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County Kilkenny (CSO Area Code CTY 07)

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	761	791	1,552
1	798	718	1,516
2	809	737	1,546
3	795	650	1,445
4	756	686	1,442
5	753	630	1,383
6	672	673	1,345
7	717	706	1,423
8	687	704	1,391
9	685	698	1,383
10	754	652	1,406
11	661	659	1,320
12	668	643	1,311
13	682	685	1,367
14	715	655	1,370
15	681	632	1,313
16	646	578	1,224
17	630	648	1,278
18	668	623	1,291
19	497	477	974
20-24	2,594	2,588	5,182
25-29	3,049	3,350	6,399
30-34	3,779	3,789	7,568
35-39	3,850	3,778	7,628
40-44	3,445	3,435	6,880
45-49	3,278	3,289	6,567
50-54	3,128	3,010	6,138
55-59	2,736	2,629	5,365
60-64	2,472	2,250	4,722
65-69	1,927	1,918	3,845
70-74	1,352	1,396	2,748
75-79	1,031	1,198	2,229
80-84	657	861	1,518
85+	455	895	1,350
Total	47,788	47,631	95,419

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	26,292	23,667
Married	18,786	18,717
Separated	1,053	1,231
Divorced	733	906
Widowed	924	3,110
Total	47,788	47,631

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	82,655	85,304
UK	5,348	2,412
Poland	2,033	2,177
Lithuania	396	419
Other EU 27	1,660	1,630
Rest of World	2,492	1,729
Not stated	0	913
Total	94,584	94,584

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	84,189
White Irish Traveller	483
Other White	6,782
Black or Black Irish	674
Asian or Asian Irish	883
Other	490
Not stated	1,083
Total	94,584

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	87,650
Elsewhere in County	3,032
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,673
Outside Ireland	688
Total	93,043

Population by religion
Catholic	84,448
Other stated religion	6,048
No religion	3,863
Not stated	1,060
Total	95,419

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	2,113
French	1,013
Lithuanian	357
Other	4,061
Total	7,544

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	3,406
Well	2,382
Not well	1,206
Not at all	249
Not stated	301
Total	7,544

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	38,619
No	50,694
Not stated	1,492
Total	90,805

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	12,027
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	746
Outside education system, Daily	680
Outside education system, Weekly	2,042
Outside education system, Less often	13,174
Outside education system, Never	9,638
Outside education system, Not stated	312
Total	38,619

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	325	125	200
Weekly	191	84	107
Less often	146	67	79
Never	84	45	39
Total	746	321	425

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	9,507	19,014	2,432
3 persons	5,835	17,505	6,902
4 persons	5,380	21,520	11,166
5 persons	2,995	14,975	9,092
6 or more persons	1,323	8,370	5,763
Total	25,040	81,384	35,355

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	7,075
1 child	3,362	3,838	0	7,200
2 children	3,188	1,944	909	6,041
3 children	1,569	667	1,058	3,294
4 children	427	151	516	1,094
5 or more children	89	44	203	336

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	7,041	1,477	117
All children aged over fifteen	4,610	1,585	449
Other	2,263	368	55
Total number of family units	13,914	3,430	621

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	14,246	2,204	175
All children aged over fifteen	7,730	2,205	629
Other	6,956	1,052	158
Total number of family units	28,932	5,461	962

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	5,555	21,815
5-9 years	3,103	12,691
10-14 years	2,663	10,910
15-19 years	2,260	8,503
20+ years	4,384	13,315
Total	17,965	67,234

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	2,337	4,674
Empty nest	2,727	5,454
Retired	2,011	4,022
Pre-school	2,962	9,473
Early school	2,833	11,063
Pre-Adolescent	2,840	11,765
Adolescent	2,978	12,215
Adult	6,352	22,718
Total	25,040	81,384

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	9,618
1	4,400
2	6,946
3	5,563
4 or more	6,805
Total	33,332

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	7,318	7,318
Husband and wife	5,209	10,418
Cohabiting couple	1,286	2,572
Husband, wife and children	11,877	49,004
Cohabiting couple and children	1,194	4,467
Father and children	547	1,410
Mother and children	2,904	7,631
Couple and others	413	1,350
Couple, children and others	666	3,460
Father, children and others	49	169
Mother, children and others	282	1,044
Two or more family units	303	1,620
Non-family households and relations	774	1,746
Two or more non-related persons	857	2,133
Total	33,679	94,342

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	7,318	7,318
2 persons	9,683	19,366
3 persons	6,176	18,528
4 persons	5,660	22,640
5 persons	3,192	15,960
6 persons	1,218	7,308
7 persons	301	2,107
8 or more persons	131	1,115
Total	33,679	94,342

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	31,741	90,489
Flat/Apartment	1,370	2,469
Bed-sit	34	44
Caravan/Mobile Home	96	221
Not stated	438	1,119
Total	33,679	94,342

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	4,328	10,605
1919 to 1945	2,070	4,955
1946 to 1960	2,226	5,456
1961 to 1970	1,652	4,009
1971 to 1980	4,283	11,263
1981 to 1990	3,492	10,691
1991 to 2000	4,614	15,011
2001 to 2005	5,676	17,307
2006 or later	4,094	11,739
Not stated	1,148	3,085
Total	33,583	94,121

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	12,219	40,306
Owner occupied no mortgage	13,099	33,063
Rented from Private Landlord	4,578	11,526
Rented from Local Authority	2,371	6,493
Rented from Voluntary Body	344	709
Occupied free of rent	570	1,051
Not stated	402	973
Total	33,583	94,121

