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County Monaghan (CSO Area Code CTY 34)

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	488	496	984
1	491	481	972
2	513	523	1,036
3	542	467	1,009
4	469	459	928
5	473	448	921
6	456	440	896
7	432	420	852
8	459	386	845
9	426	391	817
10	422	409	831
11	433	407	840
12	448	425	873
13	476	387	863
14	440	383	823
15	414	422	836
16	455	406	861
17	428	416	844
18	388	378	766
19	337	321	658
20-24	1,765	1,788	3,553
25-29	2,185	2,226	4,411
30-34	2,418	2,319	4,737
35-39	2,338	2,181	4,519
40-44	2,144	2,071	4,215
45-49	2,013	2,034	4,047
50-54	1,869	1,848	3,717
55-59	1,738	1,591	3,329
60-64	1,556	1,484	3,040
65-69	1,206	1,125	2,331
70-74	842	905	1,747
75-79	691	777	1,468
80-84	401	592	993
85+	285	636	921
Total	30,441	30,042	60,483

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	16,939	14,521
Married	11,859	11,868
Separated	634	748
Divorced	462	687
Widowed	547	2,218
Total	30,441	30,042

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	47,426	52,665
UK	6,543	1,073
Poland	989	1,083
Lithuania	2,302	2,398
Other EU 27	1,266	1,273
Rest of World	1,397	1,042
Not stated	0	389
Total	59,923	59,923

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	52,198
White Irish Traveller	249
Other White	5,847
Black or Black Irish	320
Asian or Asian Irish	433
Other	308
Not stated	568
Total	59,923

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	55,876
Elsewhere in County	1,753
Elsewhere in Ireland	658
Outside Ireland	656
Total	58,943

Population by religion
Catholic	52,440
Other stated religion	6,178
No religion	1,469
Not stated	396
Total	60,483

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	1,089
French	564
Lithuanian	2,196
Other	2,771
Total	6,620

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,035
Well	2,199
Not well	1,776
Not at all	334
Not stated	276
Total	6,620

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	22,268
No	34,547
Not stated	676
Total	57,491

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	7,676
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	503
Outside education system, Daily	420
Outside education system, Weekly	1,263
Outside education system, Less often	6,968
Outside education system, Never	5,231
Outside education system, Not stated	207
Total	22,268

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	301	125	176
Weekly	88	42	46
Less often	67	31	36
Never	47	27	20
Total	503	225	278

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	5,603	11,206	1,579
3 persons	3,543	10,629	4,224
4 persons	3,326	13,304	6,911
5 persons	2,017	10,085	6,126
6 or more persons	1,101	7,100	4,935
Total	15,590	52,324	23,775

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	4,024
1 child	1,940	2,501	0	4,441
2 children	1,873	1,344	531	3,748
3 children	1,004	528	669	2,201
4 children	328	136	370	834
5 or more children	85	54	203	342

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	4,259	896	75
All children aged over fifteen	3,173	1,092	298
Other	1,503	237	33
Total number of family units	8,935	2,225	406

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	9,043	1,306	120
All children aged over fifteen	5,603	1,556	446
Other	4,910	688	103
Total number of family units	19,556	3,550	669

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	3,541	14,385
5-9 years	1,800	7,575
10-14 years	1,662	6,975
15-19 years	1,503	5,801
20+ years	3,060	9,540
Total	11,566	44,276

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,302	2,604
Empty nest	1,516	3,032
Retired	1,206	2,412
Pre-school	1,815	5,914
Early school	1,700	6,804
Pre-Adolescent	1,715	7,240
Adolescent	1,909	7,991
Adult	4,427	16,327
Total	15,590	52,324

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	5,719
1	2,635
2	4,208
3	3,465
4 or more	5,006
Total	21,033

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	5,048	5,048
Husband and wife	3,091	6,182
Cohabiting couple	575	1,150
Husband, wife and children	7,745	32,808
Cohabiting couple and children	637	2,437
Father and children	352	932
Mother and children	1,890	4,983
Couple and others	241	780
Couple, children and others	412	2,140
Father, children and others	32	126
Mother, children and others	156	606
Two or more family units	229	1,255
Non-family households and relations	561	1,283
Two or more non-related persons	295	743
Total	21,264	60,473

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	5,048	5,048
2 persons	5,602	11,204
3 persons	3,667	11,001
4 persons	3,461	13,844
5 persons	2,177	10,885
6 persons	908	5,448
7 persons	246	1,722
8 or more persons	155	1,321
Total	21,264	60,473

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	20,000	57,918
Flat/Apartment	904	1,658
Bed-sit	24	41
Caravan/Mobile Home	88	145
Not stated	248	711
Total	21,264	60,473

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	2,550	5,830
1919 to 1945	1,674	3,755
1946 to 1960	1,303	3,099
1961 to 1970	1,154	2,753
1971 to 1980	3,075	8,137
1981 to 1990	2,353	7,721
1991 to 2000	2,657	9,317
2001 to 2005	3,369	10,806
2006 or later	2,474	7,301
Not stated	567	1,609
Total	21,176	60,328

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	7,496	26,291
Owner occupied no mortgage	8,534	21,000
Rented from Private Landlord	2,831	7,496
Rented from Local Authority	1,508	3,902
Rented from Voluntary Body	139	282
Occupied free of rent	464	858
Not stated	204	499
Total	21,176	60,328

