Monkstown

Dublin, Ireland

Monkstown (Irish: Baile na Manach), historically known as Carrickbrennan (Irish: Carraig Bhraonáin), is a village and townland in the south Dublin suburbs, located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County. It is located on the coast, between the towns of Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire. The DART stations of Seapoint and Salthill and Monkstown serve the village. Monkstown is noted for its beautiful coastline, which displays many historical buildings of the Georgian and Edwardian periods. It is an affluent area and boats a wide range of bars, restaurants and eateries. One of the most notable buildings of the Salthill and Monkstown area is a Martello Tower, located at Seapoint beach. Monkstown also has a locally known puppet theatre named Lambert Puppet Theatre, every year the puppet theatre hosts an international puppet festival.

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Area Statistics

Area:	1.41 square km
Population:	6378
Population Density:	4538 people/km ²

Age
25 - 34 :	18.2 %	National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	16.5 %	20.4 %
15 - 24 :	12.7 %	14.9 %
35 - 44 :	15.4 %	14.7 %
45 - 54 :	12.1 %	12.3 %
55 - 64 :	10.3 %	9.6 %
65 & Over :	14.8 %	11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	55.7 %	National 54.7 %
Married :	34.2 %	36.9 %
Separated :	2.8 %	2.5 %
Divorced :	2.0 %	1.4 %
Widowed :	5.4 %	4.5 %

Commuter Type
Car :	49.0 %	National 63.7 %
Walk :	16.1 %	17.5 %
Bicycle :	3.7 %	2.2 %
Bus :	12.0 %	13.2 %
Rail :	18.3 %	2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.9 %	0.6 %

Commute Time
15 - 29 mins :	32.9 %	National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	24.1 %	37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	24.8 %	16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	10.3 %	6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	6.7 %	6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.1 %	2.7 %

Social Class
Managerial & Technical :	34.6 %	National 26.4 %
Professional :	16.7 %	6.5 %
Non-manual :	14.0 %	17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	9.2 %	17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	5.8 %	11.1 %
Unskilled :	2.7 %	4.3 %
Other :	16.9 %	17.6 %

Religion
Catholic :	78.0 %	National 88.3 %
Other :	12.3 %	7.2 %
None :	9.6 %	4.5 %

Housing
House :	70.3 %	National 89.2 %
Apartment :	29.0 %	9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.5 %	0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.2 %	0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	27.8 %	National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.5 %	0.6 %
Primary :	9.6 %	18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.2 %	9.0 %
Non-Degree :	11.8 %	11.1 %
Primary Degree :	11.2 %	6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	15.2 %	6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	6.2 %	3.3 %
Masters :	9.4 %	3.1 %
Ph.D. :	2.2 %	0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	28.2 %	National 21.3 %
Education :	5.7 %	7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	14.9 %	10.1 %
Science :	5.7 %	5.2 %
Computing :	6.1 %	6.8 %
Engineering :	10.4 %	12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.8 %	2.6 %
Health :	10.2 %	12.3 %
Social Services :	1.9 %	3.2 %
Services :	3.0 %	6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.3 %	12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	42.1 %	National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.3 %	1.5 %
Construction :	3.4 %	10.2 %
Manufacturing :	6.8 %	15.6 %
Public Service :	5.7 %	6.6 %
Professional Services :	22.9 %	19.7 %
Other :	18.8 %	17.4 %

Household
One Person :	31.0 %	National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	21.4 %	18.3 %
Couple with Children :	23.6 %	35.2 %
Single Parent :	9.7 %	10.4 %
Other :	14.3 %	13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	84.4 %	National 89.5 %
White other :	11.1 %	7.1 %
Black :	0.6 %	1.1 %
Asian :	2.1 %	1.3 %
Other :	1.8 %	1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	85.6 %	National 89.8 %
British :	3.2 %	2.7 %
Polish :	2.3 %	1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.4 %	0.6 %
Other E.U. :	3.4 %	1.8 %
Rest of the world :	5.1 %	3.5 %

House Age
1981 - 2000 :	31.7 %	National 29.7 %
Before 1919 :	13.5 %	11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	27.1 %	18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	20.3 %	23.4 %
After 2001 :	7.4 %	17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 012 Blackrock-Monkstown, 046 Dun Laoghaire-Mount Town, 051 Dun Laoghaire-Salthill.

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