Editing Dublin (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|County Dublin#Demographics|l1=Demographics of County Dublin}}
[[File:Dublin population pyramid.svg|thumb|Dublin (city) population pyramid in 2022]]
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|+ Main immigrant groups in Dublin City and suburbs (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/ |title=Census 2016 -Non-Irish Nationalities Living in Ireland |date=18 September 2018 |publisher=CSO|access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107003139/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/%20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="column" | Nationality
! scope="column" | Population
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! scope="row" | Poland
| 33,751<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/polish/|title=Polish – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193759/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/polish/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | UK 
| 19,196<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181510459916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193918/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181510459916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Romania
| 16,808<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/romanian/|title=Romanian – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193921/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/romanian/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Lithuania 
|9,869<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/lithuanian/|title=Lithuanian – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193812/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/lithuanian/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Brazil 
| 8,903<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918155169916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194004/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918155169916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Italy
| 6,834<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/italian/|title=Italian – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194101/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/italian/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | India
| 6,546<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=201891815739916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194049/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=201891815739916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Spain
| 6,341<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/spanish/|title=Spanish – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193908/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/spanish/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Latvia
| 5,771<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/latvian/|title=Latvian – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193838/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/latvian/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Mainland China
| 5,748<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181517289916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194117/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181517289916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | France
| 5,576<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/french/|title=French – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194031/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpnin/cpnin/french/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | United States
| 4,042<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918158239916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194012/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918158239916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Nigeria
| 2,563<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181511179916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194110/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181511179916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Pakistan
| 2,515<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181518439916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918230758/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=20189181518439916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Philippines
| 2,204<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918159459916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |title=Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194037/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectOut/PxSort.asp?file=2018918159459916935E7002&PLanguage=0&MainTable=E7002&MainTablePrestext=Population%20Usually%20Resident%20and%20Present%20in%20the%20State%202011%20to%202016%20(Number)&potsize=4 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The City of Dublin is the area administered by [[Dublin City Council]]. The traditional [[County Dublin]] includes the city and the administrative counties of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]], [[Fingal]] and [[South Dublin]]. The [[Greater Dublin Area]] includes County Dublin and the adjoining counties, [[County Kildare]], [[County Meath]] and [[County Wicklow]].

In the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]], the population of the City of Dublin was 592,713,<ref name="2022mapdcc">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2023 |title=Census Mapping: Dublin City Council |url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03789V04537&guid=2ae19629-1433-13a3-e055-000000000001B |access-date=22 September 2023 |publisher=Central Statistics Office |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093952/https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03789V04537&guid=2ae19629-1433-13a3-e055-000000000001B |url-status=live }}</ref> while the population of Dublin city and suburbs was 1,263,219.<ref name="2022mapdcands">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2023 |title=Census Mapping: Dublin City and its Suburbs |url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=52be0df1-c0d3-4a30-98c1-df9ada232158 |access-date=22 September 2023 |publisher=Central Statistics Office |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093913/https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=52be0df1-c0d3-4a30-98c1-df9ada232158 |url-status=live }}</ref> County Dublin had a population of 1,458,154,<ref name="2022mapcodub">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2023 |title=Census Mapping: Dublin |url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03880V04631&guid=F97E459B-57ED-49C0-8A28-2BC1C7F08E88 |access-date=22 September 2023 |publisher=Central Statistics Office |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093914/https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03880V04631&guid=F97E459B-57ED-49C0-8A28-2BC1C7F08E88 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the population of the Greater Dublin Area was 2,082,605.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Population and Actual and Percentage Change |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1003 |url-status=live |website=Central Statistics Office |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093915/https://data.cso.ie/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Economic Profile of Dublin |url=https://www.dublinchamber.ie/About-Us/Economic-Profile-of-Dublin |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=Dublin Chamber |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904234046/https://www.dublinchamber.ie/About-Us/Economic-Profile-of-Dublin |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the population of Dublin city and its suburbs, 62.9% (794,925) were born in Dublin, 26.6% (336,021) were born outside of Ireland, while the remaining 10.5% (132,273) were born in a county other than Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Population and Birthplace |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1046 |url-status=live |website=Central Statistics Office |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093919/https://data.cso.ie/ }}</ref>

