Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 11,009 residents, it is a neighbourhood in Dublin.
The weak point is cost of living: buying the median home, at €570,000, takes 7.8 times the town’s median household income. Shankill’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 45% of Irish towns, #177 of 320 Irish towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here. 28% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for health, B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA.
The 3 things Shankill does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Shankill with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 61 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Shankill. Best known first.
CastlePuck's Castlein town
MuseumJames Joyce Museum4.7 km outside town, to the north · 40K visitors a year
CastleManderley Castle1.9 km outside town, to the north
CastleDalkey Castle & Heritage Centre3.6 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseKilruddery House3.8 km outside town, to the south
Castle · Office of Public WorksMonkstown Castle5 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Shankill.
12% rent privately, below Co. Dublin’s towns (20%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. Social renters account for 13% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €575,000 | 291 |
| Second-hand homes | €560,000 | 271 |
| The last 12 months | €615,000 | 157 |
| Housing | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €570K | €450K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 75% | 66% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 20% | 22% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €2,054 | €2,066 | €1,606 |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
28% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, below Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. For secondary school, the closest is Woodbrook College, 1.9 km from the town. Families in Shankill have 43 schools within 3 km to choose from: 26 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 4 special schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Padraig Naofa Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 680 | Catholic |
| Loreto Secondary School GirlsLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 747 | Catholic |
| Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 359 | Multi-denominational |
| Woodbrook College DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 623 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 23% | 40% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +9% | +4% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 28% | 40% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
For its ages, Shankill has 97 people in bad health for every 100 expected, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (103) and Irish towns (113). Disability touches a quarter of the town’s population. Ages taken into account, Shankill counts 107 people with a disability for every 100 predicted.
| Census 2022 | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 89% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Here July highs average 19.6°C, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (19.9°C) and Irish towns (19.9°C). Across the year, Shankill averages 10.5°C. The town gets 887 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 3.4°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.6°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.5°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 887 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
86% of homes are within 400 m of green space, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (100%) and Irish towns (92%). Its 5 parks give Shankill 98 ha of green space between them. There are 8.9 ha of green space for every 1,000 people locally.
| Outdoors | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 12% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Sea within 5 km | 28% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Near a park | 86% | 100% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 3.6 km per km² | 5.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Shankill’s forecast, set beside its normal weather: in November a typical day reaches 11°C, and nights drop to 6°C. Some 1 mm of rain falls today, driven by wind of up to 37 km/h; the low reaches 10°C. Rain peaks later in the week on Tuesday, at about 12 mm for the day.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 237 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 187 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 197 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 266 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
At the census, 17% of workers worked mainly from home. Short trips: 20% under 15 minutes, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (31%). Before tax, the average household brings in €72,780 a year.
| Census 2022 | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 33.2 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 20% | 23% | 31% |
| Median household income | €72,780 | €72,400 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 7.6% | 7.3% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 1.5%, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (1.1%). 44% of adults hold a degree. Children are 17% of the town.
Women make up 51.8% of Shankill
5,703 women and 5,306 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 8.5% | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 12% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 29% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 44% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
No party holds a majority on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Fine Gael lead with 16 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is the council for Shankill, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. 42% of voters turned out at the last local elections, about level with Co. Dublin’s towns (42%) and below Irish towns (46%).
| Turnout | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 42% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 57% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, above Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 72 of Shankill’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 1 rank of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 65 | 9 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 61 | 6 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4.7% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Killiney, 2.8 km from Shankill, is the closest bathing water; it was rated excellent in 2025. On high landslide susceptibility: 0.7% of homes, above Co. Dublin’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
In all, 36.3 crimes per 1,000 residents are recorded a year. Violence came to 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below Co. Dublin’s towns (5.3) and Irish towns (5.7) alike. Burglary and damage come to 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Shankill | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 36.3 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 11.5 | 18.5 | 15.3 |
| Violent crime | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Burglary & damage | 6.1 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
72 of Shankill’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 1 rank of national or international importance. 61 archaeological sites are on the record here.
6 notable people were born in Shankill.
Ciarán Cuffe: Claire Behan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William Paul McClure Kennedy: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shankill | 11,009 | — | C+ | D | B− | B |
| Killiney | 9,776 | 2.1 | C | D− | B− | B+ |
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 3 | B+ | C− | B | B+ |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 3.4 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Bray Wicklow | 33,512 | 4.1 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Dalkey | 8,275 | 4.9 | B | D− | B− | A |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 4.9 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Shankill is 42.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
Shankill has 11,009 people, in the area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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