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Gaeltacht Area Galway (CSO Area Code GA 03)

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	366	361	727
1	347	363	710
2	402	365	767
3	376	359	735
4	356	334	690
5	350	337	687
6	396	340	736
7	340	306	646
8	347	327	674
9	328	357	685
10	341	337	678
11	366	312	678
12	369	311	680
13	294	334	628
14	352	339	691
15	317	332	649
16	329	325	654
17	334	302	636
18	373	325	698
19	375	397	772
20-24	1,586	1,682	3,268
25-29	1,633	1,894	3,527
30-34	1,868	2,061	3,929
35-39	1,827	1,999	3,826
40-44	1,733	1,822	3,555
45-49	1,642	1,730	3,372
50-54	1,634	1,666	3,300
55-59	1,461	1,416	2,877
60-64	1,248	1,146	2,394
65-69	922	894	1,816
70-74	634	555	1,189
75-79	422	453	875
80-84	253	352	605
85+	173	380	553
Total	24,094	24,813	48,907

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	13,902	13,245
Married	9,085	9,143
Separated	409	542
Divorced	320	500
Widowed	378	1,383
Total	24,094	24,813

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	39,419	42,394
UK	3,678	1,129
Poland	1,118	1,189
Lithuania	312	312
Other EU 27	1,017	968
Rest of World	2,441	1,513
Not stated	0	480
Total	47,985	47,985

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	41,418
White Irish Traveller	433
Other White	3,843
Black or Black Irish	783
Asian or Asian Irish	530
Other	402
Not stated	576
Total	47,985

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	43,916
Elsewhere in County	2,133
Elsewhere in Ireland	654
Outside Ireland	564
Total	47,267

Population by religion
Catholic	41,980
Other stated religion	3,065
No religion	3,213
Not stated	649
Total	48,907

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	1,192
French	641
Lithuanian	295
Other	2,762
Total	4,890

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,550
Well	1,470
Not well	552
Not at all	105
Not stated	213
Total	4,890

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	30,978
No	15,074
Not stated	651
Total	46,703

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	7,190
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	2,540
Outside education system, Daily	8,392
Outside education system, Weekly	2,451
Outside education system, Less often	7,319
Outside education system, Never	2,670
Outside education system, Not stated	416
Total	30,978

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	2,329	1,127	1,202
Weekly	138	60	78
Less often	55	26	29
Never	18	8	10
Total	2,540	1,221	1,319

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	4,488	8,976	1,196
3 persons	2,784	8,352	3,418
4 persons	2,630	10,520	5,438
5 persons	1,519	7,595	4,614
6 or more persons	727	4,625	3,194
Total	12,148	40,068	17,860

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	3,292
1 child	1,592	1,754	0	3,346
2 children	1,597	1,069	420	3,086
3 children	721	417	502	1,640
4 children	229	115	242	586
5 or more children	57	20	121	198

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	3,342	795	59
All children aged over fifteen	2,347	838	190
Other	1,079	181	25
Total number of family units	6,768	1,814	274

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	6,900	1,172	93
All children aged over fifteen	4,209	1,212	285
Other	3,395	527	67
Total number of family units	14,504	2,911	445

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	2,636	10,396
5-9 years	1,478	6,110
10-14 years	1,367	5,550
15-19 years	1,254	4,851
20+ years	2,121	6,577
Total	8,856	33,484

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,299	2,598
Empty nest	1,183	2,366
Retired	810	1,620
Pre-school	1,409	4,517
Early school	1,344	5,237
Pre-Adolescent	1,443	5,949
Adolescent	1,460	5,990
Adult	3,200	11,791
Total	12,148	40,068

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	5,982
1	2,106
2	3,280
3	2,620
4 or more	3,214
Total	17,202

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	3,930	3,930
Husband and wife	2,308	4,616
Cohabiting couple	668	1,336
Husband, wife and children	5,850	24,512
Cohabiting couple and children	519	1,956
Father and children	246	655
Mother and children	1,575	4,143
Couple and others	217	724
Couple, children and others	316	1,632
Father, children and others	20	67
Mother, children and others	150	571
Two or more family units	138	726
Non-family households and relations	520	1,242
Two or more non-related persons	795	2,144
Total	17,252	48,254