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	164	233
2 rooms	963	1,517
3 rooms	2,410	5,350
4 rooms	2,981	6,484
5 rooms	8,421	21,596
6 rooms	6,377	18,013
7 rooms	4,936	15,665
8 or more rooms	6,186	22,462
Not stated	1,145	2,801
Total	33,583	94,121

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	544
Oil	19,682
Natural Gas	7,111
Electricity	1,395
Coal (including anthracite)	2,878
Peat (including turf)	236
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	279
Wood (including wood pellets)	930
Other	214
Not stated	314
Total	33,583

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	19,998
Group scheme with local authority source	2,711
Group scheme with private source	1,520
Other private source	8,546
None	53
Not stated	755
Total	33,583

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	17,273
Individual septic tank	13,444
Other individual treatment	1,719
Other	205
No sewerage facility	75
Not stated	867
Total	33,583

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	33,681
Unoccupied	5,324
Total	39,005

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	152
Number of persons	2,337

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	19,799	17,474	37,273
Looking for first regular job	325	285	610
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	5,659	2,723	8,382
Student	3,772	3,931	7,703
Looking after home/family	359	6,879	7,238
Retired	5,181	4,535	9,716
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,705	1,421	3,126
Other	75	96	171
Total	36,875	37,344	74,219

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	3,692	2,851	6,543
Managerial and technical	12,358	14,402	26,760
Non-manual	6,264	10,195	16,459
Skilled manual	10,903	5,616	16,519
Semi-skilled	5,471	4,783	10,254
Unskilled	2,302	1,589	3,891
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	6,798	8,195	14,993
Total	47,788	47,631	95,419

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	4,522	13,801
B Higher professional	1,640	4,814
C Lower professional	3,588	9,719
D Non-manual	5,528	14,999
E Manual skilled	3,718	11,043
F Semi-skilled	2,832	8,103
G Unskilled	1,359	3,563
H Own account workers	1,960	6,218
I Farmers	2,937	9,087
J Agricultural workers	380	979
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	5,215	12,016
Total	33,679	94,342

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,946	1,944	4,890
15	2,033	1,364	3,397
16	3,811	2,640	6,451
17	2,866	2,863	5,729
18	3,932	4,392	8,324
19	1,281	1,740	3,021
20	1,179	1,355	2,534
21 and over	5,389	6,853	12,242
Not stated	8,007	8,578	16,585
Total	31,444	31,729	63,173

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	3,772	3,931	7,703
Other	1,659	1,684	3,343

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	541	2,025	2,566
Arts	420	582	1,002
Humanities	314	482	796
Social sciences, Business and Law	2,297	4,991	7,288
Science, Mathematics and Computing	1,001	1,046	2,047
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	6,227	416	6,643
Agriculture and Veterinary	2,662	474	3,136
Health and Welfare	642	4,404	5,046
Services	981	1,750	2,731
Other subjects	24	44	68
Not Stated (including unknown)	16,335	15,515	31,850
Total	31,444	31,729	63,173

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	467	379	846
Primary Education	4,719	3,631	8,350
Lower Secondary	6,854	5,337	12,191
Upper Secondary	5,801	6,987	12,788
Technical or Vocational qualification	2,774	3,200	5,974
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	3,215	1,226	4,441
Higher Certificate	1,233	1,806	3,039
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,754	2,564	4,318
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	2,101	3,123	5,224
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,367	2,223	3,590
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	98	85	183
Not stated	1,061	1,168	2,229
Total	31,444	31,729	63,173

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	7,077
Bicycle	724
Bus, minibus or coach	4,760
Train, DART or LUAS	213
Motorcycle or scooter	108
Car driver	25,390
Car passenger	11,938
Van	2,978
Other	3,386
Not stated	1,521
Total	58,095

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	2,333
06:30-07:00	2,812
07:01-07:30	4,264
07:31-08:00	8,506
08:01-08:30	12,364
08:31-09:00	13,291
09:01-09:30	6,280
After 09:30	3,470
Not stated	1,842
Total	55,162

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	21,329
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	17,453
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	8,380
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	2,084
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,662
1 1/2 hours and over	1,203
Not stated	3,051
Total	55,162

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,103
15-24	832
25-44	2,209
45-64	3,486
65+	4,309
Total	11,939

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	713	1,059
'15-28	230	409
'29-42	105	195
'43+	296	585
'Not stated	192	271
'Total	1,536	2,519

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	29,727	29,259	58,986
Good	12,993	13,090	26,083
Fair	3,621	3,787	7,408
Bad	552	531	1,083
Very bad	121	120	241
Not stated	774	844	1,618
Total	47,788	47,631	95,419

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	2,263	1,206	3,469
Professional Occupations	2,441	4,338	6,779
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	2,406	1,705	4,111
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	572	3,547	4,119
Skilled Trades Occupations	8,860	848	9,708
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	488	2,743	3,231
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	932	2,224	3,156
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	3,075	397	3,472
Elementary Occupations	2,529	1,675	4,204
Not stated	1,892	1,514	3,406
Total	25,458	20,197	45,655

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	3,011	388
Building and construction	1,973	144
Manufacturing industries	3,364	1,118
Commerce and trade	4,206	4,555
Transport and communications	1,421	413
Public administration	1,144	1,094
Professional services	2,109	6,933
Other	2,571	2,829
Total	19,799	17,474

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	4,373
One motor car	13,074
Two motor cars	12,736
Three motor cars	2,470
Four or more motor cars	930

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	24,210
No	8,806
Not stated	567
Total	33,583

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	19,816
Other	3,722
No	9,342
Not stated	703
Total	33,583

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