Leopardstown (Irish: Baile na Lobhar, meaning "Town of the Lepers") is a district in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland, located at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan. The area is home to the famous Leopardstown Racecourse, second most important racecourse in Ireland after The Curragh. Places of interest in Leopardstown include Glencairn House (the residence of the British Ambassador to Ireland), Leopardstown Park Hospital, and Burton Hall, childhood home of Hollywood actress Kathleen Ryan.

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Area Statistics

Area:	3.83 square km
Population:	2067
Population Density:	540 people/km 2

Age

15 - 24 :	17.2 %		National 14.9 %
Under 15 :	14.5 %		20.4 %
25 - 34 :	12.3 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	12.3 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	13.7 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	15.0 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	14.9 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	48.3 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	44.7 %		36.9 %
Separated :	1.7 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.2 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	4.1 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	57.4 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	9.8 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	2.6 %		2.2 %
Bus :	20.5 %		13.2 %
Rail :	9.4 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.2 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	35.5 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	22.1 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	26.3 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	9.2 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	6.3 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.5 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	48.3 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	19.0 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	17.4 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	3.9 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	2.0 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	0.3 %		4.3 %
Other :	9.1 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	85.5 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	8.5 %		7.2 %
None :	6.0 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	96.9 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	3.1 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.0 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	28.6 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.1 %		0.6 %
Primary :	5.4 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	5.5 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	13.7 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	13.6 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	18.3 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	5.2 %		3.3 %
Masters :	8.3 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.4 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	32.9 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	6.4 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	10.1 %		10.1 %
Science :	5.9 %		5.2 %
Computing :	6.2 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	10.8 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.3 %		2.6 %
Health :	11.9 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	0.6 %		3.2 %
Services :	3.5 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	10.3 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	48.1 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Construction :	2.2 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	8.4 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	6.3 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	24.2 %		19.7 %
Other :	10.6 %		17.4 %

Household

Couple with Children :	43.3 %		National 35.2 %
One Person :	14.9 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	21.0 %		18.3 %
Single Parent :	7.2 %		10.4 %
Other :	13.5 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	90.0 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	6.0 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.3 %		1.1 %
Asian :	2.9 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.8 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	91.0 %		National 89.8 %
British :	2.5 %		2.7 %
Polish :	0.2 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.1 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	2.0 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	4.1 %		3.5 %

House Age

1961 - 1980 :	63.0 %		National 23.4 %
Before 1919 :	4.1 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	7.0 %		18.0 %
1981 - 2000 :	25.0 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	0.9 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 065 Stillorgan-Leopardstown.

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Bus

1. 7b
2. 7d
3. 44
4. 46a
5. 47
6. 63
7. 75
8. 84
9. 84x
10. 114
11. 145
12. 746

Luas

1. Central Park
2. Glencairn
3. Ballyogan Wood

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