Greater Dublin Area

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Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other The Greater Dublin Area (GDA; Irish: Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath), or simply Greater Dublin, is an informal term that is taken to include the city of Dublin and its hinterland, with varying definitions as to its extent. At the expansive end, it has been defined as including all of the traditional County Dublin and three neighbouring counties, while more commonly it is taken as the contiguous metropolitan area of Dublin plus suburban and commuter towns. The area is defined for strategic planning, and, for example, transport, and it is not a formal administrative or political unit.

Definitions

Planning usage

The 2003 Regional Planning Guidelines referred to the Greater Dublin Area as a planning district separated into a "metropolitan area" and a "hinterland area".[1]

The "metropolitan area" included both suburbs and commuter towns, covering the area from Swords and Malahide in Fingal, to Greystones in County Wicklow in the south, and as far west as Kilcock in County Kildare. This area differs from the Garda "metropolitan region" scope, in that it stretches approximately 20 km further west.

The Dublin Metropolitan Area is now defined as:[2]

Local government area Area within DMA
Dublin city Whole territory
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County, except for parts of the electoral divisions of Tibradden and Glencullen comprising the townlands of Stackstown, Ticknock, Kilmashogue, Tibradden, Ballybrack, Glendoo, Boranaraltry, Glencullen Mountain and Brockery.
South Dublin County, except for parts of Rathcoole, Saggart, Ballinacorny and Bohernabreen comprising the townlands of Aghfarrell, Allagour, Ballinascorney (Lower and Upper), Ballymaice, Ballymorefi nn, Belgard Deer Park, Brittas (Big and Little), Calliaghstown Upper, Castlekelly, Corrageen, Cunard, Friarstown Lower, Glassamucky, Glassamucky Brakes, Glassamucky Mountain, Glassavullaun, Glenaraneen, Glendoo, Gortlum, Killakee, Lugg, Mountpelier, Mountseskin, Piperstown, Raheen, Slademore, Slievethoul and parts of the townlands of Crockaunadreenagh*, Crooksling*, Cruagh*, Ballymana, Calliaghstown Lower, Coolmine, Corbally, Jamestown (ED Whitechurch), Killinardan, Kiltalown, Lugmore*, Kiltipper, Newtown Upper, Orlagh, Redgap, Saggart, Slade, Tibradden and Woodtown.

* These townlands are more than 50% in the hinterland area.

Fingal Electoral divisions including Airport, Baldoyle, Balgriffin, Blanchardstown (Abbotstown, Blakestown, Coolmine, Corduff, Delwood, Mulhuddart, Roselawn, Tyrrelstown), Castleknock (Knockmaroon, Park), Donabate, Dubber, Howth, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lucan North, Malahide (East and West), Portmarnock (North and South), Sutton, Swords (Forrest, Glasmore, Lissenhall, Seatown, Village), The Ward, Turnapin.
County Kildare Electoral divisions of Celbridge, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan.
County Meath Electoral divisions of Dunboyne and Rodanstown.
County Wicklow Electoral divisions of Bray No.1, Bray No. 2, Bray No. 3, Rathmichael, Delgany, Greystones and the following townlands in the Kilmacanogue electoral division: Corrigoona Commons West, Corrigoona Commons East, Glencormick North, Glencormick South, Kilcroney, Wingfield, Hollybrook, Kilmacanogue North, Kilmacanogue South, and Barchuillia Commons.

The Dublin "Hinterland" area is aligned with the Draft National Planning Framework, which defines city regions or urban hinterlands as those EDs where at least 15% of the workforce (Full POWCAR) are employed in the Dublin Metropolitan Area (NTA boundary).

Dublin Transport Authority

At the broader end of definitions, the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 defines the Greater Dublin Area as including the counties of Dublin (Dublin City, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and Fingal), Meath, Kildare, and Wicklow; as of 2022, its estimated population is 2,073,459.[3]

Former boundaries

The urban part of Dublin and surrounding areas has been defined by various statutory instruments, mainly those referring to the Garda Síochána and Courts of the Republic of Ireland. The city, three other counties within the traditional County Dublin, and three neighbouring counties, were grouped together in the order creating the Dublin Transportation Office, giving functions and representations to the office in this area, although not using the term.[4] The office was purely advisory and had no executive powers. The term was later defined in section 3 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008.[3] On 1 December 2009 the DTO became the National Transport Authority, with a remit expanding beyond the Greater Dublin Area.[5]

