Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tallaght: 40% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 89% of Irish towns
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. On residents who said they are Catholic, Tallaght sits lower than 71% of Irish towns: 66%. The neighbourhood is home to 15,588 residents in 5,330 households, by the 2022 Census. The census found that 18% of households are one person living alone in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Tallaght
A mix of backgrounds
39% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 90% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (12%) and Other, including mixed (4.5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
More born abroad than most towns
33% 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 (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (7.4%); 27% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
40% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 89% of Irish towns. 25% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+4% since 2016: slower than 74% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
A median age of 36.3: Tallaght is younger than 68% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Tallaght, 36.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 93% of Irish towns: 8%
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
29% of Tallaght’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 17% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.1%.
Tallaght households average 2.8 people, larger than in 66% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7%; Tallaght has 6.7%. The census found that just over two in five households are parents with children in the neighbourhood.
In Tallaght, 25% of households have no car or van, more than in 76% 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. Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €57,500 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €57,500 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Dublin as a whole has a median of €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland: 33%, a higher share than 87% 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
At home, 32% use another language, chiefly Polish (6.8%), and 4.2% speak English not well or not at all. As a reference point, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. More residents with another country’s citizenship than in 88% of Irish towns: 27%.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.7%, a lower share than 82% 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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 3,312 residents (26% of those aged 3 and over). Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
Tallaght sits below 90% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (61%)
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: 61% of Tallaght · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (19%), Asian or Asian Irish (12%) and Other, including mixed (4.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. 16% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 60% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 36% in Tallaght, more than in 63% 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.
4.6% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Tallaght ranks below 72% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 27%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Tallaght’s adults, 7.6% went on to postgraduate study and 13% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
41 towns of 13,245 to 18,398 people: this is the 13th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 29 in Castletroy to 44.1 in Ballinteer. Nearest to Tallaght in age: Darndale (36.1), Rathmines East (36.1), Ashtown (36.5) and Carrigaline (36.6).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Tallaght
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght | 15,588 | — | 36.3 | 16% | 42% |
| Old Bawn | 18,758 | 1.5 km | 38 | 16% | 47% |
| Kilnamanagh | 11,703 | 1.8 km | 41.2 | 22% | 42% |
| Fettercairn | 12,970 | 2.1 km | 32.5 | 8.9% | 54% |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 2.5 km | 35.6 | 8.8% | 60% |
| Jobstown | 23,437 | 2.6 km | 32.4 | 6.8% | 55% |
| Firhouse | 12,254 | 2.9 km | 36.3 | 10% | 56% |
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 Tallaght’s residents
What is the population of Tallaght?
Tallaght had 15,588 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tallaght?
The median age is 36.3, younger than 68% of Irish towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tallaght?
26% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,312 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tallaght?
61% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 33% were born abroad and 27% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tallaght?
66% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 19% another religion; 9.5% didn’t say.
Is Tallaght good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tallaght are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tallaght?
Median gross household income in Tallaght was €57,500 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).