Goatstown (Irish: Baile na nGabhar) is a suburb of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County. Goatstown is primarily a residential area, with extensive housing developments from the middle decades of the 20th century onwards, with little local industry. It is roughly centred on a pub named the "Goat Grill" (known as "Dublin's Sporting Pub"), at the intersection of Goatstown Road and Taney Road, where there has been a pub since the early 18th century. Goatstown got its name from the fact that formerly goats were bred there; their milk was considered to be excellent for those suffering from tuberculosis. The Luas green line runs through the south-west corner of Goatstown and the Dundrum Luas stop is nearby.

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Area Statistics

Area:	1.76 square km
Population:	4620
Population Density:	2632 people/km 2

Age

15 - 24 :	18.5 %		National 14.9 %
Under 15 :	16.9 %		20.4 %
25 - 34 :	14.1 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	12.5 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	12.7 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	9.6 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	15.6 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	54.1 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	38.0 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.2 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.1 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	4.6 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	55.2 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	17.7 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	7.2 %		2.2 %
Bus :	8.6 %		13.2 %
Rail :	10.1 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.1 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	37.6 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	27.6 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	22.8 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	7.5 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	3.8 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.8 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	36.4 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	17.4 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	15.8 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	7.0 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	4.7 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	1.1 %		4.3 %
Other :	17.6 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	81.2 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	10.7 %		7.2 %
None :	8.1 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	82.4 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	17.4 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	32.7 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Primary :	8.6 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	5.4 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	10.3 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	11.0 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	14.6 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	5.6 %		3.3 %
Masters :	9.4 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	2.1 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	31.0 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	6.0 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	12.9 %		10.1 %
Science :	7.0 %		5.2 %
Computing :	5.5 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	10.5 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.4 %		2.6 %
Health :	10.4 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	1.7 %		3.2 %
Services :	2.0 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	11.6 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	41.3 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.2 %		1.5 %
Construction :	4.6 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	7.7 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	7.5 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	23.9 %		19.7 %
Other :	14.8 %		17.4 %

Household

Couple with Children :	32.4 %		National 35.2 %
One Person :	23.4 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	20.1 %		18.3 %
Single Parent :	9.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	15.0 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	90.2 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	5.8 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.6 %		1.1 %
Asian :	1.8 %		1.3 %
Other :	1.6 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	91.9 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.8 %		2.7 %
Polish :	0.4 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.0 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	2.5 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	3.3 %		3.5 %

House Age

1961 - 1980 :	37.8 %		National 23.4 %
Before 1919 :	2.8 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	26.7 %		18.0 %
1981 - 2000 :	22.0 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	10.7 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 030 Clonskeagh-Roebuck, 041 Dundrum-Taney.

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