Garda usage

The Garda used the term the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) which was formerly the jurisdiction, within the eastern part of Ireland, of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, which was subsequently merged into the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland. The term originated from the Police Forces Amalgamation Act 1925, which amalgamated the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Garda Síochána as one national police force.[6]

This jurisdiction covered parts of the old County Dublin (except the northern part around Swords) as well as the County Kildare town of Leixlip and the County Wicklow towns of Bray, Greystones and Enniskerry. Swords was covered by the Meath Garda Division. In this way, it differed from the usual definition of County Dublin and did not even conform to the looser definition of the Greater Dublin Area.

The definition no longer applies, as during 2008 the Garda divisions were realigned along Regional and county boundaries. As of 2009, the Dublin Metropolitan Region is co-extensive with the combined area of the city of Dublin, and the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Leixlip was moved to the County Kildare Division and became the district headquarters for the new Leixlip District.[7] Bray moved into the new County Wicklow Division and became district headquarters for the Bray District.[8]

Population

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Satellite view of part of the Greater Dublin area

The population of the Dublin City and County (Dublin City, Fingal, South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) and Outer Greater Dublin (Meath, Kildare and Wicklow) as of the 2022 census was 2,082,605 persons. This equates to 40.5% of Ireland's population. Estimates published by the Central Statistics Office suggest that the population will reach 2.4 million by 2026.[9] The figures are based on a regional breakdown of previously published national population projections and assume that current demographic trends will continue.

The CSO also uses the narrower definition which comprises Dublin City and its suburbs within the 3 local Dublin authorities. [10] The boundaries for suburbs are not legally defined, but drawn and revised by the CSO in accordance with United Nations recommendations.[11] The population distribution of the Greater Dublin Area as of the 2011, 2016 and 2022 censuses was as follows:[12][13]

Population of the Greater Dublin Area
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Administrative division Population Population increase
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2011 2016 2022
scope="row" rowspan="11" Template:Vert header scope="row" rowspan="6" Template:Vert header
Dublin City 527,612 553,165 592,713 35,068
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 206,261 217,274 233,860 16,183
Fingal 273,991 296,214 330,506 33,004
South Dublin 265,205 278,749 301,705 21,044
scope="row" Template:Rh class="table-rh" | County Dublin 1,273,069 1,345,402 1,458,154 105,299
County Meath 184,135 194,942 220,826 25,252
County Kildare 210,312 222,130 247,774 24,473
County Wicklow 136,640 142,332 155,851 13,060
colspan="2" scope="row" Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Meath, Kildare, Wicklow 531,087 559,404 624,451 63,354
colspan="2" scope="row" Template:Rh2 class="rh heading table-rh" | Greater Dublin Area (max. def.) 1,804,156 1,904,806 2,082,605 168,653

Historical

Population of the Greater Dublin Area, 1841–2022[14]
Census year Population Population change
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1841 683,232 ? 10.5%
1851 740,597 Increase 57,365 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 14.5%
1861 698,050 Decrease -42,547 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 15.9%
1871 663,131 Decrease -34,919 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 16.4%
1881 652,569 Decrease -10,562 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 16.9%
1891 628,539 Decrease -24,030 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 18.1%
1901 640,093 Increase 11,554 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 19.9%
1911 669,625 Increase 29,532 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 21.3%
1926 685,242 Increase 15,617 in 15 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 23.1%
1936 774,791 Increase 89,549 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 26.1%
1946 827,725 Increase 52,934 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 28.0%
1961 906,347 Increase 78,622 in 15 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 32.2%
1971 1,062,220 Increase 155,873 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 35.7%
1981 1,290,154 Increase 227,934 in 10 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 37.5%
1986 1,336,119 Increase 45,965 in 5 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 37.8%
1991 1,350,595 Increase 14,476 in 5 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 38.3%
1996 1,405,671 Increase 55,076 in 5 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 38.8%
2002 1,535,446 Increase 129,775 in 6 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 39.2%
2006 1,662,536 Increase 127,090 in 4 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:No change 39.2%
2011 1,801,040 Increase 138,504 in 5 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 39.3%
2016 1,904,806 Increase 103,766 in 5 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 40.0%
2022 2,082,605 Increase 177,799 in 6 yearsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 40.4%

Gallery

See also

References

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External links

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