Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.019% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%; Stillorgan has 11%. 18,212 residents in 6,554 households: that is Stillorgan at the 2022 Census. Census figures put residents with no religion at 22% here.
What stands out about the people of Stillorgan
A student neighbourhood
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 90% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 13% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Many older residents
19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Irish towns; 5.9% are 80 or over, and 21% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 71% 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.
Older than 78% of Irish towns: half of Stillorgan is over 40
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
20–24 is the most common age band: 7.2% of residents. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Stillorgan, 40. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A larger share of students among residents 15 and over than 90% of Irish towns: 14%
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
The biggest occupational gap is in professional occupations: 41%, against a typical 21%. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of one-person households than 67% of Irish towns: 21%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 6.4%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. There are 2.8 people in the average household.
More flats than 71% of Irish towns: 18% of households in Stillorgan
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
Home broadband covers 97% of households, while 2.6% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Census figures put holiday homes at 0.2% in Stillorgan.
The median household brings in €101,370 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €101,370, 69% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
14% of residents are citizens of another country, below 55% 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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (10%), then in the UK (5.5%). Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. Stillorgan sits close to the norm on residents born outside Ireland: 22%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.7%, a higher share than 85% 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
No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%). Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
In Stillorgan, 67% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 68% 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: 82% of Stillorgan · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 82% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Stillorgan. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (8.4%), Asian or Asian Irish (6.5%) and Other, including mixed (2.7%).
More married residents 15 and over than 94% of Irish towns: 42%
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.
At 6%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 97% of Irish towns, at 67%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 17% are still studying. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Stillorgan, 2.5%, and 32% hold a postgraduate qualification.
In its size band (15,047 to 22,029), the 10th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castletroy is the youngest (29); Ballinteer the oldest (44.1). Nearest to Stillorgan in age: Kimmage (39.1), Greystones-Delgany (39.4), Wexford (40.6) and Clonmel (40.7).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Stillorgan are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | — | 40 | 19% | 42% |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 1.3 km | 35.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 1.6 km | 39.5 | 17% | 41% |
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 2.0 km | 37.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2.5 km | 37 | 15% | 37% |
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 2.6 km | 43 | 21% | 39% |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 2.7 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 Stillorgan’s residents
What is the population of Stillorgan?
Stillorgan had 18,212 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stillorgan?
The median age is 40, older than 78% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Stillorgan?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (8,768 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Stillorgan?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Stillorgan?
67% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 12% another religion; 2.5% didn’t say.
Is Stillorgan good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Stillorgan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stillorgan?
Median gross household income in Stillorgan was €101,370 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).