Glasthule (Irish: Glas Tuathail, meaning "Toole's Streamlet") is a suburban village located along Dublin's East Coast, between Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey. Every year it celebrates Bloomsday (celebrating the day featured in James Joyce's highly acclaimed novel Ulysses). The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove. The Presentation Brothers maintain a house in Glasthule and operated Presentation College Glasthule, a secondary school for boys, until 2006. It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel 'At Swim, Two Boys'.

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Area Statistics

Area:	0.29 square km
Population:	1855
Population Density:	6357 people/km 2

Age

25 - 34 :	23.8 %		National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	13.2 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	12.3 %		14.9 %
35 - 44 :	16.3 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	12.0 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	9.3 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	13.1 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	56.4 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	33.0 %		36.9 %
Separated :	3.1 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	2.7 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	4.7 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	34.9 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	23.5 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	4.0 %		2.2 %
Bus :	13.3 %		13.2 %
Rail :	23.7 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.6 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

< 15 mins :	31.8 %		National 37.7 %
15 - 29 mins :	24.5 %		30.5 %
30 - 44 mins :	24.0 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	9.7 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	8.3 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.7 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	35.7 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	12.2 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	14.6 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	9.4 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	7.7 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	1.7 %		4.3 %
Other :	18.7 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	70.7 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	12.9 %		7.2 %
None :	16.4 %		4.5 %

Housing

Apartment :	50.0 %		National 9.7 %
House :	41.4 %		89.2 %
Bedsit :	8.6 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	27.2 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Primary :	5.6 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	8.7 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	12.3 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	12.8 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	14.7 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	6.8 %		3.3 %
Masters :	9.8 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.8 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	23.2 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	4.9 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	21.4 %		10.1 %
Science :	4.1 %		5.2 %
Computing :	5.0 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	9.5 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.1 %		2.6 %
Health :	11.5 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	0.8 %		3.2 %
Services :	4.1 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	14.4 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	39.1 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.4 %		1.5 %
Construction :	5.0 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	8.0 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	3.4 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	22.9 %		19.7 %
Other :	21.3 %		17.4 %

Household

One Person :	42.8 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	20.0 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	17.5 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	5.2 %		10.4 %
Other :	14.6 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	73.9 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	16.1 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.9 %		1.1 %
Asian :	6.7 %		1.3 %
Other :	2.3 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	74.7 %		National 89.8 %
British :	2.8 %		2.7 %
Polish :	4.4 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	6.5 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	11.4 %		3.5 %

House Age

Before 1919 :	56.8 %		National 11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	13.6 %		18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	6.2 %		23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	18.4 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	5.0 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 042 Dun Laoghaire-East Central.

Getting here:

Bus

1. 7a
2. 7
3. 7d
4. 45a
5. 59
6. 111

DART

1. Sandycove & Glasthule

Parking

1. Eden Park Car Park
2. Glasthule Car Park

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