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	177	291
2 rooms	697	1,139
3 rooms	1,511	3,200
4 rooms	1,828	4,102
5 rooms	4,505	11,591
6 rooms	4,017	11,294
7 rooms	3,488	11,335
8 or more rooms	4,203	15,485
Not stated	750	1,891
Total	21,176	60,328

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	249
Oil	16,497
Natural Gas	1,101
Electricity	848
Coal (including anthracite)	1,482
Peat (including turf)	126
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	181
Wood (including wood pellets)	426
Other	130
Not stated	136
Total	21,176

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	9,335
Group scheme with local authority source	5,079
Group scheme with private source	3,228
Other private source	3,091
None	38
Not stated	405
Total	21,176

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	8,510
Individual septic tank	10,587
Other individual treatment	1,346
Other	132
No sewerage facility	44
Not stated	557
Total	21,176

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	21,241
Unoccupied	3,815
Total	25,056

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	52
Number of persons	776

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	12,502	10,503	23,005
Looking for first regular job	255	216	471
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	3,748	1,763	5,511
Student	2,408	2,668	5,076
Looking after home/family	243	4,326	4,569
Retired	3,068	2,905	5,973
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,169	1,023	2,192
Other	80	116	196
Total	23,473	23,520	46,993

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	1,506	1,139	2,645
Managerial and technical	6,439	7,789	14,228
Non-manual	4,129	6,215	10,344
Skilled manual	8,254	4,480	12,734
Semi-skilled	4,228	3,995	8,223
Unskilled	1,700	1,408	3,108
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,185	5,016	9,201
Total	30,441	30,042	60,483

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,497	7,965
B Higher professional	682	2,072
C Lower professional	1,794	4,973
D Non-manual	2,928	8,051
E Manual skilled	2,798	8,621
F Semi-skilled	2,235	6,532
G Unskilled	939	2,582
H Own account workers	1,255	4,009
I Farmers	2,350	6,922
J Agricultural workers	360	1,004
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,426	7,742
Total	21,264	60,473

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	2,883	1,982	4,865
15	1,959	1,134	3,093
16	2,823	1,958	4,781
17	1,672	1,685	3,357
18	2,536	2,858	5,394
19	745	950	1,695
20	720	881	1,601
21 and over	2,546	3,856	6,402
Not stated	4,157	4,375	8,532
Total	20,041	19,679	39,720

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	2,408	2,668	5,076
Other	1,024	1,173	2,197

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	342	1,208	1,550
Arts	180	293	473
Humanities	204	246	450
Social sciences, Business and Law	951	2,632	3,583
Science, Mathematics and Computing	397	524	921
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	3,571	330	3,901
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,682	228	1,910
Health and Welfare	297	2,572	2,869
Services	539	1,195	1,734
Other subjects	10	12	22
Not Stated (including unknown)	11,868	10,439	22,307
Total	20,041	19,679	39,720

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	380	305	685
Primary Education	4,212	3,355	7,567
Lower Secondary	5,210	3,497	8,707
Upper Secondary	3,378	3,859	7,237
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,739	2,087	3,826
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,508	772	2,280
Higher Certificate	634	1,046	1,680
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	922	1,420	2,342
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	939	1,649	2,588
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	555	1,090	1,645
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	33	28	61
Not stated	531	571	1,102
Total	20,041	19,679	39,720

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	3,843
Bicycle	150
Bus, minibus or coach	4,231
Train, DART or LUAS	67
Motorcycle or scooter	28
Car driver	14,783
Car passenger	7,388
Van	2,684
Other	2,133
Not stated	955
Total	36,262

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	1,944
06:30-07:00	1,828
07:01-07:30	2,395
07:31-08:00	5,254
08:01-08:30	6,591
08:31-09:00	9,489
09:01-09:30	3,682
After 09:30	2,215
Not stated	1,120
Total	34,518

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	14,297
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	10,034
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	4,582
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,388
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,260
1 1/2 hours and over	870
Not stated	2,087
Total	34,518

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	581
15-24	440
25-44	1,337
45-64	2,005
65+	2,821
Total	7,184

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	477	675
'15-28	166	272
'29-42	78	136
'43+	186	383
'Not stated	138	171
'Total	1,045	1,637

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very Good	18,480	17,947	36,427
Good	8,507	8,492	16,999
Fair	2,669	2,807	5,476
Bad	321	343	664
Very bad	52	80	132
Not stated	412	373	785
Total	30,441	30,042	60,483

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,230	651	1,881
Professional Occupations	1,221	2,292	3,513
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,046	774	1,820
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	298	2,211	2,509
Skilled Trades Occupations	6,092	469	6,561
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	235	1,776	2,011
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	422	1,099	1,521
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	2,816	782	3,598
Elementary Occupations	1,651	1,278	2,929
Not stated	1,239	934	2,173
Total	16,250	12,266	28,516

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2,248	570
Building and construction	1,401	107
Manufacturing industries	2,538	987
Commerce and trade	2,382	2,538
Transport and communications	898	254
Public administration	594	697
Professional services	1,050	3,814
Other	1,391	1,536
Total	12,502	10,503

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	2,979
One motor car	8,660
Two motor cars	7,379
Three motor cars	1,565
Four or more motor cars	593

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	14,152
No	6,746
Not stated	278
Total	21,176

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	11,355
Other	2,216
No	7,240
Not stated	365
Total	21,176

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