Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Temple Bar is under 31.4, younger than 97% of Irish towns
With shared households of unrelated adults at 29%, Temple Bar is ahead of 98% of Irish towns on that count. For Temple Bar, the census puts one-person households at 35%. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 96% of Irish towns. The neighbourhood counted 7,276 residents and 2,297 households at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Temple Bar
A student neighbourhood
18% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 96% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 18% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
More born abroad than most towns
47% 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 (25%) and elsewhere in the EU (14%); 54% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Temple Bar’s residents are under 31.4 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 15 to 24 and 6.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
49% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 96% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (24%), Asian or Asian Irish (12%) and Other, including mixed (10%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Temple Bar has grown +14%, faster than 80% 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.
6.2% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 18%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Temple Bar, 31.4. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
18% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 96% of Irish towns
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
Just over a fifth of Temple Bar’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 7.9% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 14%.
Temple Bar sits below 99% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (12%)
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.
In Temple Bar the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 78%, a higher share than 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
96% of households live in a flat or apartment; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. Add to that, every 2th household or so has no car or van, the 2nd highest share in Co. Dublin. On the census count, 0.4% of homes are holiday homes.
Half of households earn more than €51,580 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €51,580 a year before tax, the median household income is 14% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin the median is €71,120.
More residents born abroad than 97% of Irish towns: 47% in Temple Bar
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 55%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
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.
Against a figure of 15% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship in Temple Bar comes in at 54%. To put it in context, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (25%) and elsewhere in the EU (14%).
In Temple Bar, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 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
No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%). Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A lower White Irish share than 96% of Irish towns: 51% of residents
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: 51% of Temple Bar · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 35% answered “no religion”, 42% Catholic and 24% another religion, against 17% and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%.
Temple Bar sits below 99% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (19%)
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. Across Temple Bar, 2.5% of residents give unpaid care. 75% of the neighbourhood’s residents 15 and over are single and 19% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 55% in Temple Bar, more than in 86% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: 25% of residents 15 and over. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (6,258 to 8,320 people), the 1st youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Temple Bar (31.4) and the oldest Dalkey (50.3). Nearest to Temple Bar in age: Grand Canal Dock (32.1) and Dubber (32.5).
Temple Bar is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Bar | 7,276 | — | 31.4 | 6.2% | 12% |
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | 0.7 km | 33.3 | 4.7% | 13% |
| Christchurch | 6,778 | 0.8 km | 37.7 | 13% | 18% |
| The Liberties | 18,460 | 1.0 km | 32.5 | 7.5% | 20% |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 1.2 km | 32.2 | 8.1% | 20% |
| Portobello | 5,732 | 1.2 km | 33.4 | 7.6% | 11% |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 1.3 km | 34.2 | 6.4% | 15% |
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 Temple Bar’s residents
What is the population of Temple Bar?
Temple Bar had 7,276 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Temple Bar?
The median age is 31.4, younger than 97% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 6.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Temple Bar?
15% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (628 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Temple Bar?
51% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 47% were born abroad and 54% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Temple Bar?
42% are Catholic, 35% have no religion and 24% another religion; 42% didn’t say.
Is Temple Bar good for families?
12% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Temple Bar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Temple Bar?
Median gross household income in Temple Bar was €51,580 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).