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County Wicklow (CSO Area Code CTY 15)

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	1,133	1,207	2,340
1	1,164	1,137	2,301
2	1,231	1,125	2,356
3	1,146	1,147	2,293
4	1,128	1,056	2,184
5	1,052	1,008	2,060
6	1,135	1,026	2,161
7	977	1,026	2,003
8	1,026	999	2,025
9	999	931	1,930
10	1,025	918	1,943
11	1,025	953	1,978
12	989	912	1,901
13	952	853	1,805
14	991	901	1,892
15	918	882	1,800
16	908	816	1,724
17	879	869	1,748
18	898	833	1,731
19	802	777	1,579
20-24	4,021	3,911	7,932
25-29	4,206	4,777	8,983
30-34	5,351	5,586	10,937
35-39	5,496	5,697	11,193
40-44	5,142	5,354	10,496
45-49	4,912	5,058	9,970
50-54	4,181	4,231	8,412
55-59	3,596	3,727	7,323
60-64	3,391	3,248	6,639
65-69	2,673	2,699	5,372
70-74	1,793	1,964	3,757
75-79	1,251	1,382	2,633
80-84	710	1,021	1,731
85+	441	1,067	1,508
Total	67,542	69,098	136,640

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	37,052	34,830
Married	26,253	26,343
Separated	1,808	2,183
Divorced	1,267	1,688
Widowed	1,162	4,054
Total	67,542	69,098

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	114,985	120,409
UK	8,535	3,749
Poland	2,597	2,754
Lithuania	811	848
Other EU 27	2,870	2,716
Rest of World	5,080	3,310
Not stated	0	1,092
Total	134,878	134,878

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	117,991
White Irish Traveller	721
Other White	11,128
Black or Black Irish	489
Asian or Asian Irish	2,049
Other	1,044
Not stated	1,456
Total	134,878

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	123,742
Elsewhere in County	5,088
Elsewhere in Ireland	2,451
Outside Ireland	1,272
Total	132,553

Population by religion
Catholic	108,738
Other stated religion	15,477
No religion	10,770
Not stated	1,655
Total	136,640

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	2,744
French	1,647
Lithuanian	757
Other	7,311
Total	12,459

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	6,529
Well	3,559
Not well	1,649
Not at all	298
Not stated	424
Total	12,459

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	48,502
No	79,141
Not stated	2,000
Total	129,643

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	15,900
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	968
Outside education system, Daily	1,011
Outside education system, Weekly	2,624
Outside education system, Less often	15,475
Outside education system, Never	12,158
Outside education system, Not stated	366
Total	48,502

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	492	182	310
Weekly	189	83	106
Less often	185	87	98
Never	102	51	51
Total	968	403	565

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	14,085	28,170	3,790
3 persons	8,752	26,256	10,662
4 persons	8,523	34,092	17,811
5 persons	4,022	20,110	12,272
6 or more persons	1,582	10,006	6,911
Total	36,964	118,634	51,446

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	10,295
1 child	5,125	5,507	0	10,632
2 children	5,259	3,091	1,318	9,668
3 children	2,175	971	1,435	4,581
4 children	539	195	642	1,376
5 or more children	118	35	259	412

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	10,442	2,582	192
All children aged over fifteen	6,640	2,509	650
Other	2,847	727	80
Total number of family units	19,929	5,818	922

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	20,730	3,946	271
All children aged over fifteen	11,002	3,675	893
Other	8,608	2,093	228
Total number of family units	40,340	9,714	1,392

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	8,588	33,150
5-9 years	4,552	18,190
10-14 years	3,730	14,695
15-19 years	3,437	12,614
20+ years	6,362	19,395
Total	26,669	98,044

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	3,626	7,252
Empty nest	3,846	7,692
Retired	2,823	5,646
Pre-school	4,624	14,803
Early school	4,402	16,854
Pre-Adolescent	4,190	16,948
Adolescent	4,261	16,926
Adult	9,192	32,513
Total	36,964	118,634

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	13,721
1	6,940
2	11,329
3	8,091
4 or more	8,205
Total	48,286

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	9,659	9,659
Husband and wife	7,232	14,464
Cohabiting couple	2,119	4,238
Husband, wife and children	16,652	67,738
Cohabiting couple and children	1,979	7,429
Father and children	773	1,971
Mother and children	4,893	13,313
Couple and others	628	2,105
Couple, children and others	953	4,850
Father, children and others	88	295
Mother, children and others	451	1,661
Two or more family units	591	3,220
Non-family households and relations	883	2,029
Two or more non-related persons	897	2,287
Total	47,798	135,259

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	9,659	9,659
2 persons	13,660	27,320
3 persons	9,082	27,246
4 persons	8,838	35,352
5 persons	4,475	22,375
6 persons	1,544	9,264
7 persons	378	2,646
8 or more persons	162	1,397
Total	47,798	135,259

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	42,927	125,433
Flat/Apartment	3,851	7,466
Bed-sit	74	113
Caravan/Mobile Home	219	411
Not stated	727	1,836
Total	47,798	135,259

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	4,874	11,966
1919 to 1945	3,125	7,514
1946 to 1960	2,537	6,422
1961 to 1970	2,843	7,592
1971 to 1980	7,397	20,960
1981 to 1990	5,538	16,168
1991 to 2000	7,191	23,148
2001 to 2005	7,484	22,746
2006 or later	4,590	13,029
Not stated	2,000	5,303
Total	47,579	134,848

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	19,234	64,110
Owner occupied no mortgage	15,471	37,046
Rented from Private Landlord	7,087	17,998
Rented from Local Authority	4,225	12,210
Rented from Voluntary Body	175	449
Occupied free of rent	732	1,457
Not stated	655	1,578
Total	47,579	134,848

