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Gaeltacht Area Donegal (CSO Area Code GA 02)

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	159	131	290
1	156	161	317
2	164	163	327
3	169	155	324
4	161	155	316
5	172	147	319
6	187	156	343
7	195	167	362
8	169	175	344
9	190	169	359
10	172	143	315
11	188	180	368
12	185	179	364
13	170	177	347
14	181	171	352
15	179	152	331
16	178	177	355
17	175	148	323
18	148	134	282
19	121	109	230
20-24	616	521	1,137
25-29	596	538	1,134
30-34	684	717	1,401
35-39	807	826	1,633
40-44	815	912	1,727
45-49	889	856	1,745
50-54	783	825	1,608
55-59	799	739	1,538
60-64	830	746	1,576
65-69	724	671	1,395
70-74	585	551	1,136
75-79	462	440	902
80-84	301	357	658
85+	231	355	586
Total	12,541	12,203	24,744

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	6,891	5,535
Married	4,876	4,968
Separated	252	343
Divorced	185	218
Widowed	337	1,139
Total	12,541	12,203

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	19,322	21,974
UK	4,117	1,459
Poland	120	121
Lithuania	13	13
Other EU 27	198	170
Rest of World	354	174
Not stated	0	213
Total	24,124	24,124

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	22,187
White Irish Traveller	4
Other White	1,545
Black or Black Irish	12
Asian or Asian Irish	77
Other	68
Not stated	231
Total	24,124

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	22,959
Elsewhere in County	506
Elsewhere in Ireland	162
Outside Ireland	212
Total	23,839

Population by religion
Catholic	22,949
Other stated religion	818
No religion	773
Not stated	204
Total	24,744

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	110
French	172
Lithuanian	11
Other	458
Total	751

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	420
Well	185
Not well	84
Not at all	18
Not stated	44
Total	751

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	17,132
No	6,432
Not stated	246
Total	23,810

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	3,502
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	1,652
Outside education system, Daily	5,514
Outside education system, Weekly	1,656
Outside education system, Less often	3,733
Outside education system, Never	883
Outside education system, Not stated	192
Total	17,132

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	1,533	721	812
Weekly	68	32	36
Less often	43	28	15
Never	8	4	4
Total	1,652	785	867

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	2,576	5,152	788
3 persons	1,329	3,987	1,632
4 persons	1,304	5,216	2,729
5 persons	695	3,475	2,114
6 or more persons	411	2,629	1,826
Total	6,315	20,459	9,089

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	1,788
1 child	692	1,122	0	1,814
2 children	689	569	228	1,486
3 children	350	169	268	787
4 children	101	60	150	311
5 or more children	30	16	83	129

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	1,413	420	29
All children aged over fifteen	1,266	544	126
Other	588	128	13
Total number of family units	3,267	1,092	168

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	3,050	583	44
All children aged over fifteen	2,155	766	175
Other	1,904	376	36
Total number of family units	7,109	1,725	255

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,152	4,618
5-9 years	739	3,136
10-14 years	700	2,831
15-19 years	580	2,169
20+ years	1,356	4,129
Total	4,527	16,883

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	287	574
Empty nest	761	1,522
Retired	740	1,480
Pre-school	539	1,667
Early school	650	2,526
Pre-Adolescent	673	2,759
Adolescent	785	3,219
Adult	1,880	6,712
Total	6,315	20,459

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	2,229
1	1,028
2	1,587
3	1,366
4 or more	2,426
Total	8,636

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	2,815	2,815
Husband and wife	1,537	3,074
Cohabiting couple	148	296
Husband, wife and children	2,916	12,271
Cohabiting couple and children	174	660
Father and children	144	367
Mother and children	921	2,432
Couple and others	70	223
Couple, children and others	123	643
Father, children and others	16	55
Mother, children and others	85	289
Two or more family units	89	480
Non-family households and relations	323	718
Two or more non-related persons	52	128
Total	9,413	24,451

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	2,815	2,815
2 persons	2,615	5,230
3 persons	1,411	4,233
4 persons	1,365	5,460
5 persons	738	3,690
6 persons	327	1,962
7 persons	98	686
8 or more persons	44	375
Total	9,413	24,451

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	9,018	23,724
Flat/Apartment	204	308
Bed-sit	3	4
Caravan/Mobile Home	60	95
Not stated	128	320
Total	9,413	24,451

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	939	1,853
1919 to 1945	590	1,162
1946 to 1960	530	1,054
1961 to 1970	635	1,349
1971 to 1980	1,443	3,362
1981 to 1990	1,470	4,023
1991 to 2000	1,305	4,338
2001 to 2005	1,264	4,042
2006 or later	997	2,765
Not stated	180	408
Total	9,353	24,356

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	2,203	7,687
Owner occupied no mortgage	5,266	12,427
Rented from Private Landlord	676	1,445
Rented from Local Authority	720	1,873
Rented from Voluntary Body	88	149
Occupied free of rent	281	537
Not stated	119	238
Total	9,353	24,356

