The Republic of Ireland's population exceeded the five million threshold for the first time in nearly 200 years, according to the latest Census.
5,149,139 people live in the country according to the survey, with Dublin’s population growing to 1,458,154. Census 2022 results released today also revealed that of Dublin’s population, 744,548 were female and 713,606 were male.
This means there were 96 males for every 100 females. In Ireland overall there were 2,604,590 females and 2,544,549 males or 98 males for every 100 females.
The average age of Dublin’s population in April 2022 was 38 years, while nationally, the average age of the population was 38.8. Meanwhile, the number of people aged 65 and over continues to grow. This age group increased by nearly 20 per cent to 195,664 in Dublin, and by 22 per cent to 776,315 at a national level, since 2016.
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In Dublin, the number of dual Irish citizens increased from 39,440 to 56,696 while non-Irish citizens accounted for 17 per cent of the county’s population. Nationally, dual Irish citizenship increased by 63 per cent from 104,784 to 170,597 people and non-Irish citizens made up 12 per cent of the population.
The proportion of separated and divorced people in both Dublin and Ireland remains steady at 6 per cent of the population (aged 15 and over), the same as in 2016.
Fewer people reported having good health. In 2022, 81 per cent of people in Dublin stated that their health was good or very good compared with 86 per cent in 2016. Nationally, 83 per cent of people stated that their health was good/very good, compared to 87% in 2016.
The number of people - aged three and over - who could speak Irish in Dublin was 467,679 compared with 431,413 in 2016. Within this figure 16,440 said they spoke Irish daily while 29,624 spoke Irish weekly. Nationally 1,873,997 people stated they were able to speak Irish, with 71,968 speaking Irish daily and 115,065 speaking it weekly.
There was a significant increase in employment levels in the capital. 698,931 people aged 15 and over were at work in Dublin, an increase of 84,155 people (14 per cent) between 2016 and 2022. Nationally, there were 313,656 additional people ( 16 per cent) at work. 41 per cent of the workforce in Dublin worked from home at least one day a week in 2022.
There were 268,943 children aged 15 and under in Dublin in April 2022. Of these, 82,484 less than a third were in childcare, compared with 33 per cent nationally.
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In 2022, 58 per cent of households in Dublin owned their own home, with a further 36 per cent renting. This compared with two thirds of households owning their home nationally and 28 per cent renting.
Only 19 per cent of households wrote a message in the Time Capsule both nationally and in Dublin.
Nationally, the proportion of the population who identified Roman Catholic as their religion fell from 79 per cent in 2016 to 69 per cent in 2022. The figure for people with no religion increased by 284,269 and stood at 736,210
The biggest non-Irish groups were Polish and UK citizens followed by Indian, Romanian and Lithuanian. Brazilian, Italian, Latvian and Spanish citizens were also among the larger non-Irish groups.
More than 20 per cent in the country still didn't have a broadband internet connection in 2022.
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