Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainA smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 5.9%
43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 52% in Stepaside. There were 7,645 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 22,796 residents. For Stepaside, the census puts residents who said they are Catholic at 56%. At 17%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 82% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Stepaside
A student neighbourhood
13% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 85% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 13% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Growing faster than most
Stepaside went from about 19,100 people in 2016 to 22,796 in 2022, +19%: faster growth than in 89% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Stepaside’s residents are under 34.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 13% are 15 to 24 and 5.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Stepaside has grown +19%, faster than 89% 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 Co. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Stepaside is under 34.3, younger than 86% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 10% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 67% of Irish towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Stepaside, 34.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Stepaside sits above 85% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (13%)
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
In Stepaside, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 61% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 6.6%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. 9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Larger households than 83% of Irish towns: 3 people on average
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.
5.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats: 36%, a higher share than 85% 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
Connected households: 97% on broadband; 2.1% offline (typical: 7.6%). For Stepaside, the census puts households without a car or van at 11%. Lower than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns: 0.1% of homes are holiday homes. Households in flats: 12% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Half above, half below €102,170 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.
Gross household income has a median of €102,170 a year here, 70% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Dublin, the median is €71,120.
Stepaside: 29% 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 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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 22%, Stepaside is ahead of 79% of Irish towns on that count. Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (13%) or elsewhere in the EU (6.1%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.9%, a higher share than 90% 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
8,620 residents, 41% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%). Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
25% said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 69% of Stepaside · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (16%), Asian or Asian Irish (9.1%) and Other, including mixed (5.2%). As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. At 69%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is lower than in 80% of Irish towns.
Stepaside sits above 78% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (38%)
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.
Unpaid carers make up 4.6%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Stepaside: 62% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 94% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
17% of residents 15 and over are still in education. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%. At the top, 28% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.1% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (18,239 to 27,923), the 7th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Jobstown (32.4) and the oldest Beaumont (42.9). Nearest to Stepaside in age: Rathmines West (34.3), Clonsilla (34.3), Dolphins Barn (34.6) and Balbriggan (34.9).
No nearby town is as young as Stepaside
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepaside | 22,796 | — | 34.3 | 5.9% | 52% |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 2.1 km | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 2.7 km | 44.7 | 22% | 47% |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 3.0 km | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 3.6 km | 37 | 15% | 37% |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 3.7 km | 38.9 | 16% | 45% |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 3.9 km | 44.1 | 24% | 41% |
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 Stepaside’s residents
What is the population of Stepaside?
Stepaside had 22,796 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stepaside?
The median age is 34.3, younger than 86% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 5.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Stepaside?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (8,620 people), and 1.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Stepaside?
69% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Stepaside?
56% are Catholic, 25% have no religion and 20% another religion; 3.9% didn’t say.
Is Stepaside good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Stepaside are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stepaside?
Median gross household income in Stepaside was €102,170 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).