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County Westmeath (CSO Area Code CTY 13)

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	720	711	1,431
1	677	696	1,373
2	701	656	1,357
3	711	683	1,394
4	694	633	1,327
5	691	618	1,309
6	672	612	1,284
7	633	653	1,286
8	614	598	1,212
9	660	638	1,298
10	630	619	1,249
11	609	648	1,257
12	643	573	1,216
13	633	595	1,228
14	601	618	1,219
15	625	621	1,246
16	602	606	1,208
17	600	558	1,158
18	565	517	1,082
19	527	511	1,038
20-24	2,671	2,702	5,373
25-29	3,114	3,347	6,461
30-34	3,431	3,501	6,932
35-39	3,268	3,372	6,640
40-44	3,166	3,149	6,315
45-49	2,926	2,937	5,863
50-54	2,621	2,584	5,205
55-59	2,328	2,189	4,517
60-64	1,975	1,915	3,890
65-69	1,549	1,549	3,098
70-74	1,159	1,205	2,364
75-79	870	995	1,865
80-84	511	799	1,310
85+	386	773	1,159
Total	42,783	43,381	86,164

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	24,094	22,154
Married	16,178	16,144
Separated	1,020	1,344
Divorced	747	912
Widowed	744	2,827
Total	42,783	43,381

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	71,589	74,253
UK	4,875	1,929
Poland	2,149	2,345
Lithuania	958	1,016
Other EU 27	1,775	1,809
Rest of World	3,908	3,031
Not stated	0	871
Total	85,254	85,254

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	72,210
White Irish Traveller	853
Other White	7,396
Black or Black Irish	1,218
Asian or Asian Irish	1,546
Other	731
Not stated	1,300
Total	85,254

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	77,837
Elsewhere in County	3,298
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,770
Outside Ireland	926
Total	83,831

Population by religion
Catholic	75,432
Other stated religion	6,470
No religion	3,143
Not stated	1,119
Total	86,164

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	2,290
French	918
Lithuanian	889
Other	5,685
Total	9,782

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	4,268
Well	3,235
Not well	1,582
Not at all	341
Not stated	356
Total	9,782

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	32,771
No	47,700
Not stated	1,532
Total	82,003

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	10,213
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	597
Outside education system, Daily	547
Outside education system, Weekly	1,685
Outside education system, Less often	11,128
Outside education system, Never	8,304
Outside education system, Not stated	297
Total	32,771

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	242	101	141
Weekly	136	62	74
Less often	132	58	74
Never	87	50	37
Total	597	271	326

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	8,599	17,198	2,247
3 persons	5,237	15,711	6,283
4 persons	4,684	18,736	9,779
5 persons	2,468	12,340	7,536
6 or more persons	1,286	8,170	5,655
Total	22,274	72,155	31,500

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	6,352
1 child	3,010	3,428	0	6,438
2 children	2,883	1,607	829	5,319
3 children	1,288	526	933	2,747
4 children	416	148	486	1,050
5 or more children	106	23	239	368

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	6,162	1,434	107
All children aged over fifteen	3,865	1,499	368
Other	2,002	430	55
Total number of family units	12,029	3,363	530

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	12,453	2,241	171
All children aged over fifteen	6,362	2,065	504
Other	6,279	1,261	164
Total number of family units	25,094	5,567	839

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	5,094	20,122
5-9 years	2,727	11,251
10-14 years	2,369	9,550
15-19 years	2,010	7,284
20+ years	3,722	11,244
Total	15,922	59,451

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	2,302	4,604
Empty nest	2,355	4,710
Retired	1,695	3,390
Pre-school	2,677	8,534
Early school	2,458	9,577
Pre-Adolescent	2,568	10,619
Adolescent	2,873	11,708
Adult	5,346	19,013
Total	22,274	72,155

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	8,929
1	3,952
2	6,141
3	4,699
4 or more	6,284
Total	30,005

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	7,128	7,128
Husband and wife	4,512	9,024
Cohabiting couple	1,322	2,644
Husband, wife and children	10,143	41,848
Cohabiting couple and children	1,161	4,461
Father and children	451	1,181
Mother and children	2,863	7,724
Couple and others	373	1,239
Couple, children and others	590	3,056
Father, children and others	50	175
Mother, children and others	281	1,039
Two or more family units	262	1,376
Non-family households and relations	710	1,656
Two or more non-related persons	893	2,318
Total	30,739	84,869

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	7,128	7,128
2 persons	8,751	17,502
3 persons	5,613	16,839
4 persons	4,979	19,916
5 persons	2,739	13,695
6 persons	1,098	6,588
7 persons	303	2,121
8 or more persons	128	1,080
Total	30,739	84,869

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	27,805	79,286
Flat/Apartment	2,290	4,035
Bed-sit	41	70
Caravan/Mobile Home	115	260
Not stated	488	1,218
Total	30,739	84,869

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	2,725	6,230
1919 to 1945	1,942	4,374
1946 to 1960	2,162	5,193
1961 to 1970	1,738	4,222
1971 to 1980	3,590	9,620
1981 to 1990	2,841	8,484
1991 to 2000	5,022	15,883
2001 to 2005	5,905	17,696
2006 or later	3,212	9,025
Not stated	1,487	3,882
Total	30,624	84,609

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	11,385	37,278
Owner occupied no mortgage	10,610	25,524
Rented from Private Landlord	5,542	13,845
Rented from Local Authority	2,056	5,816
Rented from Voluntary Body	110	284
Occupied free of rent	467	823
Not stated	454	1,039
Total	30,624	84,609