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	49	65
2 rooms	354	503
3 rooms	793	1,489
4 rooms	1,295	2,697
5 rooms	2,109	5,185
6 rooms	1,873	5,225
7 rooms	1,174	3,706
8 or more rooms	1,376	4,782
Not stated	330	704
Total	9,353	24,356

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	121
Oil	5,299
Natural Gas	43
Electricity	203
Coal (including anthracite)	823
Peat (including turf)	2,608
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	21
Wood (including wood pellets)	113
Other	54
Not stated	68
Total	9,353

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	6,650
Group scheme with local authority source	1,388
Group scheme with private source	284
Other private source	774
None	22
Not stated	235
Total	9,353

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	1,484
Individual septic tank	7,305
Other individual treatment	264
Other	77
No sewerage facility	17
Not stated	206
Total	9,353

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	9,499
Unoccupied	6,637
Total	16,136

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	19
Number of persons	256

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	3,731	3,544	7,275
Looking for first regular job	115	57	172
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,021	874	2,895
Student	874	921	1,795
Looking after home/family	198	1,912	2,110
Retired	2,242	1,901	4,143
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	717	531	1,248
Other	25	34	59
Total	9,923	9,774	19,697

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	450	351	801
Managerial and technical	2,434	2,871	5,305
Non-manual	1,262	2,272	3,534
Skilled manual	2,780	1,489	4,269
Semi-skilled	2,034	1,966	4,000
Unskilled	1,030	540	1,570
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,551	2,714	5,265
Total	12,541	12,203	24,744

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	881	2,552
B Higher professional	222	598
C Lower professional	873	2,318
D Non-manual	1,160	3,188
E Manual skilled	943	2,792
F Semi-skilled	1,221	3,270
G Unskilled	691	1,714
H Own account workers	573	1,766
I Farmers	615	1,473
J Agricultural workers	71	143
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,163	4,637
Total	9,413	24,451

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,753	1,264	3,017
15	768	515	1,283
16	1,076	807	1,883
17	610	681	1,291
18	719	902	1,621
19	229	306	535
20	215	307	522
21 and over	992	1,282	2,274
Not stated	2,341	2,415	4,756
Total	8,703	8,479	17,182

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	874	921	1,795
Other	346	374	720

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	199	536	735
Arts	109	101	210
Humanities	123	172	295
Social sciences, Business and Law	290	848	1,138
Science, Mathematics and Computing	199	300	499
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,304	77	1,381
Agriculture and Veterinary	326	34	360
Health and Welfare	92	846	938
Services	221	408	629
Other subjects	6	1	7
Not Stated (including unknown)	5,834	5,156	10,990
Total	8,703	8,479	17,182

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	302	231	533
Primary Education	2,533	1,992	4,525
Lower Secondary	1,890	1,413	3,303
Upper Secondary	1,266	1,468	2,734
Technical or Vocational qualification	523	702	1,225
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	554	290	844
Higher Certificate	279	402	681
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	395	561	956
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	321	530	851
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	245	475	720
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	26	14	40
Not stated	369	401	770
Total	8,703	8,479	17,182

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	932
Bicycle	52
Bus, minibus or coach	2,097
Train, DART or LUAS	16
Motorcycle or scooter	11
Car driver	4,756
Car passenger	2,483
Van	861
Other	474
Not stated	504
Total	12,186

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	223
06:30-07:00	445
07:01-07:30	596
07:31-08:00	1,317
08:01-08:30	2,038
08:31-09:00	3,054
09:01-09:30	2,673
After 09:30	923
Not stated	570
Total	11,839

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	5,611
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	2,852
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	1,272
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	626
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	431
1 1/2 hours and over	183
Not stated	864
Total	11,839

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	272
15-24	171
25-44	553
45-64	1,157
65+	1,877
Total	4,030

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	234	319
'15-28	97	158
'29-42	73	91
'43+	117	218
'Not stated	63	100
'Total	584	886

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	6,841	6,673	13,514
Good	3,698	3,599	7,297
Fair	1,546	1,459	3,005
Bad	239	251	490
Very bad	46	48	94
Not stated	171	173	344
Total	12,541	12,203	24,744

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	370	215	585
Professional Occupations	408	790	1,198
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	403	269	672
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	109	762	871
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,804	181	1,985
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	106	763	869
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	178	366	544
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	984	285	1,269
Elementary Occupations	706	383	1,089
Not stated	684	404	1,088
Total	5,752	4,418	10,170

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	446	51
Building and construction	494	29
Manufacturing industries	588	297
Commerce and trade	619	701
Transport and communications	317	123
Public administration	184	251
Professional services	493	1,423
Other	590	669
Total	3,731	3,544

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	1,669
One motor car	4,343
Two motor cars	2,744
Three motor cars	440
Four or more motor cars	157

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	5,489
No	3,706
Not stated	158
Total	9,353

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	4,597
Other	715
No	3,839
Not stated	202
Total	9,353

Contact Census Enquiries : Tel: 353-1-8951460 | e-mail: census@cso.ie
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