NXS-GRX-IRL · Northern Europe · Regions

Leinster

First-level unit, Ireland: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-IRL-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO IRL / IEStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
2,865,497
people (GHSL 2025)
19,724 km²
area
57.4%
of Ireland
82
units inside
01Map

Inside Leinster

The 82 ADM2 units of Leinster.

FIG 1 · 82 units inside Leinster
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
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Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

2,865,497

57.4% of Ireland.

People · WorldPop 2025

2,929,838

+2% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

19,724 km²

145 people per km².

Code

IE-L

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

175,001

people on land at or below 10 m, 6.1% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

82 units inside Leinster

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
ARDEE LEA-6–27,14527,581378.6720.8%1,243
ARKLOW LEA-6–29,12327,238484.27600.9%792
ARTANE-WHITEHALL LEA-6–57,91563,38912.484,6411.7%0
ASHBOURNE LEA-6–26,63828,856301.29880.8%0
ATHLONE LEA-5–21,32723,140221.01960.6%0
ATHY LEA-5–30,53128,157462.77660.9%0
BALBRIGGAN LEA-5–28,55128,03256.645040.8%2,281
BALLYFERMOT-DRIMNAGH LEA-5–78,45378,45311.097,0742.3%0
BALLYMAHON LEA-6–15,67317,103503.88310.5%0
BALLYMUN-FINGLAS LEA-6–66,87176,57210.996,0852%0
BALTINGLASS LEA-6–29,71228,888912.88330.9%0
BIRR LEA-6–31,46432,0931,005.55310.9%0
BLACKROCK LEA-6–54,72854,72896,0811.6%1,073
BLANCHARDSTOWN-MULHUDDART LEA-5–44,46141,15357.067791.3%0
BORRIS-IN-OSSORY -MOUNTMELLICK LEA-6–31,26426,262903.98350.9%0
BRAY EAST LEA-4–8,1267,0964.731,7180.2%0
BRAY WEST LEA-4–27,13125,488118.892280.8%0
CABRA-GLASNEVIN LEA-7–152,259172,33617.48,7514.5%3,087
CALLAN-THOMASTOWN LEA-6–35,10135,411768.67461%345
CARLOW LEA-7–29,58031,71362.354740.9%0
CASTLECOMER LEA-6–26,43526,134790.22330.8%0
CASTLEKNOCK LEA-6–107,007107,00723.634,5283.2%0
CELBRIDGE LEA-4–21,89719,11940.635390.6%0
CLANE LEA-5–23,00422,999376.18610.7%0
CLONDALKIN LEA-7–126,546123,90575.481,6773.7%0
CLONTARF LEA-6–140,368150,99714.949,3954.1%36,454
DONAGHMEDE LEA-5–27,85829,1459.432,9540.8%0
DROGHEDA RURAL LEA-4–50,96953,540116.144391.5%2,658
DROGHEDA URBAN LEA-6–12,14513,9089.271,3100.4%0
DÚN LAOGHAIRE LEA-7–29,77231,14711.542,5800.9%0
DUNDALK SOUTH LEA-7–31,09334,723121.172570.9%13,236
DUNDALK-CARLINGFORD LEA-6–29,87729,424197.761510.9%9,818
DUNDRUM LEA-7–23,71221,66410.062,3570.7%0
EDENDERRY LEA-6–34,62833,542589.2591%0
ENNISCORTHY LEA-6–29,81729,926420.45710.9%409
FIRHOUSE-BOHERNABREENA LEA-5–89,94888,85154.431,6532.7%0
GLENCULLEN-SANDYFORD LEA-7–61,42965,99852.521,1701.8%0
GOREY LEA-6–26,49428,118382.88690.8%124
GRAIGUECULLEN -PORTARLINGTON-LEA-6–24,97922,384516.45480.7%0
GRANARD LEA-5–14,65313,704411.56360.4%0
GREYSTONES LEA-6–34,61035,92965.075321%1,464
HOWTH-MALAHIDE LEA-7–51,21957,58046.851,0931.5%10,793
KELLS LEA-7–39,97838,752816.46491.2%0
KILDARE LEA-5–28,53431,480274.081040.8%0
KILKENNY LEA-7–22,95923,75278.312930.7%0
KILLINEY-SHANKILL LEA-7–83,13082,81731.752,6182.5%2,937
KILMUCKRIDGE LEA-4–19,54220,602399.43490.6%209
KIMMAGE-RATHMINES LEA-6–128,925134,88010.3512,4573.8%9,101
KINNEGAD LEA-5–21,70922,272711.17310.6%0
LAYTOWN BETTYSTOWN-LEA-7–28,24832,124304.03930.8%4,803
LEIXLIP LEA-3–28,61730,50812.622,2680.8%0
LONGFORD LEA-7–17,43317,231170.731020.5%0
LUCAN LEA-5–8,30613,05617.144850.2%0
MAYNOOTH LEA-5–32,69836,895163.472001%0
MOATE LEA-4–19,96822,196728.45270.6%0
MUINEBEAG LEA-5–17,76217,329416.66430.5%0
MULLINGAR LEA-6–27,49329,382170.341610.8%0
NAAS LEA-7–51,59456,529187.542751.5%0
NAVAN LEA-7–37,42838,778119.463131.1%0
NEW ROSS LEA-6–26,72226,197612.09440.8%741
NEWBRIDGE LEA-6–41,07839,430170.052421.2%0
NORTH INNER CITY LEA-7–41,53345,4598.954,6411.2%0
ONGAR LEA-5–22,03722,0377.133,0910.7%0
PALMERSTOWN-FONTHILL LEA-5–29,63629,63610.982,6990.9%0
PEMBROKE LEA-5–71,67871,6789.327,6912.1%30,920
PILTOWN LEA-5–42,74748,545426.961001.3%4,342
PORTLAOISE LEA-7–43,29935,581291.821481.3%0
RATHFARNHAM-TEMPLEOGUE LEA-7–70,72070,72016.684,2402.1%0
RATOATH LEA-7–56,23659,144293.691911.7%0
ROSSLARE LEA-5–18,04317,638387.38470.5%3,027
RUSH-LUSK LEA-5–49,69551,494191.242601.5%18,058
SOUTH EAST INNER CITY LEA-5–27,07727,0776.993,8740.8%0
SOUTH WEST INNER CITY LEA-5–22,25922,2595.254,2400.7%0
STILLORGAN LEA-6–36,95938,66611.433,2341.1%0
SWORDS LEA-7–66,42463,91074.488922%12,867
TALLAGHT CENTRAL LEA-6–39,46039,46014.622,6991.2%0
TALLAGHT SOUTH LEA-5–77,79579,080332,3572.3%0
TRIM LEA-6–38,52137,644497.75771.1%0
TULLAMORE LEA-7–30,77931,340397.87770.9%0
TULLOW LEA-6–17,75318,564413.51430.5%0
WEXFORD LEA-7–29,43230,807159.471850.9%3,102
WICKLOW LEA-6–31,16232,747432.16720.9%940
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
378.5 H3 cells
Ports
3 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,177.9 H3 cells
Railways
736.2 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Leinster publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Ireland.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM1, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM2, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2015
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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