Photo: Finnfrog99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Santry: 69% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 97% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children; in Santry, 31%. Census day 2022: 6,710 residents and 2,311 households in the neighbourhood. In Santry, 20% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 57%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is lower than in 88% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Santry
More born abroad than most towns
43% 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 (16%) and elsewhere in the EU (14%); 40% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
44% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 94% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (23%), Asian or Asian Irish (11%) and Other, including mixed (5.3%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
69% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 97% of Irish towns. 23% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Santry’s residents are under 34 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 11% are 15 to 24 and 8.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +17% since 2016, faster than 84% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Santry is younger than 88% of Irish towns: a median age of 34
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 8.2% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Santry, 34. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
13% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 85% 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
28% of workers are in professional occupations, against a typical 21%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Santry, 8.9% of residents 15 and over are students.
A lower share of one-person households than 74% of Irish towns, at 19%
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.
On average, 2.7 people share a household. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Santry: 23% of households have no car or van, above 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The share of households with broadband is 96%; 2.1% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
The midpoint household income is €74,890 a year
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 €74,890 a year, 25% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Dublin’s median household income is €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland: 43%, a higher share than 95% 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 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (4.8%), among the 31% who speak another language there; 2.8% speak English not well or not at all. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Santry has more residents with another country’s citizenship than 96% of Irish towns, at 40%.
1.5% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
1,536 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%. The highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%).
56% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, below 94% 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: 56% of Santry · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Santry, 22% of residents said they have no religion, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (23%), Asian or Asian Irish (11%) and Other, including mixed (5.3%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%.
Only 3.1% of residents give unpaid care in Santry
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.
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 30% in Santry and 34% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Santry: 48% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 74% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 17% of adults; primary level or less for 5.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
In its size band (5,768 to 7,687), the 7th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Gillabbey (25.6) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Santry in age: South Gate (33.7), Clongriffin (33.7), Rathgar (34.2) and Kinsealy-Drinan (34.4).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Santry
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
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 Santry’s residents
What is the population of Santry?
Santry had 6,710 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Santry?
The median age is 34, younger than 88% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 8.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Santry?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,536 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Santry?
56% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 43% were born abroad and 40% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Santry?
57% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 21% another religion; 24% didn’t say.
Is Santry good for families?
31% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Santry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Santry?
Median gross household income in Santry was €74,890 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).
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