Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households of parents with children make up 57% in Dunboyne, more than in 95% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Dunboyne, 3.2. The share of households without a car or van stands at 5.8%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White Irish are common here: 83%, more than in 71% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 7,155 people lived in the town, in 2,238 households.
What stands out about the people of Dunboyne
A student town
15% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 91% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 10% lone parents with children, more than in 95% of Irish towns; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+6% since 2016: slower than 59% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Meath’s towns +11%.
Dunboyne: 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 90% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Dunboyne is 36.6, lower than in 64% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are 65 or over. In Kells, the oldest of Co. Meath’s towns by this measure, it is 14%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Dunboyne, 36.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Dunboyne ranks above 91% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 15%
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
Compared with a typical 7.8%, managers, directors and senior officials account for just over one in ten workers. For Dunboyne, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6.4%. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 14% of households are one person living alone
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Dunboyne, 2.5%. Measured more widely, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
88% of homes are houses
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
Broadband reaches 95% of households; 3.5% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Dunboyne, 0.1% of homes are holiday homes. Lower than in 52% of Irish towns: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment.
€88,850 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€88,850 a year before tax puts the median household 48% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Meath, the figure is €70,660.
In Dunboyne, 18% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 74% 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.
15% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.4%); 2.1% speak English not well or not at all. The usual figure: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 70% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are citizens of another country.
Daily Irish outside education: 1.7% of residents
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
Irish speakers number 3,101, or 47% of residents aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%. In Co. Meath, Athboy has the highest share (2.4%).
Dunboyne: 73% of residents said they are Catholic, above 60% 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: 83% of Dunboyne · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (11%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.2%) and Other, including mixed (2.1%). Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 16% here, fewer than in three fifths of Irish towns.
In Dunboyne, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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.
At 5.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Above 64% of Irish towns: 42% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 15% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 6.3% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (6,216 to 8,280 people), the 17th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Temple Bar (31.4), the youngest, and Dalkey (50.3), the oldest. Nearest to Dunboyne in age: Ballytruckle (36), Clane (36.6), Edenderry (36.9) and Frankfield and Grange (37.1).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Dunboyne
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne | 7,155 | — | 36.6 | 9.8% | 57% |
| Clonee | 1,205 | 2.2 km | 34.2 | 5.6% | 39% |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 3.2 km | 31.6 | 2.5% | 56% |
| Clonsilla | 22,510 | 4.1 km | 34.3 | 5.8% | 59% |
| Mulhuddart | 19,252 | 5.5 km | 35.6 | 10% | 50% |
| Leixlip | 16,733 | 5.8 km | 38.6 | 17% | 49% |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 5.9 km | 30.9 | 2.5% | 58% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Meath’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.
Questions about Dunboyne’s residents
What is the population of Dunboyne?
Dunboyne had 7,155 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dunboyne?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 64% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 9.8% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dunboyne?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,101 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dunboyne?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dunboyne?
73% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 12% another religion; 4.6% didn’t say.
Is Dunboyne good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dunboyne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dunboyne?
Median gross household income in Dunboyne was €88,850 in 2022, against €70,660 across Co. Meath 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. 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).