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County Cavan (CSO Area Code CTY 32)

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	635	587	1,222
1	625	609	1,234
2	684	586	1,270
3	622	624	1,246
4	613	592	1,205
5	585	501	1,086
6	583	549	1,132
7	578	567	1,145
8	583	523	1,106
9	547	513	1,060
10	567	547	1,114
11	558	550	1,108
12	545	582	1,127
13	580	531	1,111
14	532	534	1,066
15	515	495	1,010
16	521	458	979
17	512	461	973
18	452	425	877
19	381	363	744
20-24	2,057	2,049	4,106
25-29	2,468	2,665	5,133
30-34	2,831	2,896	5,727
35-39	2,758	2,726	5,484
40-44	2,697	2,589	5,286
45-49	2,494	2,370	4,864
50-54	2,294	2,134	4,428
55-59	2,061	1,889	3,950
60-64	1,855	1,669	3,524
65-69	1,460	1,254	2,714
70-74	1,018	972	1,990
75-79	859	916	1,775
80-84	543	700	1,243
85+	400	744	1,144
Total	37,013	36,170	73,183

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	20,671	17,748
Married	14,393	14,306
Separated	700	869
Divorced	566	713
Widowed	683	2,534
Total	37,013	36,170

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	60,348	63,106
UK	5,510	2,118
Poland	1,744	1,889
Lithuania	1,260	1,326
Other EU 27	1,462	1,429
Rest of World	2,208	1,647
Not stated	0	1,017
Total	72,532	72,532

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	62,033
White Irish Traveller	452
Other White	6,833
Black or Black Irish	718
Asian or Asian Irish	725
Other	554
Not stated	1,217
Total	72,532

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	67,255
Elsewhere in County	2,274
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,132
Outside Ireland	651
Total	71,312

Population by religion
Catholic	62,195
Other stated religion	7,764
No religion	2,276
Not stated	948
Total	73,183

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	1,831
French	625
Lithuanian	1,183
Other	3,486
Total	7,125

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,728
Well	2,264
Not well	1,543
Not at all	354
Not stated	236
Total	7,125

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	25,280
No	42,669
Not stated	1,508
Total	69,457

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	8,744
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	408
Outside education system, Daily	361
Outside education system, Weekly	1,217
Outside education system, Less often	7,886
Outside education system, Never	6,392
Outside education system, Not stated	272
Total	25,280

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	139	55	84
Weekly	125	54	71
Less often	89	40	49
Never	55	32	23
Total	408	181	227

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	6,863	13,726	1,737
3 persons	4,199	12,597	4,980
4 persons	3,857	15,428	7,993
5 persons	2,419	12,095	7,361
6 or more persons	1,375	8,757	6,050
Total	18,713	62,603	28,121

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	5,126
1 child	2,428	2,727	0	5,155
2 children	2,391	1,363	605	4,359
3 children	1,296	503	795	2,594
4 children	456	169	473	1,098
5 or more children	114	49	218	381

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	5,512	1,084	89
All children aged over fifteen	3,337	1,157	317
Other	1,794	254	43
Total number of family units	10,643	2,495	449

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	11,741	1,642	137
All children aged over fifteen	5,775	1,644	479
Other	5,810	774	119
Total number of family units	23,326	4,060	735

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	4,488	18,358
5-9 years	2,249	9,496
10-14 years	2,039	8,451
15-19 years	1,691	6,458
20+ years	3,120	9,588
Total	13,587	52,351

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,716	3,432
Empty nest	1,989	3,978
Retired	1,421	2,842
Pre-school	2,212	7,191
Early school	2,118	8,425
Pre-Adolescent	2,355	10,101
Adolescent	2,301	9,724
Adult	4,601	16,910
Total	18,713	62,603

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	6,636
1	3,183
2	4,844
3	4,094
4 or more	5,821
Total	24,578

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	6,334	6,334
Husband and wife	3,826	7,652
Cohabiting couple	899	1,798
Husband, wife and children	9,054	38,408
Cohabiting couple and children	917	3,498
Father and children	392	1,033
Mother and children	2,142	5,695
Couple and others	273	907
Couple, children and others	538	2,882
Father, children and others	43	173
Mother, children and others	176	653
Two or more family units	225	1,214
Non-family households and relations	548	1,230
Two or more non-related persons	451	1,148
Total	25,818	72,625

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	6,334	6,334
2 persons	6,935	13,870
3 persons	4,326	12,978
4 persons	4,006	16,024
5 persons	2,591	12,955
6 persons	1,145	6,870
7 persons	331	2,317
8 or more persons	150	1,277
Total	25,818	72,625

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	24,308	69,732
Flat/Apartment	873	1,460
Bed-sit	47	84
Caravan/Mobile Home	98	147
Not stated	492	1,202
Total	25,818	72,625

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	2,820	6,266
1919 to 1945	1,611	3,549
1946 to 1960	1,698	3,839
1961 to 1970	1,201	2,805
1971 to 1980	2,279	6,050
1981 to 1990	2,423	7,798
1991 to 2000	3,397	11,400
2001 to 2005	5,638	17,613
2006 or later	3,712	10,682
Not stated	941	2,476
Total	25,720	72,478

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	9,174	31,665
Owner occupied no mortgage	9,908	24,162
Rented from Private Landlord	3,893	10,234
Rented from Local Authority	1,704	4,375
Rented from Voluntary Body	119	225
Occupied free of rent	475	795
Not stated	447	1,022
Total	25,720	72,478

