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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (31 August 2023) released Census 2022 Profile 3 – Households, Families and Childcare. Profile 3 looks at the family situations and living arrangements of the population and the different types and sizes of family composition and household. Childcare arrangements (which was a new question on the Census 2022 form) are also detailed in this report. This press release highlights some of the main changes for Dublin. A full list of county press releases is available.
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Statistician's Comment
Commenting on the results, Deirdre Lynch, Statistician in the Census Division, said:
“Profile 3 shows us how our families and living arrangements are evolving and changing. It looks at changes in the numbers of families with and without children and the number of same-sex couples. The results show that the number of families has increased but the average number of children per family has fallen slightly, having remained unchanged in the previous two censuses. For the first time this profile also includes details of the numbers of children under 15 years of age in childcare as well as the types of childcare and the number of hours attended.”
Results for Dublin
Families
Number of families and no. of children per family
There were 126,214 families in Dublin City in April 2022, up from 125,200 (+1%) in 2016. The average number of children per family in the city was 1.11, compared with 1.34 nationally.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the number of families increased by 6% to 59,431. The average number of children per family was 1.24.
There were 83,418 families in Fingal, an increase of 8%. The average number of children per family was 1.42.
In South Dublin the average number of children per family was 1.41. The number of families increased by 3% to 76,623.
Family composition
Dublin City’s families included 43,340 married couples with children and 7,883 cohabiting couples with children. A further 23,271 families with children were headed by single mothers and 3,485 by single fathers. There were also 29,772 married couples without children and 18,463 cohabiting couples without children.
There were 28,242 married couples with children and 2,468 cohabiting couples with children in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Another 8,476 families were headed by a single parent, including 7,200 headed by a single mother. There were also 4,836 cohabiting couples without children and 15,409 married couples without children.
In Fingal there were 41,083 married couples with children and 5,709 cohabiting couples with children. There were also 17,100 married couples without children and 5,382 cohabiting couples without children. A further 14,144 families were headed by a single parent, including 1,867 families headed by a single father.
South Dublin’s families included 35,033 married couples with children and 5,659 cohabiting couples with children. There were 16,196 married couples without children and 4,462 cohabiting couples without children. A further 15,273 families were headed by a single parent, including 13,281 headed by a single mother.
Same-sex couples
There were 3,269 same-sex couples in Dublin City in April 2022, up from 2,052 in Census 2016.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown there were 567 same-sex couples compared with 363 in 2016.
In Fingal there were 728 same-sex couples, up from 454 six years previously.
The number of same-sex couples in South Dublin increased from 358 to 591.
Nationally, there were 10,393 same-sex couples.
Families renting
There were 50,601 families in rented accommodation in Dublin City (40%). This was a 2% increase on 2016.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 15,212 families (26%) were in rented accommodation, up 10% on the previous census.
There was a 3% increase in the number of families in rented accommodation in Fingal to 22,652 (27%).
In South Dublin, 28% of families (21,497) were in rented acccomodation. This was up by 0.4% since Census 2016.
Private households and Living Alone
Household size
The average household size in Dublin City in April 2022 was 2.48 people. In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown it was 2.71. Both were below the national average, which was 2.74 people. In Fingal the average was 3.02, while in South Dublin it was 2.97.
Living alone
The number of people living alone in Dublin City grew from 60,001 to 61,525, an increase of 3% since Census 2016. There were 72,725 people aged 65 and over living in Dublin City in April 2022. Of these 22,654 were living alone. This was a 10% increase in those aged 65 and over living alone.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown there were 18,791 people living alone, an increase of 7% on six years previously. Of the 37,875 people aged 65 and over living in the county, 9,734 were living alone. This was an 18% increase since 2016.
Fingal’s population included 17,099 people who lived alone, up 12% since 2016. There were 34,389 people aged 65 and over living in the county, of whom 6,929 lived alone. This was a 36% increase since the previous census.
In South Dublin, 17,380 people were living alone, an increase of 12%. There were 38,620 people aged 65 and over living in the county. Of these, 8,261 were living alone, which was up 33% on six years previously.
Adults Living with Their Parents
In Dublin City in April 2022, 49,666 adults, or 10% of all those aged 18 and over living in the City, were still living with their parents. This was down slightly from 11% in the previous census.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 13% of all those aged 18 and over (23,259 people) were living with their parents. This was up 2% since 2016.
In Fingal, 34,115 people aged 18 and over were living with their parents (14%). This was up 23% on the previous census.
In South Dublin, 16% of those aged 18 and over were living with their parents (34,902 people). This was an 11% increase on six years previously.
Nationally, there were 522,486 adult children aged 18 years and above living with their parents (13%).
Carers
Overall, almost 25,000 adults living with their parents were unpaid carers. In Dublin City, 2,659 (5%) were unpaid carers. In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 4% (1,025) were unpaid carers. In Fingal and South Dublin respectively, 1,198 (4%) and 1,461 (4%) of those living with their parents were unpaid carers.
Moving out
In 2022, 24 was the youngest age at which the majority of people nationally were not living with their parents. This was up from 23 years in 2011. In Dublin City this was 25 years, while it was 23 years in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. In both Fingal and South Dublin it was also 25 years.
Males and females living with parents
Of all adults living with their parents nationally in 2022, 57% were male. In Dublin City, 57% were male, while in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal it was 55% and in South Dublin it was 56%.
People aged 18 and over living with parents by Local Electoral Area
Almost one in five (19.8%) of those aged 18 and over in the Palmerstown-Fonthill Local Electoral Area (LEA) were living with their parents. This was the highest rate of any LEA.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Killiney-Shankill had the highest rate, at 16%.
In Dublin City, 16% of those aged 18 and over in the Ballymun-Finglas LEA were living with their parents, while 16% of all those aged 18 and over in the Rush-Lusk LEA were living with their parents.
Childcare
Number of children aged under 15
There were 88,603 children (aged under 15) living in Dublin City in April 2022. This was 5,390 more than in 2016.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, there were 42,303 children living in the county. This was 2,264 more than in 2016.
There were 74,048 children living in Fingal. This was up from 72,613 in the previous census.
In South Dublin, there were 63,989 children in the county, compared with 64,088 in 2016.
Nationally, there were 1,012,287 children aged under 15 (up 5,735 since 2016).
Number of children aged under 15 in childcare
Almost one in three – 331,783 – children aged under 15 nationally were in some form of childcare.
In Dublin City, 25,986 (29%) of those aged under 15 were in childcare.
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 37% of children aged under 15 were in childcare (15,859).
In Fingal 21,911 children under 15 were in some form of childcare (30%).
In South Dublin, 29% were in childcare (18,728 children).
Type of childcare
There were 13,000 children in a crèche/Montessori/playgroup/after school service in Dublin City (50%). Almost one in four (24%) were being cared for by an unpaid relative or family member. A further 2,004 (7%) were being cared for by a childminder (in the childminder’s home).
More than half of those in childcare in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown were in a crèche / Montessori / playgroup / after school service (54%, or 8,504 children). Fewer than one in five (18% or 2,869) children were being cared for by an unpaid relative or family member while 9% (1,427) were being minded by a childminder (in the minder’s home).
In Fingal, 9,911 children were in a crèche/Montessori/playgroup/after school service (45%). There were 6,041 children being cared for by an unpaid relative or family member (28%). Another 2,819 children (13%) were being minded by a childminder (in the minder’s home).
There were 8,597 children in a crèche/Montessori/playgroup/after school service In South Dublin (46%). Another 5,560 children were being cared for by unpaid relative or family member (30%). One in 10 were being minded by a childminder in the minder’s home (1,880 children).