Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 82% of Irish towns: 12%
Households of parents with children: 36% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. For Walkinstown, the census puts residents with no religion at 24%. At 23%, the share of households without a car or van is higher than in 74% of Irish towns. 7,442 residents in 2,859 households: that is Walkinstown at the 2022 Census.
+9% since 2016, a pace 58% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Half of Walkinstown is over 39.7, older than 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
17% of residents are 65 or over; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 14%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 86% of Irish towns: 11%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Walkinstown, 39.7. 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%.
In Walkinstown, 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% 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
In Walkinstown, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students, beside 10% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Walkinstown households average 2.6 people, smaller than in 58% 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.
Here just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
16% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 66% 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. On average, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Most homes are connected: 88% have broadband, and 10% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
Half of households earn more than €62,530 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 €62,530 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €71,120 across Co. Dublin.
Residents born outside Ireland: 19%, a lower share than 62% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (8.6%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.8%). Few places have as many residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% here, more than in 53% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
In Walkinstown, 31% of residents can speak Irish
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
Walkinstown sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%).
Walkinstown sits below 72% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (66%)
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: 81% of Walkinstown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
81% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (7.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.5%).
Half of adults have never 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.
Across Walkinstown, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care. Lower than in 51% of Irish towns: 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns: 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 15% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Oldest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 6,555 to 8,674 people
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 Walkinstown in age: Fermoy (38.9), New Ross (39.5), Monaghan (39.8) and Buncrana (39.8).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Walkinstown are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | — | 39.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 1.1 km | 45.1 | 23% | 36% |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 1.3 km | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 1.4 km | 39 | 16% | 35% |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 1.9 km | 39.1 | 16% | 32% |
| Templeogue | 18,076 | 2.1 km | 43.3 | 23% | 42% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 2.2 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
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 Walkinstown’s residents
What is the population of Walkinstown?
Walkinstown had 7,442 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Walkinstown?
The median age is 39.7, older than 76% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Walkinstown?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,820 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Walkinstown?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Walkinstown?
66% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 10% another religion; 18% didn’t say.
Is Walkinstown good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Walkinstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Walkinstown?
Median gross household income in Walkinstown was €62,530 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).