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County Leitrim (CSO Area Code CTY 28)

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	232	240	472
1	248	247	495
2	235	244	479
3	266	222	488
4	267	255	522
5	246	224	470
6	255	204	459
7	249	238	487
8	209	213	422
9	235	221	456
10	222	180	402
11	212	239	451
12	253	202	455
13	217	199	416
14	200	205	405
15	235	202	437
16	174	189	363
17	209	163	372
18	175	165	340
19	138	128	266
20-24	744	732	1,476
25-29	962	1,018	1,980
30-34	1,168	1,167	2,335
35-39	1,175	1,188	2,363
40-44	1,139	1,084	2,223
45-49	1,137	1,021	2,158
50-54	1,101	1,042	2,143
55-59	1,039	985	2,024
60-64	908	825	1,733
65-69	739	667	1,406
70-74	587	520	1,107
75-79	468	459	927
80-84	303	381	684
85+	197	385	582
Total	16,144	15,654	31,798

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	8,806	7,267
Married	6,313	6,326
Separated	360	401
Divorced	291	314
Widowed	374	1,346
Total	16,144	15,654

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	25,617	27,349
UK	3,571	1,665
Poland	696	764
Lithuania	156	174
Other EU 27	568	557
Rest of World	848	543
Not stated	0	404
Total	31,456	31,456

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	26,994
White Irish Traveller	264
Other White	3,139
Black or Black Irish	87
Asian or Asian Irish	276
Other	223
Not stated	473
Total	31,456

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	29,220
Elsewhere in County	809
Elsewhere in Ireland	673
Outside Ireland	282
Total	30,984

Population by religion
Catholic	27,394
Other stated religion	2,293
No religion	1,696
Not stated	415
Total	31,798

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	757
French	337
Lithuanian	129
Other	1,274
Total	2,497

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	1,097
Well	817
Not well	370
Not at all	107
Not stated	106
Total	2,497

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	12,644
No	16,973
Not stated	735
Total	30,352

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	3,780
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	208
Outside education system, Daily	237
Outside education system, Weekly	717
Outside education system, Less often	4,438
Outside education system, Never	3,139
Outside education system, Not stated	125
Total	12,644

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	87	32	55
Weekly	54	23	31
Less often	37	18	19
Never	30	11	19
Total	208	84	124

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	3,377	6,754	777
3 persons	1,701	5,103	2,003
4 persons	1,652	6,608	3,422
5 persons	916	4,580	2,776
6 or more persons	534	3,432	2,381
Total	8,180	26,477	11,359

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	2,600
1 child	986	1,190	0	2,176
2 children	1,024	570	242	1,836
3 children	501	216	289	1,006
4 children	150	52	188	390
5 or more children	54	16	102	172

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	2,251	417	47
All children aged over fifteen	1,374	540	130
Other	713	98	10
Total number of family units	4,338	1,055	187

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	4,730	621	72
All children aged over fifteen	2,342	754	171
Other	2,346	301	22
Total number of family units	9,418	1,676	265

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,766	7,257
5-9 years	951	4,019
10-14 years	819	3,316
15-19 years	701	2,629
20+ years	1,343	4,056
Total	5,580	21,277

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	757	1,514
Empty nest	1,065	2,130
Retired	778	1,556
Pre-school	904	2,996
Early school	922	3,684
Pre-Adolescent	889	3,709
Adolescent	936	3,955
Adult	1,929	6,933
Total	8,180	26,477

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	3,168
1	1,318
2	2,189
3	1,818
4 or more	2,488
Total	10,981

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	3,755	3,755
Husband and wife	2,032	4,064
Cohabiting couple	438	876
Husband, wife and children	3,815	16,067
Cohabiting couple and children	351	1,323
Father and children	163	395
Mother and children	952	2,471
Couple and others	95	300
Couple, children and others	148	766
Father, children and others	20	67
Mother, children and others	67	249
Two or more family units	49	267
Non-family households and relations	251	557
Two or more non-related persons	172	399
Total	12,308	31,556

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	3,755	3,755
2 persons	3,505	7,010
3 persons	1,790	5,370
4 persons	1,722	6,888
5 persons	948	4,740
6 persons	404	2,424
7 persons	136	952
8 or more persons	48	417
Total	12,308	31,556

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	11,630	30,343
Flat/Apartment	419	654
Bed-sit	13	19
Caravan/Mobile Home	80	156
Not stated	166	384
Total	12,308	31,556

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	1,737	3,561
1919 to 1945	966	1,930
1946 to 1960	753	1,569
1961 to 1970	464	945
1971 to 1980	1,068	2,526
1981 to 1990	1,271	3,709
1991 to 2000	1,459	4,581
2001 to 2005	2,450	7,069
2006 or later	1,670	4,599
Not stated	390	911
Total	12,228	31,400

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	3,729	12,037
Owner occupied no mortgage	5,288	12,048
Rented from Private Landlord	1,732	4,087
Rented from Local Authority	927	2,170
Rented from Voluntary Body	96	215
Occupied free of rent	281	479
Not stated	175	364
Total	12,228	31,400

