Photo: Eeno11 · CC BY 3.0A higher share of households of parents with children than 87% of Irish towns, at 53%
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 82% in Dunlavin and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The town’s 352 households held 1,074 residents at the 2022 Census. The census found that 6.2% of households live in a flat or apartment here. On shared households of unrelated adults, Dunlavin sits lower than 95% of Irish towns: 2%.
What stands out about the people of Dunlavin
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 15% lone parents with children, more than in 87% of Irish towns; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many older residents
19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Irish towns; 4.5% are 80 or over, and 22% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
A town people move to
14% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 0.9% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Faster growth than 83% of Irish towns: Dunlavin changed by +16% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +13% across Co. Wicklow’s towns.
Dunlavin sits above 86% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Dunlavin’s residents are over 38.8, older than in 64% of Irish towns. Here, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s 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. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 90% of Irish towns: 14%
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
Work here tilts toward skilled trades, at 17% against a typical 11%. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 9.6%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Dunlavin households average 2.9 people, larger than in 80% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
More car-free households than 51% of Irish towns: 18% in Dunlavin
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
At home, 85% have broadband, while 14% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). One household in 6 has no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €54,450 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 €54,450 a year here, 9% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Wicklow, the median is €64,080.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 12% in Dunlavin, less than in 95% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (3.7%) or outside the EU and UK (2.7%). Dunlavin has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 84% of Irish towns, at 8.6%. The usual figure: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
Top of Co. Wicklow: Bray, at 1.4%. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 90% 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: 88% of Dunlavin · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (6%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.9%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 12% here, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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.
Dunlavin sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 6%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 21%, a lower share than 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
Postgraduate: 6.1% of adults. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 18%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Dunlavin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | — | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 8.5 km | 36.9 | 10% | 53% |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 11.5 km | 37.7 | 9.2% | 57% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 12.9 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 13.7 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 15.0 km | 37.6 | 11% | 50% |
| Blessington | 5,611 | 16.2 km | 37.6 | 9.7% | 58% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wicklow’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 Dunlavin’s residents
What is the population of Dunlavin?
Dunlavin had 1,074 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dunlavin?
The median age is 38.8. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dunlavin?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (354 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dunlavin?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 8.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dunlavin?
82% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.5% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Dunlavin good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dunlavin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dunlavin?
Median gross household income in Dunlavin was €54,450 in 2022, against €64,080 across Co. Wicklow 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).