Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Summerhill is under 30.5, younger than 98% of Irish towns
The figure for households of parents with children is 20% in Summerhill and 43% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census Summerhill was home to 11,911 people in 4,008 households. Households in flats account for 87%. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 28%, more than in 71% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Summerhill
A student neighbourhood
18% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 96% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 19% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
More born abroad than most towns
55% 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 (30%) and elsewhere in the EU (17%); 58% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Summerhill’s residents are under 30.5 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 19% are 15 to 24 and 4.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
65% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (33%), Asian or Asian Irish (16%) and Other, including mixed (11%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +27% since 2016, faster than 95% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
4.2% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: 15% of residents, 2.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Summerhill, 30.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
18% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Elementary occupations stand out among workers: 25%, against a typical 11%. A fifth of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 98% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Summerhill ranks above 96% of Irish towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 23%
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.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
77% of households have no car or van, more than in 99% 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. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. 86% of households are on broadband; 12% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%).
The midpoint household income is €44,550 a year
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 €44,550 a year here, 26% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Dublin has a median of €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 55% in Summerhill, more than in 99% 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 65%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
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.
58% of residents are citizens of another country, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland. Another language is spoken at home by 39%, most often Spanish (3.8%); 6.4% speak English not well or not at all.
Only 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Summerhill
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, 1,027 residents aged 3 and over (12%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns, at 36%
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: 36% of Summerhill · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
41% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. To put it in context, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 30% of residents said they have no religion.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
Students and young renters account for much of that. 3% of residents give unpaid care.
In Summerhill, 41% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 60% 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 Summerhill’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 12% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 10,240 to 13,906 people, the 1st youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 30.5 in Summerhill to 44.7 in Foxrock. Nearest to Summerhill in age: Hollystown (30.9) and Ongar (31.6).
Every neighbour of Summerhill has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerhill | 11,911 | — | 30.5 | 4.2% | 20% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 0.4 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 0.7 km | 34.6 | 9.7% | 21% |
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | 0.9 km | 33.3 | 4.7% | 13% |
| Phibsborough | 11,657 | 0.9 km | 34.5 | 11% | 16% |
| East Wall | 15,907 | 1.3 km | 31.2 | 6.4% | 21% |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 1.4 km | 32.2 | 8.1% | 20% |
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 Summerhill’s residents
What is the population of Summerhill?
Summerhill had 11,911 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 27% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Summerhill?
The median age is 30.5, younger than 98% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 4.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Summerhill?
12% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,027 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Summerhill?
36% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 55% were born abroad and 58% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Summerhill?
41% are Catholic, 30% have no religion and 29% another religion; 27% didn’t say.
Is Summerhill good for families?
20% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Summerhill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Summerhill?
Median gross household income in Summerhill was €44,550 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).