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	180	285
2 rooms	734	1,149
3 rooms	1,888	3,955
4 rooms	2,342	5,450
5 rooms	5,262	13,039
6 rooms	4,850	13,593
7 rooms	4,359	13,945
8 or more rooms	5,036	18,435
Not stated	1,069	2,627
Total	25,720	72,478

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	349
Oil	18,421
Natural Gas	1,801
Electricity	1,063
Coal (including anthracite)	1,853
Peat (including turf)	836
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	271
Wood (including wood pellets)	673
Other	131
Not stated	322
Total	25,720

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	11,184
Group scheme with local authority source	4,441
Group scheme with private source	3,210
Other private source	6,085
None	74
Not stated	726
Total	25,720

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	10,232
Individual septic tank	12,078
Other individual treatment	2,240
Other	159
No sewerage facility	98
Not stated	913
Total	25,720

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	25,844
Unoccupied	7,867
Total	33,711

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	51
Number of persons	1,274

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	15,043	12,266	27,309
Looking for first regular job	303	256	559
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	4,462	2,310	6,772
Student	2,638	2,839	5,477
Looking after home/family	385	5,604	5,989
Retired	3,870	3,371	7,241
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,314	1,071	2,385
Other	161	58	219
Total	28,176	27,775	55,951

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	1,913	1,575	3,488
Managerial and technical	7,956	9,190	17,146
Non-manual	5,445	7,975	13,420
Skilled manual	8,917	4,763	13,680
Semi-skilled	4,954	4,332	9,286
Unskilled	1,686	1,180	2,866
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	6,142	7,155	13,297
Total	37,013	36,170	73,183

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,912	9,205
B Higher professional	909	2,650
C Lower professional	2,134	5,811
D Non-manual	3,783	10,390
E Manual skilled	2,951	8,979
F Semi-skilled	2,396	7,044
G Unskilled	930	2,597
H Own account workers	1,592	5,185
I Farmers	3,212	9,069
J Agricultural workers	308	788
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,691	10,907
Total	25,818	72,625

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,862	1,733	4,595
15	1,564	961	2,525
16	2,613	1,791	4,404
17	1,805	1,803	3,608
18	2,540	2,896	5,436
19	950	1,278	2,228
20	862	1,136	1,998
21 and over	3,109	4,150	7,259
Not stated	7,713	7,710	15,423
Total	24,018	23,458	47,476

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	2,638	2,839	5,477
Other	1,520	1,478	2,998

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	334	1,388	1,722
Arts	268	321	589
Humanities	210	285	495
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,211	3,330	4,541
Science, Mathematics and Computing	659	782	1,441
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	4,249	326	4,575
Agriculture and Veterinary	2,135	247	2,382
Health and Welfare	332	2,781	3,113
Services	730	1,506	2,236
Other subjects	11	28	39
Not Stated (including unknown)	13,879	12,464	26,343
Total	24,018	23,458	47,476

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	621	419	1,040
Primary Education	4,761	3,409	8,170
Lower Secondary	5,167	3,695	8,862
Upper Secondary	3,893	4,779	8,672
Technical or Vocational qualification	2,244	2,560	4,804
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	2,149	1,123	3,272
Higher Certificate	778	1,211	1,989
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,144	1,633	2,777
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,134	1,897	3,031
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	712	1,294	2,006
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	56	50	106
Not stated	1,359	1,388	2,747
Total	24,018	23,458	47,476

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	3,880
Bicycle	170
Bus, minibus or coach	5,517
Train, DART or LUAS	57
Motorcycle or scooter	37
Car driver	17,921
Car passenger	8,749
Van	2,895
Other	2,397
Not stated	1,771
Total	43,394

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	2,419
06:30-07:00	2,188
07:01-07:30	2,838
07:31-08:00	5,780
08:01-08:30	7,112
08:31-09:00	10,389
09:01-09:30	6,095
After 09:30	2,575
Not stated	2,023
Total	41,419

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	16,638
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	10,853
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	5,878
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,629
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,980
1 1/2 hours and over	1,367
Not stated	3,074
Total	41,419

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	781
15-24	563
25-44	1,619
45-64	2,489
65+	3,262
Total	8,714

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	511	655
'15-28	198	300
'29-42	107	119
'43+	230	400
'Not stated	190	223
'Total	1,236	1,697

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	22,642	22,442	45,084
Good	10,105	9,576	19,681
Fair	3,046	2,983	6,029
Bad	403	395	798
Very bad	78	67	145
Not stated	739	707	1,446
Total	37,013	36,170	73,183

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,394	765	2,159
Professional Occupations	1,466	2,701	4,167
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,481	1,007	2,488
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	416	2,787	3,203
Skilled Trades Occupations	7,230	617	7,847
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	247	2,119	2,366
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	629	1,304	1,933
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	2,998	585	3,583
Elementary Occupations	1,792	1,262	3,054
Not stated	1,852	1,429	3,281
Total	19,505	14,576	34,081

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2,930	418
Building and construction	1,554	141
Manufacturing industries	3,072	1,134
Commerce and trade	2,709	2,906
Transport and communications	1,004	289
Public administration	804	842
Professional services	1,242	4,472
Other	1,728	2,064
Total	15,043	12,266

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	3,545
One motor car	10,451
Two motor cars	9,288
Three motor cars	1,735
Four or more motor cars	701

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	17,270
No	7,905
Not stated	545
Total	25,720

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	14,250
Other	2,445
No	8,426
Not stated	599
Total	25,720

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