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County Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (CSO Area Code CTY 05)

Theme 1: Sex, age and marital status

Population aged 0-19 by sex and year of age, persons aged 20+ by sex and age group
Age	Male	Female	Total
0	1,409	1,352	2,761
1	1,407	1,290	2,697
2	1,366	1,269	2,635
3	1,313	1,257	2,570
4	1,244	1,248	2,492
5	1,210	1,235	2,445
6	1,224	1,172	2,396
7	1,238	1,241	2,479
8	1,220	1,165	2,385
9	1,186	1,159	2,345
10	1,189	1,154	2,343
11	1,254	1,151	2,405
12	1,256	1,230	2,486
13	1,298	1,275	2,573
14	1,311	1,212	2,523
15	1,274	1,203	2,477
16	1,207	1,199	2,406
17	1,310	1,232	2,542
18	1,442	1,371	2,813
19	1,718	1,720	3,438
20-24	7,430	7,827	15,257
25-29	7,560	8,249	15,809
30-34	7,903	8,339	16,242
35-39	7,161	7,567	14,728
40-44	6,747	7,381	14,128
45-49	6,668	7,661	14,329
50-54	6,169	6,863	13,032
55-59	5,451	6,036	11,487
60-64	4,730	5,436	10,166
65-69	4,101	4,790	8,891
70-74	3,347	4,123	7,470
75-79	2,621	3,327	5,948
80-84	1,579	2,575	4,154
85+	1,024	2,385	3,409
Total	98,567	107,694	206,261

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	53,656	55,119
Married	39,646	40,099
Separated	1,888	2,850
Divorced	1,436	2,425
Widowed	1,941	7,201
Total	98,567	107,694

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	167,677	177,458
UK	11,968	4,595
Poland	3,360	3,544
Lithuania	478	505
Other EU 27	6,122	5,799
Rest of World	12,991	8,735
Not stated	0	1,960
Total	202,596	202,596

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	172,798
White Irish Traveller	403
Other White	17,238
Black or Black Irish	1,373
Asian or Asian Irish	5,851
Other	2,278
Not stated	2,655
Total	202,596

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	180,442
Elsewhere in County	12,729
Elsewhere in Ireland	3,005
Outside Ireland	3,688
Total	199,864

Population by religion
Catholic	157,527
Other stated religion	24,640
No religion	20,970
Not stated	3,124
Total	206,261

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	3,438
French	3,919
Lithuanian	404
Other	16,395
Total	24,156

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	14,908
Well	6,216
Not well	1,911
Not at all	387
Not stated	734
Total	24,156

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	83,000
No	111,783
Not stated	3,385
Total	198,168

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	20,268
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	1,773
Outside education system, Daily	2,284
Outside education system, Weekly	4,977
Outside education system, Less often	29,636
Outside education system, Never	23,564
Outside education system, Not stated	498
Total	83,000

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	1,032	457	575
Weekly	329	145	184
Less often	257	119	138
Never	155	82	73
Total	1,773	803	970

Theme 4: Families

Families, family members and children in families, by size of family
Size of family	Number of families	Number of persons in families	Number of children in families
2 persons	23,162	46,324	5,112
3 persons	11,500	34,500	13,743
4 persons	10,908	43,632	22,590
5 persons	5,778	28,890	17,563
6 or more persons	2,059	12,963	8,925
Total	53,407	166,309	67,933

Family units with children by size and age of children
	All children under 15	All children 15 or over	Children both under and over 15	Total
No children	0	0	0	18,050
1 child	6,070	8,299	0	14,369
2 children	5,914	4,732	1,731	12,377
3 children	2,737	1,562	2,024	6,323
4 children	622	279	880	1,781
5 or more children	131	39	337	507

Family units with children by type of family and age of children
	Couples with children	Lone mothers with children	Lone fathers with children
Number of families
All children aged under fifteen	12,641	2,636	197
All children aged over fifteen	10,121	3,960	830
Other	4,157	750	65
Total number of family units	26,919	7,346	1,092

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	25,065	3,918	304
All children aged over fifteen	17,103	5,550	1,118
Other	12,495	2,195	185
Total number of family units	54,663	11,663	1,607