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	277	434
2 rooms	1,169	1,984
3 rooms	2,629	5,790
4 rooms	2,898	6,659
5 rooms	7,072	18,182
6 rooms	5,727	16,282
7 rooms	4,577	14,419
8 or more rooms	5,033	17,846
Not stated	1,242	3,013
Total	30,624	84,609

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	420
Oil	16,756
Natural Gas	3,007
Electricity	2,308
Coal (including anthracite)	1,279
Peat (including turf)	5,200
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	496
Wood (including wood pellets)	554
Other	231
Not stated	373
Total	30,624

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	22,389
Group scheme with local authority source	2,209
Group scheme with private source	493
Other private source	4,612
None	75
Not stated	846
Total	30,624

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	17,358
Individual septic tank	10,948
Other individual treatment	1,093
Other	124
No sewerage facility	52
Not stated	1,049
Total	30,624

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	30,890
Unoccupied	5,769
Total	36,659

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	72
Number of persons	2,001

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	17,281	15,038	32,319
Looking for first regular job	381	285	666
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	5,182	2,789	7,971
Student	3,694	3,809	7,503
Looking after home/family	347	6,318	6,665
Retired	4,382	3,935	8,317
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,523	1,449	2,972
Other	104	207	311
Total	32,894	33,830	66,724

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	2,976	2,388	5,364
Managerial and technical	10,610	12,246	22,856
Non-manual	6,022	8,945	14,967
Skilled manual	8,905	4,962	13,867
Semi-skilled	4,881	4,443	9,324
Unskilled	1,839	1,351	3,190
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	7,550	9,046	16,596
Total	42,783	43,381	86,164

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	3,922	11,887
B Higher professional	1,533	4,499
C Lower professional	3,550	9,352
D Non-manual	5,465	14,649
E Manual skilled	3,123	9,335
F Semi-skilled	2,644	7,626
G Unskilled	1,080	2,885
H Own account workers	1,600	5,098
I Farmers	1,758	4,999
J Agricultural workers	225	577
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	5,839	13,962
Total	30,739	84,869

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,357	1,889	4,246
15	1,489	1,135	2,624
16	2,731	2,142	4,873
17	2,337	2,559	4,896
18	3,433	3,698	7,131
19	1,017	1,317	2,334
20	984	1,120	2,104
21 and over	4,673	5,436	10,109
Not stated	8,293	8,812	17,105
Total	27,314	28,108	55,422

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	3,694	3,809	7,503
Other	1,886	1,913	3,799

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	488	1,761	2,249
Arts	289	402	691
Humanities	317	434	751
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,911	4,067	5,978
Science, Mathematics and Computing	1,118	1,018	2,136
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	5,090	397	5,487
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,610	273	1,883
Health and Welfare	565	3,492	4,057
Services	949	1,623	2,572
Other subjects	22	41	63
Not Stated (including unknown)	14,955	14,600	29,555
Total	27,314	28,108	55,422

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	531	407	938
Primary Education	4,137	3,641	7,778
Lower Secondary	5,397	4,383	9,780
Upper Secondary	5,349	6,276	11,625
Technical or Vocational qualification	2,245	2,678	4,923
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	2,302	1,053	3,355
Higher Certificate	1,095	1,407	2,502
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,705	2,194	3,899
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,845	2,471	4,316
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,265	2,015	3,280
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	144	81	225
Not stated	1,299	1,502	2,801
Total	27,314	28,108	55,422

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	6,975
Bicycle	655
Bus, minibus or coach	4,477
Train, DART or LUAS	526
Motorcycle or scooter	88
Car driver	21,588
Car passenger	11,039
Van	2,558
Other	2,258
Not stated	1,536
Total	51,700

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	2,569
06:30-07:00	2,658
07:01-07:30	3,230
07:31-08:00	6,287
08:01-08:30	9,447
08:31-09:00	13,086
09:01-09:30	7,170
After 09:30	3,517
Not stated	1,816
Total	49,780

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	20,520
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	14,115
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	5,719
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,965
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	2,930
1 1/2 hours and over	1,617
Not stated	2,914
Total	49,780

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,054
15-24	896
25-44	2,310
45-64	3,281
65+	3,762
Total	11,303

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	604	876
'15-28	230	332
'29-42	112	157
'43+	274	543
'Not stated	209	270
'Total	1,429	2,178

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	25,496	25,565	51,061
Good	12,335	12,507	24,842
Fair	3,401	3,749	7,150
Bad	563	569	1,132
Very bad	121	146	267
Not stated	867	845	1,712
Total	42,783	43,381	86,164

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,945	1,069	3,014
Professional Occupations	2,539	3,559	6,098
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	2,511	1,439	3,950
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	596	3,021	3,617
Skilled Trades Occupations	6,509	575	7,084
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	411	2,323	2,734
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	882	1,999	2,881
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	2,631	590	3,221
Elementary Occupations	2,241	1,546	3,787
Not stated	2,198	1,706	3,904
Total	22,463	17,827	40,290

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,651	203
Building and construction	1,576	120
Manufacturing industries	3,149	1,155
Commerce and trade	3,585	3,823
Transport and communications	1,610	457
Public administration	1,424	1,055
Professional services	1,851	5,722
Other	2,435	2,503
Total	17,281	15,038

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	4,858
One motor car	12,435
Two motor cars	10,811
Three motor cars	1,883
Four or more motor cars	637

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	21,525
No	8,464
Not stated	635
Total	30,624

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	17,535
Other	3,470
No	8,895
Not stated	724
Total	30,624

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