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County Wexford (CSO Area Code CTY 14)

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	1,151	1,064	2,215
1	1,120	1,128	2,248
2	1,241	1,222	2,463
3	1,195	1,128	2,323
4	1,170	1,120	2,290
5	1,124	1,074	2,198
6	1,159	1,034	2,193
7	1,173	1,088	2,261
8	1,112	1,082	2,194
9	1,160	1,019	2,179
10	1,053	1,003	2,056
11	1,087	1,089	2,176
12	1,052	1,096	2,148
13	1,054	1,025	2,079
14	1,072	969	2,041
15	980	970	1,950
16	960	980	1,940
17	953	935	1,888
18	821	851	1,672
19	786	790	1,576
20-24	3,811	3,988	7,799
25-29	4,565	5,064	9,629
30-34	5,380	5,792	11,172
35-39	5,516	5,573	11,089
40-44	5,420	5,395	10,815
45-49	4,997	5,105	10,102
50-54	4,503	4,502	9,005
55-59	3,984	3,922	7,906
60-64	3,690	3,656	7,346
65-69	3,084	3,088	6,172
70-74	2,382	2,403	4,785
75-79	1,651	1,819	3,470
80-84	917	1,273	2,190
85+	586	1,164	1,750
Total	71,909	73,411	145,320

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	39,239	36,535
Married	27,846	27,877
Separated	1,935	2,370
Divorced	1,387	1,745
Widowed	1,502	4,884
Total	71,909	73,411

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	125,144	129,238
UK	9,264	4,604
Poland	3,765	4,010
Lithuania	847	865
Other EU 27	2,488	2,379
Rest of World	2,631	1,746
Not stated	0	1,297
Total	144,139	144,139

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	126,747
White Irish Traveller	1,501
Other White	12,045
Black or Black Irish	481
Asian or Asian Irish	916
Other	757
Not stated	1,692
Total	144,139

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	133,717
Elsewhere in County	5,512
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,718
Outside Ireland	984
Total	141,931

Population by religion
Catholic	127,842
Other stated religion	9,659
No religion	6,204
Not stated	1,615
Total	145,320

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	3,905
French	1,162
Lithuanian	732
Other	5,458
Total	11,257

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	4,768
Well	3,547
Not well	2,046
Not at all	451
Not stated	445
Total	11,257

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	50,936
No	85,218
Not stated	2,240
Total	138,394

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	17,307
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	924
Outside education system, Daily	777
Outside education system, Weekly	2,583
Outside education system, Less often	16,000
Outside education system, Never	12,953
Outside education system, Not stated	392
Total	50,936

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	384	146	238
Weekly	249	98	151
Less often	158	64	94
Never	133	68	65
Total	924	376	548

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	15,698	31,396	4,199
3 persons	9,132	27,396	11,150
4 persons	8,335	33,340	17,384
5 persons	4,139	20,695	12,672
6 or more persons	1,885	12,008	8,352
Total	39,189	124,835	53,757

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	11,499
1 child	5,330	5,983	0	11,313
2 children	5,314	2,825	1,500	9,639
3 children	2,196	813	1,589	4,598
4 children	635	215	736	1,586
5 or more children	132	53	369	554

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	10,352	3,049	206
All children aged over fifteen	6,717	2,498	674
Other	3,321	780	93
Total number of family units	20,390	6,327	973

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	20,758	4,724	304
All children aged over fifteen	10,793	3,504	912
Other	10,187	2,291	284
Total number of family units	41,738	10,519	1,500

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	8,663	33,807
5-9 years	4,926	19,577
10-14 years	4,212	16,638
15-19 years	3,445	12,449
20+ years	6,444	19,366
Total	27,690	101,837

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	3,431	6,862
Empty nest	4,611	9,222
Retired	3,457	6,914
Pre-school	4,359	13,632
Early school	4,646	17,602
Pre-Adolescent	4,602	18,511
Adolescent	4,938	19,969
Adult	9,145	32,123
Total	39,189	124,835

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	13,413
1	7,077
2	11,405
3	8,572
4 or more	10,805
Total	51,272

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	12,210	12,210
Husband and wife	8,431	16,862
Cohabiting couple	2,107	4,214
Husband, wife and children	16,634	68,255
Cohabiting couple and children	2,324	8,756
Father and children	826	2,093
Mother and children	5,321	14,459
Couple and others	616	2,023
Couple, children and others	1,046	5,346
Father, children and others	99	367
Mother, children and others	467	1,722
Two or more family units	653	3,502
Non-family households and relations	1,009	2,273
Two or more non-related persons	909	2,267
Total	52,652	144,349

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	12,210	12,210
2 persons	15,343	30,686
3 persons	9,397	28,191
4 persons	8,698	34,792
5 persons	4,598	22,990
6 persons	1,727	10,362
7 persons	442	3,094
8 or more persons	237	2,024
Total	52,652	144,349

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	49,637	138,723
Flat/Apartment	1,979	3,328
Bed-sit	51	63
Caravan/Mobile Home	307	550
Not stated	678	1,685
Total	52,652	144,349

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	5,806	13,674
1919 to 1945	3,215	7,320
1946 to 1960	2,601	6,087
1961 to 1970	2,448	5,880
1971 to 1980	5,498	14,181
1981 to 1990	4,885	14,236
1991 to 2000	8,619	26,675
2001 to 2005	10,652	31,859
2006 or later	6,884	19,461
Not stated	1,737	4,426
Total	52,345	143,799

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	18,103	59,096
Owner occupied no mortgage	20,423	49,786
Rented from Private Landlord	7,603	18,931
Rented from Local Authority	4,335	11,916
Rented from Voluntary Body	364	895
Occupied free of rent	955	1,844
Not stated	562	1,331
Total	52,345	143,799