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	9,818	37,921
5-9 years	5,400	22,126
10-14 years	5,228	21,359
15-19 years	4,886	18,507
20+ years	10,025	30,296
Total	35,357	130,209

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	6,726	13,452
Empty nest	4,949	9,898
Retired	6,375	12,750
Pre-school	5,630	18,187
Early school	4,938	19,250
Pre-Adolescent	4,906	19,965
Adolescent	5,542	22,522
Adult	14,341	50,285
Total	53,407	166,309

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	30,023
1	9,019
2	15,543
3	12,733
4 or more	11,940
Total	79,258

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	17,436	17,436
Husband and wife	12,659	25,318
Cohabiting couple	3,888	7,776
Husband, wife and children	23,598	95,843
Cohabiting couple and children	1,612	5,961
Father and children	920	2,292
Mother and children	6,091	16,067
Couple and others	1,020	3,418
Couple, children and others	1,281	6,622
Father, children and others	114	415
Mother, children and others	633	2,291
Two or more family units	784	4,176
Non-family households and relations	1,721	4,031
Two or more non-related persons	4,062	10,948
Total	75,819	202,594

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	17,436	17,436
2 persons	24,228	48,456
3 persons	13,014	39,042
4 persons	11,878	47,512
5 persons	6,464	32,320
6 persons	2,100	12,600
7 persons	485	3,395
8 or more persons	214	1,833
Total	75,819	202,594

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	59,803	170,911
Flat/Apartment	14,747	28,828
Bed-sit	136	198
Caravan/Mobile Home	33	85
Not stated	1,100	2,572
Total	75,819	202,594

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	4,985	12,757
1919 to 1945	5,034	13,462
1946 to 1960	10,837	29,359
1961 to 1970	10,853	29,550
1971 to 1980	10,654	29,679
1981 to 1990	8,919	24,407
1991 to 2000	7,947	23,077
2001 to 2005	6,854	16,866
2006 or later	6,027	13,681
Not stated	3,676	9,671
Total	75,786	202,509

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	26,305	85,207
Owner occupied no mortgage	27,261	60,685
Rented from Private Landlord	15,152	39,330
Rented from Local Authority	4,444	11,817
Rented from Voluntary Body	566	1,208
Occupied free of rent	997	1,952
Not stated	1,061	2,310
Total	75,786	202,509

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	806	1,239
2 rooms	3,894	7,006
3 rooms	7,827	16,378
4 rooms	8,338	17,407
5 rooms	13,271	34,375
6 rooms	12,099	32,443
7 rooms	11,198	33,670
8 or more rooms	15,889	54,277
Not stated	2,464	5,714
Total	75,786	202,509

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	775
Oil	10,869
Natural Gas	55,526
Electricity	6,633
Coal (including anthracite)	434
Peat (including turf)	63
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	113
Wood (including wood pellets)	134
Other	164
Not stated	1,075
Total	75,786

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	70,144
Group scheme with local authority source	3,132
Group scheme with private source	107
Other private source	289
None	7
Not stated	2,107
Total	75,786

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	71,381
Individual septic tank	1,480
Other individual treatment	223
Other	225
No sewerage facility	32
Not stated	2,445
Total	75,786

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	76,351
Unoccupied	9,545
Total	85,896

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	134
Number of persons	4,179

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	45,360	42,130	87,490
Looking for first regular job	616	391	1,007
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	6,117	3,947	10,064
Student	12,173	12,308	24,481
Looking after home/family	505	14,982	15,487
Retired	12,645	13,077	25,722
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,939	2,215	4,154
Other	87	234	321
Total	79,442	89,284	168,726

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	16,719	14,191	30,910
Managerial and technical	39,776	42,303	82,079
Non-manual	12,372	21,486	33,858
Skilled manual	10,656	6,734	17,390
Semi-skilled	5,798	4,782	10,580
Unskilled	1,718	1,726	3,444
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	11,528	16,472	28,000
Total	98,567	107,694	206,261

