Written answers
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Department of An Taoiseach
Census of Population
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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207. To ask the Taoiseach the population of the Lucan area at each census since 1981 [15414/25]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Looking at the four Electoral Divisions in Lucan;- Lucan North, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights and Lucan – St. Helens, the population of Lucan has grown from 13,058 in 1981 to 57,550 in 2022.
The table below shows the population at each Census year for these four Electoral divisions in Lucan.
| Census Year | Lucan Total | Lucan North | Lucan-Esker | Lucan Heights | Lucan-St. Helen's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 13,058 | 345 | 2,069 | 5,190 | 5,454 |
| 1986 | 13,376 | 298 | 1,977 | 5,310 | 5,791 |
| 1991 | 14,748 | 317 | 3,099 | 5,263 | 6,069 |
| 1996 | 20,523 | 340 | 7,451 | 5,817 | 6,915 |
| 2002 | 33,909 | 338 | 20,807 | 5,719 | 7,045 |
| 2006 | 38,843 | 1,163 | 25,828 | 5,260 | 6,592 |
| 2011 | 45,845 | 1,358 | 29,820 | 5,217 | 9,450 |
| 2016 | 49,526 | 1,436 | 32,236 | 5,196 | 10,658 |
| 2022 | 57,550 | 1,765 | 33,849 | 5,131 | 16,805 |
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