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	224	307
2 rooms	1,410	2,409
3 rooms	3,483	7,461
4 rooms	5,384	11,244
5 rooms	13,192	33,963
6 rooms	10,169	28,716
7 rooms	7,682	24,053
8 or more rooms	8,894	31,013
Not stated	1,907	4,633
Total	52,345	143,799

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	1,305
Oil	36,821
Natural Gas	449
Electricity	3,245
Coal (including anthracite)	7,657
Peat (including turf)	168
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	382
Wood (including wood pellets)	1,496
Other	352
Not stated	470
Total	52,345

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	32,249
Group scheme with local authority source	3,540
Group scheme with private source	1,526
Other private source	13,831
None	135
Not stated	1,064
Total	52,345

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	24,684
Individual septic tank	21,242
Other individual treatment	4,369
Other	656
No sewerage facility	78
Not stated	1,316
Total	52,345

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	52,580
Unoccupied	15,563
Total	68,143

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	95
Number of persons	2,455

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	27,198	24,109	51,307
Looking for first regular job	879	527	1,406
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	9,948	4,816	14,764
Student	4,772	5,532	10,304
Looking after home/family	578	12,368	12,946
Retired	8,401	7,117	15,518
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	3,068	2,630	5,698
Other	142	171	313
Total	54,986	57,270	112,256

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	4,235	3,175	7,410
Managerial and technical	16,791	19,334	36,125
Non-manual	9,274	15,995	25,269
Skilled manual	17,014	9,560	26,574
Semi-skilled	9,543	8,507	18,050
Unskilled	4,461	3,022	7,483
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	10,591	13,818	24,409
Total	71,909	73,411	145,320

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	6,987	20,946
B Higher professional	1,962	5,628
C Lower professional	4,785	12,702
D Non-manual	8,837	23,314
E Manual skilled	5,902	17,113
F Semi-skilled	4,858	13,614
G Unskilled	2,546	6,801
H Own account workers	3,330	10,187
I Farmers	3,685	11,145
J Agricultural workers	729	1,895
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	9,031	21,004
Total	52,652	144,349

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	6,299	4,609	10,908
15	3,747	2,748	6,495
16	6,192	4,873	11,065
17	4,721	5,279	10,000
18	6,349	7,224	13,573
19	1,943	2,719	4,662
20	1,666	2,029	3,695
21 and over	6,871	8,637	15,508
Not stated	10,257	11,190	21,447
Total	48,045	49,308	97,353

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	4,772	5,532	10,304
Other	2,169	2,430	4,599

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	745	2,867	3,612
Arts	578	845	1,423
Humanities	490	592	1,082
Social sciences, Business and Law	3,020	6,780	9,800
Science, Mathematics and Computing	1,341	1,534	2,875
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	7,994	568	8,562
Agriculture and Veterinary	3,188	603	3,791
Health and Welfare	751	5,176	5,927
Services	1,500	2,714	4,214
Other subjects	29	75	104
Not Stated (including unknown)	28,409	27,554	55,963
Total	48,045	49,308	97,353

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	720	675	1,395
Primary Education	8,950	7,639	16,589
Lower Secondary	11,026	9,094	20,120
Upper Secondary	9,227	10,971	20,198
Technical or Vocational qualification	4,219	5,092	9,311
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	4,141	1,885	6,026
Higher Certificate	1,774	2,464	4,238
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	2,340	3,376	5,716
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	2,377	3,631	6,008
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,527	2,582	4,109
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	166	109	275
Not stated	1,578	1,790	3,368
Total	48,045	49,308	97,353

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	9,756
Bicycle	466
Bus, minibus or coach	7,408
Train, DART or LUAS	224
Motorcycle or scooter	141
Car driver	34,458
Car passenger	18,399
Van	4,573
Other	4,668
Not stated	2,309
Total	82,402

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	4,289
06:30-07:00	4,122
07:01-07:30	5,710
07:31-08:00	10,865
08:01-08:30	15,817
08:31-09:00	20,538
09:01-09:30	8,904
After 09:30	5,427
Not stated	2,710
Total	78,382

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	33,016
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	22,109
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	10,147
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	2,813
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	3,495
1 1/2 hours and over	2,401
Not stated	4,401
Total	78,382

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,976
15-24	1,481
25-44	3,887
45-64	5,999
65+	6,791
Total	20,134

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	938	1,364
'15-28	304	575
'29-42	161	268
'43+	471	957
'Not stated	293	432
'Total	2,167	3,596

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	43,362	44,132	87,494
Good	20,091	20,695	40,786
Fair	6,066	6,218	12,284
Bad	986	978	1,964
Very bad	196	208	404
Not stated	1,208	1,180	2,388
Total	71,909	73,411	145,320

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	3,145	1,778	4,923
Professional Occupations	2,934	4,877	7,811
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3,211	2,304	5,515
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	864	5,241	6,105
Skilled Trades Occupations	12,876	1,219	14,095
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	621	3,917	4,538
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	1,387	3,642	5,029
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	4,979	1,033	6,012
Elementary Occupations	4,442	2,810	7,252
Not stated	2,687	2,104	4,791
Total	37,146	28,925	66,071

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	3,755	516
Building and construction	2,975	258
Manufacturing industries	4,241	1,648
Commerce and trade	6,023	6,634
Transport and communications	2,331	624
Public administration	1,429	1,615
Professional services	2,756	8,497
Other	3,688	4,317
Total	27,198	24,109

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	7,158
One motor car	21,938
Two motor cars	18,264
Three motor cars	3,637
Four or more motor cars	1,348

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	36,727
No	14,767
Not stated	851
Total	52,345

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	29,576
Other	5,839
No	15,961
Not stated	969
Total	52,345

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