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	60	95
2 rooms	423	585
3 rooms	991	1,703
4 rooms	1,240	2,473
5 rooms	2,662	6,312
6 rooms	2,566	6,747
7 rooms	1,928	5,923
8 or more rooms	1,888	6,526
Not stated	470	1,036
Total	12,228	31,400

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	236
Oil	8,185
Natural Gas	177
Electricity	737
Coal (including anthracite)	1,203
Peat (including turf)	1,046
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	87
Wood (including wood pellets)	325
Other	96
Not stated	136
Total	12,228

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	6,405
Group scheme with local authority source	3,677
Group scheme with private source	818
Other private source	976
None	38
Not stated	314
Total	12,228

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	4,815
Individual septic tank	6,089
Other individual treatment	833
Other	83
No sewerage facility	60
Not stated	348
Total	12,228

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	12,331
Unoccupied	5,797
Total	18,128

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	26
Number of persons	505

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	6,338	5,634	11,972
Looking for first regular job	127	80	207
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,978	862	2,840
Student	1,109	1,182	2,291
Looking after home/family	163	2,180	2,343
Retired	2,123	1,784	3,907
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	704	513	1,217
Other	56	86	142
Total	12,598	12,321	24,919

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	981	761	1,742
Managerial and technical	3,839	4,500	8,339
Non-manual	2,508	3,540	6,048
Skilled manual	3,530	1,863	5,393
Semi-skilled	1,810	1,663	3,473
Unskilled	730	402	1,132
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,746	2,925	5,671
Total	16,144	15,654	31,798

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,388	3,944
B Higher professional	511	1,409
C Lower professional	1,323	3,356
D Non-manual	2,003	5,192
E Manual skilled	1,178	3,337
F Semi-skilled	957	2,604
G Unskilled	482	1,186
H Own account workers	761	2,174
I Farmers	1,423	3,537
J Agricultural workers	134	365
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,148	4,452
Total	12,308	31,556

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,234	742	1,976
15	709	453	1,162
16	1,301	939	2,240
17	956	894	1,850
18	1,316	1,450	2,766
19	402	538	940
20	440	490	930
21 and over	1,743	2,222	3,965
Not stated	2,832	2,861	5,693
Total	10,933	10,589	21,522

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	1,109	1,182	2,291
Other	556	550	1,106

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	176	646	822
Arts	162	198	360
Humanities	146	186	332
Social sciences, Business and Law	649	1,532	2,181
Science, Mathematics and Computing	344	431	775
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,925	110	2,035
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,001	113	1,114
Health and Welfare	189	1,359	1,548
Services	345	604	949
Other subjects	10	13	23
Not Stated (including unknown)	5,986	5,397	11,383
Total	10,933	10,589	21,522

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	204	149	353
Primary Education	2,031	1,400	3,431
Lower Secondary	2,221	1,611	3,832
Upper Secondary	1,910	2,201	4,111
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,002	1,066	2,068
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	863	412	1,275
Higher Certificate	466	598	1,064
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	669	865	1,534
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	611	923	1,534
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	404	778	1,182
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	37	39	76
Not stated	515	547	1,062
Total	10,933	10,589	21,522

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	1,680
Bicycle	100
Bus, minibus or coach	2,197
Train, DART or LUAS	79
Motorcycle or scooter	24
Car driver	8,115
Car passenger	3,226
Van	1,240
Other	1,073
Not stated	729
Total	18,463

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	477
06:30-07:00	694
07:01-07:30	1,267
07:31-08:00	2,213
08:01-08:30	2,866
08:31-09:00	4,503
09:01-09:30	3,364
After 09:30	1,322
Not stated	860
Total	17,566

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	6,856
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	4,810
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	2,701
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	800
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	671
1 1/2 hours and over	462
Not stated	1,266
Total	17,566

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	371
15-24	210
25-44	675
45-64	1,315
65+	1,718
Total	4,289

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	273	332
'15-28	111	134
'29-42	50	75
'43+	96	190
'Not stated	97	101
'Total	627	832

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	9,131	9,000	18,131
Good	4,777	4,676	9,453
Fair	1,595	1,451	3,046
Bad	197	177	374
Very bad	42	33	75
Not stated	402	317	719
Total	16,144	15,654	31,798

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	654	360	1,014
Professional Occupations	761	1,355	2,116
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	845	546	1,391
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	234	1,240	1,474
Skilled Trades Occupations	2,875	302	3,177
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	156	954	1,110
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	324	641	965
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	947	156	1,103
Elementary Occupations	797	506	1,303
Not stated	723	436	1,159
Total	8,316	6,496	14,812

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,093	101
Building and construction	610	33
Manufacturing industries	894	316
Commerce and trade	1,191	1,142
Transport and communications	420	109
Public administration	472	552
Professional services	750	2,409
Other	908	972
Total	6,338	5,634

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	1,635
One motor car	5,219
Two motor cars	4,423
Three motor cars	707
Four or more motor cars	244

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	7,903
No	4,086
Not stated	239
Total	12,228

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	6,298
Other	1,231
No	4,392
Not stated	307
Total	12,228

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