Photo: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainDundrum: 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 98% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%; Dundrum has 5.7%. For Dundrum, the census puts households of parents with children at 49%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Dundrum sits lower than 74% of Irish towns: 3.4%. This Co. Tipperary town had 221 residents in 87 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 38.
Faster growth than 79% of Irish towns: Dundrum changed by +13% since 2016
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 0–4: 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Across Dundrum, 14% of residents are 65 or over. The median age here is 38, higher than in 54% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Irish towns: 6.1%
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 18%, against a typical 11%. Census figures put students among residents 15 and over at 9.6% in Dundrum. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Few places have as many one-person households: 25% here, more than in 55% of Irish towns.
A holiday town: 2% of homes are holiday homes
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
15% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €59,310 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €59,310 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). County median: €52,760 (Co. Tipperary).
Residents born outside Ireland make up 11% in Dundrum, less than in 96% 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (5.5%) and in the UK (5%). Typically, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 1.9%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 99% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.5% in Dundrum, less than in 96% 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
In all, 93 residents aged 3 and over (47%) can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Tipperary belongs to Thurles (1.4%). By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
9.3% said they have no religion, fewer than in 95% 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: 92% of Dundrum · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 79% in Dundrum. Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Asian or Asian Irish (4.2%), Other White (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%).
Dundrum ranks below 93% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 3.6%
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.
The census found that 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Dundrum. About 10 residents (3.6%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 88% of Irish towns, at 21%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 9.6%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 5.9% of adults.
Dundrum sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Tipperary’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 Dundrum’s residents
What is the population of Dundrum?
Dundrum had 221 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dundrum?
The median age is 38. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dundrum?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (93 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dundrum?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 1.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dundrum?
79% are Catholic, 9.3% have no religion and 12% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Dundrum good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dundrum are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dundrum?
Median gross household income in Dundrum was €59,310 in 2022, against €52,760 across Co. Tipperary 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).