 40% against a typical 21%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Sandymount, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Sandymount sits above 81% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (12%)
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 2.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across Ireland’s towns: 4.7%.
A higher share of households in flats than 90% of Irish towns, at 41%
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
Holiday homes: 0.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%. On the census count, 27% of households have no car or van.
Half above, half below €90,320 a year in household income
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 €90,320 a year, 50% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Dublin has a median of €71,120.
29% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 76% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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, 15% of residents are citizens of another country; in Sandymount, 20%. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (13%) and in the UK (6.2%).
Irish: 39% of Sandymount’s residents can speak it
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
In all, 7,730 residents aged 3 and over (39%) can speak Irish. 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a lower share than in 65% of Irish towns.
Above 83% of Irish towns: 25% of residents said they have no religion
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: 76% of Sandymount · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 76%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (7.9%) and Other, including mixed (3.2%).
35% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 55% 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.
5% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns: 65%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Sandymount’s adults, 32% went on to postgraduate study and 6.6% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The 11th oldest of 41 towns of 18,212 to 27,351 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Jobstown (32.4), the youngest, and Beaumont (42.9), the oldest. Nearest to Sandymount in age: Celbridge (38.4), Sligo (38.5), Kilkenny (38.9) and Crumlin (39).
The towns around Sandymount are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandymount | 22,340 | — | 38.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Ballsbridge | 12,743 | 1.4 km | 35 | 11% | 19% |
| Rathmines East | 16,923 | 2.1 km | 36.1 | 14% | 24% |
| Grand Canal Dock | 8,320 | 2.2 km | 32.1 | 6.2% | 15% |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 2.5 km | 32.2 | 8.1% | 20% |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 2.8 km | 37.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 2.8 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 Sandymount’s residents
What is the population of Sandymount?
Sandymount had 22,340 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sandymount?
The median age is 38.6, older than 62% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Sandymount?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (7,730 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Sandymount?
76% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Sandymount?
62% are Catholic, 25% have no religion and 13% another religion; 8% didn’t say.
Is Sandymount good for families?
30% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Sandymount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sandymount?
Median gross household income in Sandymount was €90,320 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).