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	420	633
2 rooms	1,781	3,204
3 rooms	3,714	8,204
4 rooms	5,233	11,624
5 rooms	11,760	31,832
6 rooms	8,660	25,835
7 rooms	6,605	21,670
8 or more rooms	7,844	27,961
Not stated	1,562	3,885
Total	47,579	134,848

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	903
Oil	22,123
Natural Gas	16,274
Electricity	2,992
Coal (including anthracite)	2,334
Peat (including turf)	385
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	340
Wood (including wood pellets)	1,341
Other	328
Not stated	559
Total	47,579

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	36,101
Group scheme with local authority source	1,957
Group scheme with private source	754
Other private source	7,488
None	73
Not stated	1,206
Total	47,579

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	34,046
Individual septic tank	10,399
Other individual treatment	1,327
Other	344
No sewerage facility	53
Not stated	1,410
Total	47,579

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	47,711
Unoccupied	6,640
Total	54,351

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	125
Number of persons	2,397

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	28,107	24,800	52,907
Looking for first regular job	449	340	789
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	7,856	4,029	11,885
Student	5,748	5,939	11,687
Looking after home/family	500	10,564	11,064
Retired	6,726	6,119	12,845
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	2,085	1,979	4,064
Other	98	129	227
Total	51,569	53,899	105,468

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	6,056	4,860	10,916
Managerial and technical	20,453	22,113	42,566
Non-manual	8,527	14,573	23,100
Skilled manual	12,834	7,403	20,237
Semi-skilled	7,222	6,010	13,232
Unskilled	2,696	2,097	4,793
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	9,754	12,042	21,796
Total	67,542	69,098	136,640

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	8,707	26,849
B Higher professional	3,199	9,762
C Lower professional	5,370	15,051
D Non-manual	8,409	22,497
E Manual skilled	4,187	12,535
F Semi-skilled	3,494	9,982
G Unskilled	1,686	4,557
H Own account workers	2,975	9,194
I Farmers	1,579	4,695
J Agricultural workers	392	1,085
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	7,800	19,052
Total	47,798	135,259

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	3,313	2,789	6,102
15	2,421	1,915	4,336
16	4,201	3,622	7,823
17	3,540	3,940	7,480
18	5,181	5,906	11,087
19	1,633	2,336	3,969
20	1,530	1,921	3,451
21 and over	9,532	10,242	19,774
Not stated	12,045	12,719	24,764
Total	43,396	45,390	88,786

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	5,748	5,939	11,687
Other	2,425	2,570	4,995

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	613	2,527	3,140
Arts	1,049	1,371	2,420
Humanities	734	1,173	1,907
Social sciences, Business and Law	5,164	8,656	13,820
Science, Mathematics and Computing	2,438	1,765	4,203
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	7,876	692	8,568
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,730	486	2,216
Health and Welfare	722	4,720	5,442
Services	1,598	2,665	4,263
Other subjects	51	66	117
Not Stated (including unknown)	21,421	21,269	42,690
Total	43,396	45,390	88,786

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	678	516	1,194
Primary Education	5,558	5,305	10,863
Lower Secondary	7,775	6,821	14,596
Upper Secondary	8,097	9,554	17,651
Technical or Vocational qualification	3,518	4,715	8,233
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	3,862	1,778	5,640
Higher Certificate	2,060	2,545	4,605
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	3,240	3,956	7,196
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	3,670	4,386	8,056
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	2,864	3,736	6,600
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	424	265	689
Not stated	1,650	1,813	3,463
Total	43,396	45,390	88,786

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	10,716
Bicycle	806
Bus, minibus or coach	7,535
Train, DART or LUAS	4,190
Motorcycle or scooter	309
Car driver	34,403
Car passenger	15,881
Van	3,482
Other	3,624
Not stated	2,084
Total	83,030

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	3,973
06:30-07:00	6,264
07:01-07:30	8,952
07:31-08:00	12,384
08:01-08:30	15,358
08:31-09:00	17,999
09:01-09:30	6,928
After 09:30	5,556
Not stated	2,498
Total	79,912

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	25,646
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	19,008
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	13,883
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	6,572
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	8,274
1 1/2 hours and over	2,577
Not stated	3,952
Total	79,912

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,847
15-24	1,453
25-44	3,554
45-64	5,049
65+	5,713
Total	17,616

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	877	1,407
'15-28	275	521
'29-42	129	220
'43+	363	693
'Not stated	250	396
'Total	1,894	3,237

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	42,645	43,545	86,190
Good	18,070	18,294	36,364
Fair	4,782	5,236	10,018
Bad	731	739	1,470
Very bad	140	160	300
Not stated	1,174	1,124	2,298
Total	67,542	69,098	136,640

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	4,033	2,151	6,184
Professional Occupations	4,667	5,452	10,119
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	4,583	3,253	7,836
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	1,294	5,663	6,957
Skilled Trades Occupations	9,044	921	9,965
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	651	3,704	4,355
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	1,479	2,756	4,235
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	3,598	556	4,154
Elementary Occupations	3,465	2,017	5,482
Not stated	3,149	2,356	5,505
Total	35,963	28,829	64,792

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,757	313
Building and construction	2,447	230
Manufacturing industries	3,969	1,720
Commerce and trade	7,718	7,223
Transport and communications	3,168	1,096
Public administration	1,584	1,299
Professional services	3,254	8,634
Other	4,210	4,285
Total	28,107	24,800

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	6,444
One motor car	18,410
Two motor cars	17,976
Three motor cars	3,476
Four or more motor cars	1,273

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	36,942
No	9,758
Not stated	879
Total	47,579

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	32,705
Other	3,619
No	10,272
Not stated	983
Total	47,579

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