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County Clare (CSO Area Code CTY 16)

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	837	841	1,678
1	923	853	1,776
2	924	867	1,791
3	948	895	1,843
4	943	874	1,817
5	909	895	1,804
6	907	871	1,778
7	846	854	1,700
8	840	876	1,716
9	855	871	1,726
10	795	879	1,674
11	898	893	1,791
12	863	819	1,682
13	855	803	1,658
14	818	829	1,647
15	815	745	1,560
16	731	764	1,495
17	795	735	1,530
18	758	711	1,469
19	636	618	1,254
20-24	3,235	3,225	6,460
25-29	3,603	3,709	7,312
30-34	4,294	4,405	8,699
35-39	4,423	4,701	9,124
40-44	4,492	4,428	8,920
45-49	4,080	4,113	8,193
50-54	3,793	3,651	7,444
55-59	3,374	3,346	6,720
60-64	3,241	3,175	6,416
65-69	2,540	2,401	4,941
70-74	1,771	1,753	3,524
75-79	1,264	1,359	2,623
80-84	781	1,069	1,850
85+	511	1,070	1,581
Total	58,298	58,898	117,196

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	31,716	28,849
Married	23,104	23,137
Separated	1,294	1,577
Divorced	972	1,280
Widowed	1,212	4,055
Total	58,298	58,898

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	96,727	101,758
UK	8,409	3,622
Poland	2,508	2,658
Lithuania	318	340
Other EU 27	2,384	2,274
Rest of World	4,802	3,182
Not stated	0	1,314
Total	115,148	115,148

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	99,452
White Irish Traveller	855
Other White	9,574
Black or Black Irish	1,332
Asian or Asian Irish	1,267
Other	1,025
Not stated	1,643
Total	115,148

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	106,510
Elsewhere in County	4,150
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,811
Outside Ireland	1,010
Total	113,481

Population by religion
Catholic	101,984
Other stated religion	7,033
No religion	6,384
Not stated	1,795
Total	117,196

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	2,644
French	1,539
Lithuanian	262
Other	6,266
Total	10,711

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	5,360
Well	3,218
Not well	1,473
Not at all	287
Not stated	373
Total	10,711

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	53,853
No	55,789
Not stated	2,309
Total	111,951

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	15,402
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	977
Outside education system, Daily	1,075
Outside education system, Weekly	3,099
Outside education system, Less often	19,612
Outside education system, Never	13,255
Outside education system, Not stated	433
Total	53,853

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	464	182	282
Weekly	246	95	151
Less often	173	86	87
Never	94	50	44
Total	977	413	564

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	11,750	23,500	2,944
3 persons	6,883	20,649	8,162
4 persons	6,552	26,208	13,579
5 persons	3,675	18,375	11,186
6 or more persons	1,547	9,835	6,799
Total	30,407	98,567	42,670

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	8,806
1 child	3,828	4,720	0	8,548
2 children	4,006	2,318	1,032	7,356
3 children	1,956	729	1,304	3,989
4 children	515	151	617	1,283
5 or more children	140	36	249	425

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	8,564	1,724	157
All children aged over fifteen	5,429	1,972	553
Other	2,691	445	66
Total number of family units	16,684	4,141	776

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	17,601	2,682	250
All children aged over fifteen	8,877	2,705	754
Other	8,305	1,306	190
Total number of family units	34,783	6,693	1,194

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	6,587	26,454
5-9 years	3,837	15,871
10-14 years	3,223	12,911
15-19 years	2,777	10,249
20+ years	5,177	15,470
Total	21,601	80,955

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	2,810	5,620
Empty nest	3,517	7,034
Retired	2,479	4,958
Pre-school	3,319	10,746
Early school	3,467	13,632
Pre-Adolescent	3,659	15,164
Adolescent	3,802	15,643
Adult	7,354	25,770
Total	30,407	98,567

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	11,579
1	5,082
2	8,512
3	7,037
4 or more	8,317
Total	40,527

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	10,692	10,692
Husband and wife	6,601	13,202
Cohabiting couple	1,595	3,190
Husband, wife and children	14,408	59,419
Cohabiting couple and children	1,401	5,304
Father and children	673	1,711
Mother and children	3,612	9,565
Couple and others	448	1,455
Couple, children and others	704	3,621
Father, children and others	80	294
Mother, children and others	308	1,133
Two or more family units	288	1,519
Non-family households and relations	824	1,858
Two or more non-related persons	1,014	2,624
Total	42,648	115,587

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	10,692	10,692
2 persons	12,004	24,008
3 persons	7,291	21,873
4 persons	6,877	27,508
5 persons	3,936	19,680
6 persons	1,353	8,118
7 persons	336	2,352
8 or more persons	159	1,356
Total	42,648	115,587

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	39,840	110,109
Flat/Apartment	1,955	3,513
Bed-sit	48	76
Caravan/Mobile Home	114	188
Not stated	691	1,701
Total	42,648	115,587

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	4,175	8,949
1919 to 1945	2,435	5,337
1946 to 1960	2,347	5,265
1961 to 1970	3,111	7,349
1971 to 1980	5,721	14,725
1981 to 1990	4,779	14,121
1991 to 2000	6,701	21,364
2001 to 2005	6,929	21,057
2006 or later	4,661	12,888
Not stated	1,675	4,344
Total	42,534	115,399

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	15,493	50,419
Owner occupied no mortgage	16,913	39,950
Rented from Private Landlord	6,056	15,007
Rented from Local Authority	2,374	6,415
Rented from Voluntary Body	284	664
Occupied free of rent	748	1,379
Not stated	666	1,565
Total	42,534	115,399

