Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 18,076: a neighbourhood in Dublin. Its heritage includes 16 buildings on the national inventory.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): 60 residents in bad health and 90 with a disability for every 100 its ages predict. With an A− overall, Templeogue is better than 76% of Irish towns. In the ranking it comes #77 of 320 Irish towns. Jobs & income is another plus: unemployment is 5%, and 75% of 15 to 64s have a job. Housing is expensive (D−): the median home here went for €680,000, 7.9 times the median household income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA.
The 3 things Templeogue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Templeogue with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 11 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 1%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Templeogue. Best known first.
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral3.6 km outside town, to the northeast
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland4.3 km outside town, to the northeast · 783K visitors a year
MuseumNational Library of Ireland4.4 km outside town, to the northeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol3.2 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseLeinster House4.4 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Templeogue.
Renting privately is how 11% of households live. 2% live in social housing, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (13%). Between 2010 and 2025 the typical sale price in Templeogue rose 75%, to €718K, in step with Irish towns (77%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €680,000 | 236 |
| The last 12 months | €752,500 | 64 |
| Housing | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €680K | €450K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 86% | 66% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 2% | 10% | 13% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €2,528 | €2,063 | €1,606 |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
6.6% of residents in Templeogue care, unpaid, for a relative or friend. At the census, 91% of people in Templeogue called their health good or very good, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (89%) and Irish towns (88%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.4% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.4% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 91% | 89% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
A trip to work takes 29.3 min on average. Short trips: 26% under 15 minutes, between Co. Dublin’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (31%). Household income averages €86,540 a year before tax.
| Census 2022 | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €86,540 | €72,400 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.8% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 75% | 71% | 68% |
| Average trip | 29.3 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
For secondary school, the closest is Templeogue College, 0.5 km from the town. 118 schools lie within 3 km of the town: 72 primary schools, 34 secondary schools and 12 special schools. 7% of the schools teach through Irish, below Co. Dublin’s towns (7%) and Irish towns (8%) alike.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Colmcille Senior N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 744 | Catholic |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 1,024 | Inter-denominational |
| Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 441 | Multi-denominational |
| St Marks Community School DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 931 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +6% | +4% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 34% | 40% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 7% | 7% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.2°C, near both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Winter lows in Templeogue average 2.7°C in January. November is the wettest month in the town, with 90 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.7°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 783 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.2°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Templeogue counts 8 parks, adding up to 305 ha of green space. Walkers have 5.2 km per km² of paths and tracks, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (5.5 km per km²) and above Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). A park or green space is within 400 m for 100% of homes.
| Outdoors | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 16.9 ha | 7.6 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Paths per km² of town | 5.2 km per km² | 5.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.8% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | 100% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
In November a normal day reaches 11°C and a normal night 5°C; the forecast for Templeogue below sets each day against them. Around 2 mm of rain is due today, on a breeze of up to 24 km/h, with a low of 9°C. December follows with normal highs of 9°C and lows of 3°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 204 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 165 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 182 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 231 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Degrees are held by half of adults. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%). Children are 17% of the town.
Women make up 51.8% of Templeogue
9,367 women and 8,709 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 27% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 50% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Local government for Templeogue is South Dublin County Council alone; Ireland has a single tier. Turnout at the last local elections was 47%, above Co. Dublin’s towns (42%) and close to Irish towns (46%). No party holds a majority on South Dublin County Council: Independent lead with 10 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed.
| Turnout | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 47% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 57% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Templeogue has 9 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (10) and Irish towns (48). The pre-1919 share of homes is 0.8%. 11 archaeological sites are on the record here.
| Heritage | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 9 | 10 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
The violent crime rate is 3 per 1,000 residents a year. Every kind together came to 42.1 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (59.2) and Irish towns (54.3). Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in Templeogue was damage to property (2023–2025).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 3 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| All recorded crime | 42.1 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
| Burglary & damage | 5.9 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Sandymount Strand, 7.9 km from Templeogue, rated sufficient in 2025. No part of Templeogue is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Templeogue | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 16 buildings in Templeogue, each rated of regional importance. 11 archaeological sites are on the record here.
5 notable people were born in Templeogue.
David McMillan: Вячеслав Евдокимов, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Stockley: Aloys Fleishcmann, CC BY 4.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue | 18,076 | — | A− | D− | B | A+ |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 1.1 | B− | D | C | A− |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 2.1 | C | D | C | B− |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 2.2 | C− | C− | C− | D |
| Kilnamanagh | 11,703 | 2.2 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Terenure | 10,391 | 2.3 | A+ | D | B+ | A |
| Ballyboden | 5,246 | 2.4 | A | D− | A− | A+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Templeogue had 18,076 people at the 2022 census, up from 17,395 in 2016: 3.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Templeogue is 43.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
16% mostly work from home, and 26% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
Templeogue has 18,076 people, in the area of South Dublin County Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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