Health in Dublin, Ireland: official figures
In Census 2022, 48.1% of people in Dublin City rated their own health as very good, below the national 53.2% and the lowest of 2 cities on this measure.
How many people have a disability in Dublin?
Census 2022 counted 130,192 people with a disability to some or a great extent in Dublin City, 22.0% of the population against 21.5% in Ireland as a whole.
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyHow many carers are there in Dublin?
28,801 residents of Dublin City provided regular unpaid care to someone in Census 2022, or 4.9% of the population (5.8% nationally).
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyWhat percentage of people smoke in Dublin?
18.1% of people in Dublin City who answered the Census 2022 smoking question said they smoke tobacco, the highest of 2 cities (Ireland: 14.2%).
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyMore figures
- 11,974 people in Dublin City (2.02%) said their health was bad or very bad in Census 2022; the national share was 1.74%, and Dublin City ranked the highest of 2 cities. Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copy
- 21,930 people aged 15 and over in Dublin City were unable to work because of permanent sickness or disability in Census 2022, 4.4% of that age group compared with 4.6% nationally. Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 58% of residents of Dublin were satisfied with health care services, doctors and hospitals. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
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Sources
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_percep: Quality of life in European cities survey 2023: perception (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 81bd3e277f3e…)
- Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland: Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), all themes, by administrative county and city, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 32250e98c48a…)
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