Rathmines

Dublin, Ireland

Rathmines (Ráth Maonais in Irish) is a suburb on the southside of Dublin, about 3 kilometres south of the city centre. Rathmines has thriving commercial and civil activity and is well-known across Ireland as part of a traditionally known "flat land" - providing rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third level students coming from outside the city. In more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many houses have been gentrified by the wealthier beneficiaries of Ireland's recent economic boom. Rathmines, nonetheless, is often said to have a cosmopolitan air, and has a diverse international population and has always been home to groups of new immigrant communities and indigenous ethnic minorities.

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Area Statistics

Area:	2.08 square km
Population:	17068
Population Density:	8222 people/km ²

Age
25 - 34 :	35.2 %	National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	9.2 %	20.4 %
15 - 24 :	20.7 %	14.9 %
35 - 44 :	12.5 %	14.7 %
45 - 54 :	9.4 %	12.3 %
55 - 64 :	6.1 %	9.6 %
65 & Over :	6.8 %	11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	72.5 %	National 54.7 %
Married :	20.7 %	36.9 %
Separated :	2.2 %	2.5 %
Divorced :	1.7 %	1.4 %
Widowed :	2.9 %	4.5 %

Commuter Type
Walk :	36.8 %	National 17.5 %
Bicycle :	10.4 %	2.2 %
Bus :	19.1 %	13.2 %
Rail :	5.9 %	2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.1 %	0.6 %
Car :	26.8 %	63.7 %

Commute Time
15 - 29 mins :	39.8 %	National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	18.5 %	37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	27.8 %	16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	7.9 %	6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	4.8 %	6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.3 %	2.7 %

Social Class
Managerial & Technical :	28.9 %	National 26.4 %
Professional :	16.3 %	6.5 %
Non-manual :	15.2 %	17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	7.7 %	17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	7.5 %	11.1 %
Unskilled :	2.2 %	4.3 %
Other :	22.2 %	17.6 %

Religion
Catholic :	68.7 %	National 88.3 %
Other :	15.0 %	7.2 %
None :	16.3 %	4.5 %

Housing
Apartment :	49.9 %	National 9.7 %
House :	39.7 %	89.2 %
Bedsit :	10.3 %	0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %	0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	21.5 %	National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.3 %	0.6 %
Primary :	7.1 %	18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.4 %	9.0 %
Non-Degree :	10.8 %	11.1 %
Primary Degree :	18.3 %	6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	14.9 %	6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	6.9 %	3.3 %
Masters :	12.1 %	3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.6 %	0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	28.9 %	National 21.3 %
Education :	4.1 %	7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	17.3 %	10.1 %
Science :	5.3 %	5.2 %
Computing :	6.9 %	6.8 %
Engineering :	9.9 %	12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.8 %	2.6 %
Health :	8.3 %	12.3 %
Social Services :	1.5 %	3.2 %
Services :	3.7 %	6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.3 %	12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	43.8 %	National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.2 %	1.5 %
Construction :	4.7 %	10.2 %
Manufacturing :	5.9 %	15.6 %
Public Service :	5.6 %	6.6 %
Professional Services :	17.1 %	19.7 %
Other :	22.7 %	17.4 %

Household
One Person :	41.7 %	National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	18.5 %	18.3 %
Couple with Children :	11.4 %	35.2 %
Single Parent :	3.9 %	10.4 %
Other :	24.5 %	13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	72.5 %	National 89.5 %
White other :	17.2 %	7.1 %
Black :	1.9 %	1.1 %
Asian :	5.9 %	1.3 %
Other :	2.6 %	1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	72.7 %	National 89.8 %
British :	3.1 %	2.7 %
Polish :	3.9 %	1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.7 %	0.6 %
Other E.U. :	6.5 %	1.8 %
Rest of the world :	13.1 %	3.5 %

House Age
Before 1919 :	47.4 %	National 11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	19.5 %	18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	9.4 %	23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	18.6 %	29.7 %
After 2001 :	5.1 %	17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 138 Rathmines West A, 139 Rathmines West B, 140 Rathmines West C, 141 Rathmines West D, 143 Rathmines West F.

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