After [[World War II]], Italians were by far the largest immigrant group in both Dublin and Ireland and became synonymous with the catering and restaurant landscape.<ref name="rteArchives1972">{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1665-immigration/370199-the-italians/ |title=RTÉ Archives &#124; The Italians |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826074204/https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1665-immigration/370199-the-italians/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/WP13_19.pdf |publisher =UCD Centre for Economic Research | work = Working Paper Series | title = 'Because She Never Let Them In': Irish Immigration a Century Ago and Today | date = December 2013 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120174100/http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/WP13_19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the late 1990s, Dublin has experienced a significant level of net immigration, with the greatest numbers coming from the European Union, especially the United Kingdom, Poland and Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/12/pressandpublishing.business3 | website = [[The Guardian]] | title = Dublin heralds a new era in publishing for immigrants | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170129064418/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/12/pressandpublishing.business3 |archive-date=29 January 2017 | date = 12 March 2006}}</ref> There is also immigration from outside Europe, including from Pakistan, Brazil, the Philippines, China, India and Nigeria. Dublin is home to a greater proportion of newer arrivals than any other part of the country. Sixty percent of Ireland's Asian population lives in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0726/91717-census/ |publisher = Raidió Teilifís Éireann |title = Foreign nationals now 10% of Irish population |date = 26 July 2007 |access-date = 29 August 2015 |archive-date = 24 September 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141241/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0726/91717-census/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

The capital attracts the largest proportion of non-Catholic migrants from other countries. Increased secularisation in Ireland has prompted a drop in regular Catholic church attendance in Dublin from over 90 percent in the mid-1970s down to 14 percent according to a 2011 survey and less than 2% in some areas<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/europe/ireland-catholic-baptism-school.html Catholic Church's Hold on Schools at Issue in Changing Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304115408/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/europe/ireland-catholic-baptism-school.html |date=4 March 2017 }} ''The New York Times'', 21 January 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = http://rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/0821/986468-after-francis-whats-the-future-for-the-church-in-ireland/| publisher = Raidió Teilifís Éireann| title = After Francis: what's the future for the church in Ireland?| date = 23 August 2018| access-date = 8 December 2020| archive-date = 28 December 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201228221158/https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/0821/986468-after-francis-whats-the-future-for-the-church-in-ireland/| url-status = live| last1 = Ganiel| first1 = Gladys}}</ref> As of the [[2016 census of Ireland|2016 census]], 68.2% of Dublin's population identified as Catholic, 12.7% as other stated religions, with 19.1% having no religion or no religion stated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EED4C2E4-43BA-428E-96FC-1C65CC0A4340#SAPMAP_T2_220|title=Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Dublin City And Suburbs. Population by religion.|website=Central Statistics Office|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113075445/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EED4C2E4-43BA-428E-96FC-1C65CC0A4340#SAPMAP_T2_220|archive-date=13 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the 2022 census, the population of [[County Dublin]] self-identified as 80.4% white (68.0% white Irish, 12.0% other white and 0.4% Irish traveller), 5.8% Asian, 3.0% mixed backgrounds, 2.2% [[Black people in Ireland|Black]] and 8.5% not stated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interactive Data Visualisations {{!}} CSO Ireland |url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=52be0df1-c0d3-4a30-98c1-df9ada232158&theme=1 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=visual.cso.ie}}</ref> In the same census, the ethnic makeup of Dublin city was 76.81% white (including 64.23% white Irish and 12.19% other white people), 12.98% not stated, 5.11% Asian, 3.50% other and 1.58% [[Black people in Ireland|black]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interactive Data Visualisations {{!}} CSO Ireland |url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03789V04537&guid=2ae19629-1433-13a3-e055-000000000001&theme=1 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=visual.cso.ie}}</ref>

{{as of|2018|July|}}, there were 1,367 families within the Dublin region living in homeless accommodation or other emergency housing.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.homelessdublin.ie/content/files/DRHE_July_2018_Homeless_Family_Infographic.pdf |website = homelessdublin.ie |title = Dublin Region Families who are Homeless July 2018 (Week of 23rd–29th) |publisher = Dublin Region Homeless Executive |date = July 2018 |access-date = 13 September 2018 |archive-date = 7 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103024/https://www.homelessdublin.ie/content/files/DRHE_July_2018_Homeless_Family_Infographic.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref>