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County Roscommon (CSO Area Code CTY 30)

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	491	440	931
1	454	488	942
2	520	429	949
3	457	447	904
4	455	461	916
5	469	475	944
6	434	454	888
7	469	438	907
8	443	442	885
9	488	421	909
10	443	464	907
11	444	426	870
12	459	453	912
13	414	450	864
14	417	435	852
15	460	388	848
16	419	423	842
17	398	408	806
18	347	342	689
19	323	273	596
20-24	1,744	1,578	3,322
25-29	2,004	2,058	4,062
30-34	2,305	2,251	4,556
35-39	2,294	2,282	4,576
40-44	2,399	2,186	4,585
45-49	2,251	2,126	4,377
50-54	2,167	2,071	4,238
55-59	2,112	1,949	4,061
60-64	1,781	1,750	3,531
65-69	1,503	1,354	2,857
70-74	1,115	1,029	2,144
75-79	863	946	1,809
80-84	618	802	1,420
85+	393	773	1,166
Total	32,353	31,712	64,065

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	17,493	14,717
Married	12,926	12,852
Separated	722	780
Divorced	548	633
Widowed	664	2,730
Total	32,353	31,712

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	53,510	56,074
UK	5,621	2,790
Poland	1,260	1,365
Lithuania	336	353
Other EU 27	889	858
Rest of World	1,995	1,531
Not stated	0	640
Total	63,611	63,611

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	55,349
White Irish Traveller	396
Other White	5,429
Black or Black Irish	469
Asian or Asian Irish	610
Other	572
Not stated	786
Total	63,611

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	58,915
Elsewhere in County	1,739
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,539
Outside Ireland	494
Total	62,687

Population by religion
Catholic	57,641
Other stated religion	3,488
No religion	2,344
Not stated	592
Total	64,065

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	1,339
French	579
Lithuanian	319
Other	2,988
Total	5,225

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,222
Well	1,720
Not well	891
Not at all	174
Not stated	218
Total	5,225

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	26,875
No	33,359
Not stated	1,009
Total	61,243

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	7,679
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	391
Outside education system, Daily	427
Outside education system, Weekly	1,391
Outside education system, Less often	9,607
Outside education system, Never	7,147
Outside education system, Not stated	233
Total	26,875

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	159	52	107
Weekly	109	53	56
Less often	80	36	44
Never	43	17	26
Total	391	158	233

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	6,661	13,322	1,612
3 persons	3,739	11,217	4,407
4 persons	3,470	13,880	7,189
5 persons	1,898	9,490	5,765
6 or more persons	971	6,197	4,284
Total	16,739	54,106	23,257

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	5,049
1 child	1,985	2,698	0	4,683
2 children	2,006	1,349	534	3,889
3 children	966	448	662	2,076
4 children	339	103	324	766
5 or more children	72	28	176	276

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	4,430	860	78
All children aged over fifteen	3,166	1,186	274
Other	1,465	189	42
Total number of family units	9,061	2,235	394

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	9,212	1,304	114
All children aged over fifteen	5,266	1,652	386
Other	4,626	581	116
Total number of family units	19,104	3,537	616

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	3,399	13,707
5-9 years	1,950	8,176
10-14 years	1,715	7,029
15-19 years	1,539	5,802
20+ years	3,087	9,294
Total	11,690	44,008

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,425	2,850
Empty nest	2,102	4,204
Retired	1,522	3,044
Pre-school	1,726	5,587
Early school	1,773	7,000
Pre-Adolescent	1,869	7,841
Adolescent	1,998	8,290
Adult	4,324	15,290
Total	16,739	54,106

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	6,188
1	2,717
2	4,502
3	3,808
4 or more	5,301
Total	22,516

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	6,257	6,257
Husband and wife	3,917	7,834
Cohabiting couple	795	1,590
Husband, wife and children	7,868	32,574
Cohabiting couple and children	704	2,663
Father and children	352	912
Mother and children	1,977	5,160
Couple and others	250	824
Couple, children and others	398	2,117
Father, children and others	27	98
Mother, children and others	145	523
Two or more family units	152	833
Non-family households and relations	501	1,107
Two or more non-related persons	329	819
Total	23,672	63,311

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	6,257	6,257
2 persons	6,746	13,492
3 persons	3,950	11,850
4 persons	3,538	14,152
5 persons	2,031	10,155
6 persons	811	4,866
7 persons	237	1,659
8 or more persons	102	880
Total	23,672	63,311

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	22,731	61,550
Flat/Apartment	548	911
Bed-sit	24	34
Caravan/Mobile Home	71	125
Not stated	298	691
Total	23,672	63,311

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	2,569	5,471
1919 to 1945	2,031	4,293
1946 to 1960	1,831	4,039
1961 to 1970	1,187	2,691
1971 to 1980	2,436	6,103
1981 to 1990	2,535	7,569
1991 to 2000	2,863	9,462
2001 to 2005	4,460	13,397
2006 or later	3,055	8,651
Not stated	634	1,510
Total	23,601	63,186

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	7,807	25,617
Owner occupied no mortgage	10,541	24,544
Rented from Private Landlord	3,077	7,819
Rented from Local Authority	1,340	3,565
Rented from Voluntary Body	87	186
Occupied free of rent	448	802
Not stated	301	653
Total	23,601	63,186

