Photo: Raymond Okonski · CC BY-SA 2.0Sutton is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 45.4
89% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). There were 2,222 households in Sutton at the 2022 Census, home to 5,789 residents. For Sutton, the census puts households in flats at 5.7%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.8%, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Sutton
Older than most towns
Half of Sutton’s residents are under 45.4 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 26% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
About 420 residents (7.3%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 98% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: +2% since 2016, behind 83% 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.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up one in ten residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 40–44: 7.3% of residents. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Sutton, 45.4. 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 lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Irish towns, at 6.1%
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
On students among residents 15 and over, 10% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns
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.
43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 41% in Sutton. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone.
Households without a car or van make up 9.6% in Sutton, less than in 77% 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
No internet at all: 4.1% (typical: 7.6%). In one household in 10 there is no car or van. 0.2% of homes are holiday homes, fewer than in 54% of Irish towns.
The middle household earns €73,000 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €73,000 a year before tax, the median household income is 21% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin comes in at €71,120 at the median.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 7.4%, a lower share than 91% 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (5.6%) and in the UK (5%). 15% of residents were born outside Ireland, a lower share than in 85% of Irish towns.
Sutton: 2% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, above 91% 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
In all, 2,607 residents aged 3 and over (48%) can speak Irish. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
24% said they have no religion, more than in 79% 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: 89% of Sutton · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (6.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.2%) and Other, including mixed (1.7%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%. 68% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns.
In Sutton, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% of Irish towns
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.
Where 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, Sutton has 7.3%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 49% in Sutton, more than in 77% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
20% of Sutton’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 6.5% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 1st of 41 towns of 5,226 to 6,355 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Gillabbey (25.6), the youngest, and Sutton (45.4), the oldest. Nearest to Sutton in age: Ballinlough (44.1) and Lisduggan (44.3).
Every neighbour of Sutton has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 5,789 | — | 45.4 | 26% | 41% |
| Baldoyle | 7,864 | 0.9 km | 40.9 | 17% | 43% |
| Raheny | 8,734 | 1.8 km | 42.8 | 22% | 39% |
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 1.9 km | 33.7 | 6.8% | 44% |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 2.0 km | 43.8 | 23% | 41% |
| Belmayne | 15,047 | 2.9 km | 33.8 | 6.8% | 52% |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 3.2 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
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 Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Sutton?
Sutton had 5,789 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sutton?
The median age is 45.4, older than 99% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Sutton?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,607 people), and 2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Sutton?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Sutton?
68% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 8.3% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Sutton good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Sutton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sutton?
Median gross household income in Sutton was €73,000 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).