Castleknock (Caisleán Cnucha in Irish, meaning "Cnucha's Castle") is a suburb and a suburban village in the west of Fingal county, within the old County Dublin. It is located 8 km (5 mi) west of Dublin City Centre. Castleknock was a rural village until the late 1960s, when the first housing estates began to be developed. Castleknock developed in tandem with neighbouring settlement Blanchardstown, both of which grew rapidly from the early 70s to the present. During the 70s and 80s, the village became subsumed into the suburban fabric of Dublin. The area boasts a number of shopping centres, as well as a variety of small local businesses and restaurants.

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Area Statistics

Area:	5.87 square km
Population:	4395
Population Density:	749 people/km 2

Age

15 - 24 :	20.8 %		National 14.9 %
Under 15 :	15.6 %		20.4 %
25 - 34 :	12.4 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	10.0 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	17.5 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	15.4 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	8.4 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	50.6 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	43.6 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.0 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	0.8 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	2.9 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	62.6 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	8.8 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	2.2 %		2.2 %
Bus :	21.3 %		13.2 %
Rail :	4.0 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.0 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	27.5 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	22.3 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	25.2 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	13.0 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	10.0 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	2.0 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	42.9 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	16.4 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	19.1 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	7.5 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	3.6 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	0.7 %		4.3 %
Other :	9.7 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	91.3 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	5.0 %		7.2 %
None :	3.7 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	92.2 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	7.7 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.0 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	34.5 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Primary :	5.8 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.3 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	13.3 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	11.5 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	14.2 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	4.9 %		3.3 %
Masters :	7.6 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.4 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	31.9 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	6.5 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	8.6 %		10.1 %
Science :	5.1 %		5.2 %
Computing :	5.3 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	9.1 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.4 %		2.6 %
Health :	14.2 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	1.7 %		3.2 %
Services :	2.5 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.8 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	37.4 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.2 %		1.5 %
Construction :	4.6 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	10.3 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	10.5 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	23.6 %		19.7 %
Other :	13.4 %		17.4 %

Household

Couple with Children :	50.1 %		National 35.2 %
One Person :	13.6 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	17.5 %		18.3 %
Single Parent :	8.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	10.7 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	93.4 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	5.0 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.3 %		1.1 %
Asian :	0.7 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.6 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	93.7 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.1 %		2.7 %
Polish :	0.8 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	1.9 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	2.1 %		3.5 %

House Age

1961 - 1980 :	48.6 %		National 23.4 %
Before 1919 :	1.6 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	4.6 %		18.0 %
1981 - 2000 :	36.8 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	8.4 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 017 Castleknock-Park.

Getting here:

Bus

1. 37
2. 37x
3. 38
4. 38c
5. 38a
6. 38b
7. 39a
8. 39b
9. 39
10. 39c
11. 70
12. 70a

1. 237

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Train

1. Western Suburban
2. Castleknock Station

Car

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