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	297	451
2 rooms	1,316	2,179
3 rooms	3,603	7,630
4 rooms	4,178	9,214
5 rooms	9,003	22,086
6 rooms	8,276	22,501
7 rooms	6,649	20,516
8 or more rooms	7,536	26,818
Not stated	1,676	4,004
Total	42,534	115,399

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	859
Oil	25,946
Natural Gas	4,926
Electricity	2,285
Coal (including anthracite)	3,402
Peat (including turf)	2,874
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	460
Wood (including wood pellets)	934
Other	299
Not stated	549
Total	42,534

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	27,115
Group scheme with local authority source	6,977
Group scheme with private source	2,482
Other private source	4,556
None	84
Not stated	1,320
Total	42,534

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	21,241
Individual septic tank	17,121
Other individual treatment	2,260
Other	388
No sewerage facility	148
Not stated	1,376
Total	42,534

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	42,820
Unoccupied	12,796
Total	55,616

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	143
Number of persons	2,610

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	24,388	21,218	45,606
Looking for first regular job	438	299	737
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	6,344	3,461	9,805
Student	4,890	5,154	10,044
Looking after home/family	562	7,914	8,476
Retired	6,594	5,936	12,530
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,788	1,814	3,602
Other	133	182	315
Total	45,137	45,978	91,115

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	4,313	3,515	7,828
Managerial and technical	15,241	17,505	32,746
Non-manual	8,159	12,743	20,902
Skilled manual	12,469	6,600	19,069
Semi-skilled	6,645	5,748	12,393
Unskilled	2,095	1,402	3,497
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	9,376	11,385	20,761
Total	58,298	58,898	117,196

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	5,460	16,557
B Higher professional	2,180	6,422
C Lower professional	4,769	12,680
D Non-manual	6,945	18,588
E Manual skilled	4,223	12,263
F Semi-skilled	3,592	9,902
G Unskilled	1,413	3,656
H Own account workers	2,518	7,416
I Farmers	4,038	10,957
J Agricultural workers	160	386
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	7,350	16,760
Total	42,648	115,587

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	3,008	2,046	5,054
15	1,797	1,232	3,029
16	3,487	2,562	6,049
17	3,145	3,187	6,332
18	4,977	5,436	10,413
19	1,446	1,965	3,411
20	1,420	1,682	3,102
21 and over	6,945	7,882	14,827
Not stated	11,967	12,737	24,704
Total	38,192	38,729	76,921

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	4,890	5,154	10,044
Other	2,055	2,095	4,150

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	747	2,625	3,372
Arts	491	661	1,152
Humanities	480	742	1,222
Social sciences, Business and Law	2,977	6,432	9,409
Science, Mathematics and Computing	1,500	1,462	2,962
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	7,580	646	8,226
Agriculture and Veterinary	2,750	438	3,188
Health and Welfare	609	4,495	5,104
Services	1,415	2,228	3,643
Other subjects	31	61	92
Not Stated (including unknown)	19,612	18,939	38,551
Total	38,192	38,729	76,921

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	482	382	864
Primary Education	5,578	4,341	9,919
Lower Secondary	6,884	5,688	12,572
Upper Secondary	7,786	8,882	16,668
Technical or Vocational qualification	3,104	3,592	6,696
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	3,412	1,591	5,003
Higher Certificate	1,583	2,105	3,688
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	2,695	3,449	6,144
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	2,625	3,486	6,111
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,889	2,991	4,880
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	240	158	398
Not stated	1,914	2,064	3,978
Total	38,192	38,729	76,921

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	8,174
Bicycle	762
Bus, minibus or coach	4,744
Train, DART or LUAS	235
Motorcycle or scooter	116
Car driver	31,852
Car passenger	15,909
Van	3,593
Other	3,551
Not stated	2,526
Total	71,462

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	2,346
06:30-07:00	3,516
07:01-07:30	5,059
07:31-08:00	9,451
08:01-08:30	12,532
08:31-09:00	19,365
09:01-09:30	7,827
After 09:30	5,365
Not stated	2,930
Total	68,391

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	27,958
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	19,763
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	10,500
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	2,840
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	2,257
1 1/2 hours and over	909
Not stated	4,164
Total	68,391

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	1,394
15-24	1,099
25-44	2,721
45-64	4,266
65+	5,295
Total	14,775

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	979	1,357
'15-28	310	526
'29-42	173	262
'43+	336	771
'Not stated	266	335
'Total	2,064	3,251

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	34,321	34,550	68,871
Good	17,227	17,343	34,570
Fair	4,635	4,862	9,497
Bad	690	749	1,439
Very bad	135	168	303
Not stated	1,290	1,226	2,516
Total	58,298	58,898	117,196

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	2,562	1,632	4,194
Professional Occupations	3,335	4,984	8,319
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3,219	2,065	5,284
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	882	4,491	5,373
Skilled Trades Occupations	10,344	1,016	11,360
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	493	3,236	3,729
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	1,020	2,505	3,525
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	3,521	908	4,429
Elementary Occupations	2,642	1,699	4,341
Not stated	2,714	2,143	4,857
Total	30,732	24,679	55,411

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	3,377	374
Building and construction	2,186	202
Manufacturing industries	5,045	1,924
Commerce and trade	4,093	4,885
Transport and communications	2,474	1,055
Public administration	1,220	1,434
Professional services	2,491	7,644
Other	3,502	3,700
Total	24,388	21,218

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	5,565
One motor car	16,944
Two motor cars	16,316
Three motor cars	2,834
Four or more motor cars	875

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	30,024
No	11,605
Not stated	905
Total	42,534

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	25,041
Other	4,149
No	12,313
Not stated	1,031
Total	42,534

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