Churchtown (Irish: Baile an Teampaill) is a largely residential suburb on the southside of Dublin, between Dundrum and Rathfarnham, within the postal district Dublin 14. Historical features of Churchtown include Ely's Arch on the Braemor Road and the Bottle Tower or Hall's Barn on Whitehall Road. Churchtown has a number of shops and pubs, including a mid-size supermarket, which has one of Dublin's few kosher sales facilities. It is also one of Dublin's centres for the driving test.

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Area Statistics

Area:	2.13 square km
Population:	3069
Population Density:	1442 people/km 2

Age

65 & Over :	23.3 %		National 11.0 %
Under 15 :	15.5 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	13.6 %		14.9 %
25 - 34 :	9.1 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	11.7 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	15.7 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	11.0 %		9.6 %

Marital Status

Single :	45.5 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	43.1 %		36.9 %
Separated :	1.9 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	0.9 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	8.5 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	66.1 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	8.4 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	7.9 %		2.2 %
Bus :	6.5 %		13.2 %
Rail :	9.7 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.4 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	38.9 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	20.4 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	27.2 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	8.4 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	4.5 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.6 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	41.4 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	18.1 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	16.8 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	6.1 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	2.8 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	0.4 %		4.3 %
Other :	14.4 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	78.6 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	13.7 %		7.2 %
None :	7.7 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	93.9 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	5.9 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	33.8 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.0 %		0.6 %
Primary :	7.4 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.5 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	11.7 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	11.0 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	15.9 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	4.7 %		3.3 %
Masters :	7.0 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	2.0 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	30.0 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	6.3 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	14.6 %		10.1 %
Science :	4.9 %		5.2 %
Computing :	3.9 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	9.4 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.6 %		2.6 %
Health :	12.7 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	1.8 %		3.2 %
Services :	1.9 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	14.0 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	39.6 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Construction :	3.4 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	7.8 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	10.5 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	25.6 %		19.7 %
Other :	12.9 %		17.4 %

Household

Couple with Children :	32.0 %		National 35.2 %
One Person :	26.4 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	23.4 %		18.3 %
Single Parent :	7.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	11.1 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	94.8 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	3.4 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.2 %		1.1 %
Asian :	0.8 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.8 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	95.3 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.8 %		2.7 %
Polish :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.1 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	1.0 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	1.7 %		3.5 %

House Age

1919 - 1960 :	76.7 %		National 18.0 %
Before 1919 :	3.6 %		11.1 %
1961 - 1980 :	11.3 %		23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	6.8 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	1.6 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 023 Churchtown-Landscape, 025 Churchtown-Orwell.

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