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	18,820	54,736
B Higher professional	10,407	29,586
C Lower professional	11,532	29,753
D Non-manual	13,495	33,174
E Manual skilled	3,251	9,105
F Semi-skilled	3,087	8,427
G Unskilled	1,346	3,550
H Own account workers	3,433	10,409
I Farmers	109	304
J Agricultural workers	56	124
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	10,283	23,426
Total	75,819	202,594

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,650	3,219	5,869
15	1,985	1,975	3,960
16	3,686	4,258	7,944
17	3,937	5,204	9,141
18	7,422	8,875	16,297
19	2,125	3,164	5,289
20	2,437	3,027	5,464
21 and over	24,823	25,069	49,892
Not stated	14,568	18,153	32,721
Total	63,633	72,944	136,577

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	12,173	12,308	24,481
Other	3,636	4,032	7,668

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	1,086	4,738	5,824
Arts	1,809	2,621	4,430
Humanities	1,899	3,117	5,016
Social sciences, Business and Law	17,048	18,675	35,723
Science, Mathematics and Computing	5,602	3,748	9,350
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	9,985	1,388	11,373
Agriculture and Veterinary	614	310	924
Health and Welfare	1,855	8,471	10,326
Services	1,906	3,070	4,976
Other subjects	54	97	151
Not Stated (including unknown)	21,775	26,709	48,484
Total	63,633	72,944	136,577

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	425	497	922
Primary Education	4,471	5,624	10,095
Lower Secondary	5,861	7,618	13,479
Upper Secondary	11,060	14,711	25,771
Technical or Vocational qualification	3,816	5,057	8,873
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	3,141	2,188	5,329
Higher Certificate	2,897	3,549	6,446
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	6,364	7,444	13,808
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	11,477	11,072	22,549
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	10,449	11,535	21,984
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	1,749	1,110	2,859
Not stated	1,923	2,539	4,462
Total	63,633	72,944	136,577

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	18,450
Bicycle	6,869
Bus, minibus or coach	13,908
Train, DART or LUAS	15,570
Motorcycle or scooter	935
Car driver	49,525
Car passenger	19,569
Van	2,225
Other	3,764
Not stated	2,654
Total	133,469

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	3,515
06:30-07:00	6,693
07:01-07:30	12,737
07:31-08:00	25,517
08:01-08:30	35,591
08:31-09:00	24,662
09:01-09:30	6,858
After 09:30	11,138
Not stated	3,196
Total	129,907

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	30,781
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	43,276
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	31,392
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	11,138
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	6,926
1 1/2 hours and over	1,087
Not stated	5,307
Total	129,907

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,913
15-24	2,135
25-44	4,386
45-64	6,291
65+	10,398
Total	25,123

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	1,637	2,612
'15-28	375	731
'29-42	192	276
'43+	438	906
'Not stated	320	443
'Total	2,962	4,968

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	65,438	69,683	135,121
Good	24,491	27,167	51,658
Fair	5,759	7,477	13,236
Bad	889	1,174	2,063
Very bad	188	276	464
Not stated	1,802	1,917	3,719
Total	98,567	107,694	206,261

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	8,596	4,165	12,761
Professional Occupations	13,037	13,552	26,589
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	8,924	6,616	15,540
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	3,057	8,833	11,890
Skilled Trades Occupations	6,110	798	6,908
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	909	4,140	5,049
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	2,667	3,432	6,099
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	2,379	269	2,648
Elementary Occupations	3,049	1,933	4,982
Not stated	2,749	2,339	5,088
Total	51,477	46,077	97,554

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	168	50
Building and construction	2,283	287
Manufacturing industries	3,954	1,889
Commerce and trade	17,644	14,315
Transport and communications	6,810	2,747
Public administration	2,484	2,105
Professional services	6,340	15,330
Other	5,677	5,407
Total	45,360	42,130

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	10,583
One motor car	31,457
Two motor cars	27,252
Three motor cars	5,128
Four or more motor cars	1,366

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	62,830
No	11,531
Not stated	1,425
Total	75,786

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	59,750
Other	3,313
No	11,276
Not stated	1,447
Total	75,786

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