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	129	186
2 rooms	537	864
3 rooms	1,529	3,013
4 rooms	2,255	4,660
5 rooms	4,607	10,814
6 rooms	5,215	13,998
7 rooms	4,253	12,927
8 or more rooms	4,136	14,546
Not stated	940	2,178
Total	23,601	63,186

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	330
Oil	14,037
Natural Gas	872
Electricity	943
Coal (including anthracite)	1,018
Peat (including turf)	5,586
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	171
Wood (including wood pellets)	283
Other	144
Not stated	217
Total	23,601

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	14,949
Group scheme with local authority source	4,519
Group scheme with private source	1,443
Other private source	2,050
None	57
Not stated	583
Total	23,601

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	8,653
Individual septic tank	13,088
Other individual treatment	1,117
Other	92
No sewerage facility	61
Not stated	590
Total	23,601

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	23,710
Unoccupied	7,875
Total	31,585

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	46
Number of persons	1,411

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	13,269	11,121	24,390
Looking for first regular job	273	174	447
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	3,747	1,662	5,409
Student	2,336	2,530	4,866
Looking after home/family	417	4,761	5,178
Retired	3,994	3,516	7,510
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,326	1,110	2,436
Other	134	115	249
Total	25,496	24,989	50,485

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	2,064	1,697	3,761
Managerial and technical	7,661	9,120	16,781
Non-manual	5,177	7,288	12,465
Skilled manual	7,068	3,576	10,644
Semi-skilled	3,602	3,166	6,768
Unskilled	1,398	879	2,277
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	5,383	5,986	11,369
Total	32,353	31,712	64,065

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,791	8,429
B Higher professional	1,007	2,960
C Lower professional	2,395	6,347
D Non-manual	3,831	10,422
E Manual skilled	2,378	6,897
F Semi-skilled	1,891	5,276
G Unskilled	870	2,282
H Own account workers	1,396	4,203
I Farmers	2,750	7,057
J Agricultural workers	152	394
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,211	9,044
Total	23,672	63,311

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,435	1,376	3,811
15	1,381	892	2,273
16	2,553	1,792	4,345
17	1,867	1,934	3,801
18	3,020	3,428	6,448
19	867	1,081	1,948
20	784	877	1,661
21 and over	3,457	4,320	7,777
Not stated	5,701	5,776	11,477
Total	22,065	21,476	43,541

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	2,336	2,530	4,866
Other	1,095	983	2,078

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	381	1,333	1,714
Arts	182	290	472
Humanities	213	283	496
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,404	3,132	4,536
Science, Mathematics and Computing	685	800	1,485
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	3,827	240	4,067
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,992	248	2,240
Health and Welfare	400	2,859	3,259
Services	724	1,108	1,832
Other subjects	19	24	43
Not Stated (including unknown)	12,238	11,159	23,397
Total	22,065	21,476	43,541

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	419	300	719
Primary Education	3,985	2,818	6,803
Lower Secondary	4,569	3,309	7,878
Upper Secondary	4,483	5,203	9,686
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,806	2,019	3,825
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,719	808	2,527
Higher Certificate	893	1,131	2,024
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,206	1,658	2,864
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,263	1,866	3,129
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	791	1,374	2,165
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	77	63	140
Not stated	854	927	1,781
Total	22,065	21,476	43,541

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	2,923
Bicycle	293
Bus, minibus or coach	3,421
Train, DART or LUAS	185
Motorcycle or scooter	52
Car driver	16,823
Car passenger	8,198
Van	2,424
Other	2,170
Not stated	1,406
Total	37,895

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	1,228
06:30-07:00	1,599
07:01-07:30	2,308
07:31-08:00	4,538
08:01-08:30	6,026
08:31-09:00	9,152
09:01-09:30	7,090
After 09:30	2,548
Not stated	1,643
Total	36,132

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	14,400
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	10,367
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	4,966
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,453
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,448
1 1/2 hours and over	937
Not stated	2,561
Total	36,132

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	613
15-24	505
25-44	1,465
45-64	2,579
65+	3,597
Total	8,759

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	518	688
'15-28	206	266
'29-42	91	167
'43+	254	504
'Not stated	162	177
'Total	1,231	1,802

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	18,469	18,360	36,829
Good	9,538	9,128	18,666
Fair	3,151	3,149	6,300
Bad	473	456	929
Very bad	102	107	209
Not stated	620	512	1,132
Total	32,353	31,712	64,065

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,310	721	2,031
Professional Occupations	1,499	2,569	4,068
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,781	1,058	2,839
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	434	2,584	3,018
Skilled Trades Occupations	6,011	517	6,528
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	263	1,696	1,959
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	654	1,320	1,974
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	2,058	386	2,444
Elementary Occupations	1,508	1,005	2,513
Not stated	1,498	927	2,425
Total	17,016	12,783	29,799

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2,235	170
Building and construction	1,262	81
Manufacturing industries	2,054	809
Commerce and trade	2,639	2,593
Transport and communications	946	340
Public administration	1,158	1,166
Professional services	1,302	4,350
Other	1,673	1,612
Total	13,269	11,121

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	2,950
One motor car	9,820
Two motor cars	8,736
Three motor cars	1,586
Four or more motor cars	509

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	15,696
No	7,468
Not stated	437
Total	23,601

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	12,599
Other	2,494
No	8,016
Not stated	492
Total	23,601

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