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	3,930	3,930
2 persons	4,792	9,584
3 persons	3,122	9,366
4 persons	2,879	11,516
5 persons	1,669	8,345
6 persons	621	3,726
7 persons	163	1,141
8 or more persons	76	646
Total	17,252	48,254

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	15,469	44,531
Flat/Apartment	1,349	2,659
Bed-sit	19	44
Caravan/Mobile Home	134	288
Not stated	281	732
Total	17,252	48,254

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	647	1,444
1919 to 1945	686	1,573
1946 to 1960	758	1,677
1961 to 1970	920	2,119
1971 to 1980	2,207	5,752
1981 to 1990	2,831	8,415
1991 to 2000	3,265	10,397
2001 to 2005	3,258	9,619
2006 or later	1,885	5,183
Not stated	661	1,787
Total	17,118	47,966

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	5,719	18,697
Owner occupied no mortgage	6,492	16,533
Rented from Private Landlord	3,264	8,583
Rented from Local Authority	882	2,465
Rented from Voluntary Body	155	387
Occupied free of rent	363	738
Not stated	243	563
Total	17,118	47,966

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	131	191
2 rooms	629	1,091
3 rooms	1,588	3,462
4 rooms	1,888	4,535
5 rooms	3,045	7,592
6 rooms	3,190	8,966
7 rooms	2,408	7,658
8 or more rooms	3,530	12,755
Not stated	709	1,716
Total	17,118	47,966

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	221
Oil	11,127
Natural Gas	1,233
Electricity	1,440
Coal (including anthracite)	603
Peat (including turf)	1,756
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	221
Wood (including wood pellets)	182
Other	138
Not stated	197
Total	17,118

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	12,213
Group scheme with local authority source	3,123
Group scheme with private source	569
Other private source	626
None	20
Not stated	567
Total	17,118

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	6,542
Individual septic tank	8,964
Other individual treatment	813
Other	171
No sewerage facility	21
Not stated	607
Total	17,118

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	17,262
Unoccupied	4,260
Total	21,522

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	48
Number of persons	1,190

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	9,615	9,467	19,082
Looking for first regular job	187	132	319
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,978	1,616	4,594
Student	2,515	2,693	5,208
Looking after home/family	310	3,018	3,328
Retired	2,234	1,986	4,220
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	818	694	1,512
Other	107	125	232
Total	18,764	19,731	38,495

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	2,492	2,141	4,633
Managerial and technical	6,270	7,511	13,781
Non-manual	2,542	4,489	7,031
Skilled manual	4,319	2,114	6,433
Semi-skilled	2,475	2,147	4,622
Unskilled	1,038	707	1,745
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,958	5,704	10,662
Total	24,094	24,813	48,907

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,370	7,470
B Higher professional	1,397	4,130
C Lower professional	2,225	6,121
D Non-manual	2,477	6,641
E Manual skilled	1,260	3,820
F Semi-skilled	1,207	3,560
G Unskilled	691	1,902
H Own account workers	959	3,037
I Farmers	823	2,106
J Agricultural workers	46	127
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,797	9,340
Total	17,252	48,254

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,357	895	2,252
15	736	440	1,176
16	1,285	845	2,130
17	993	1,049	2,042
18	1,599	1,855	3,454
19	534	778	1,312
20	610	742	1,352
21 and over	3,754	4,458	8,212
Not stated	4,184	4,708	8,892
Total	15,052	15,770	30,822

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	2,515	2,693	5,208
Other	1,197	1,268	2,465

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	418	1,212	1,630
Arts	242	352	594
Humanities	318	602	920
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,399	2,708	4,107
Science, Mathematics and Computing	861	785	1,646
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	2,759	239	2,998
Agriculture and Veterinary	420	70	490
Health and Welfare	372	1,838	2,210
Services	552	891	1,443
Other subjects	13	20	33
Not Stated (including unknown)	7,698	7,053	14,751
Total	15,052	15,770	30,822

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	312	208	520
Primary Education	2,316	1,723	4,039
Lower Secondary	2,325	1,774	4,099
Upper Secondary	2,536	2,995	5,531
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,063	1,285	2,348
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,076	576	1,652
Higher Certificate	685	878	1,563
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,123	1,625	2,748
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,332	1,790	3,122
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,322	2,007	3,329
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	268	188	456
Not stated	694	721	1,415
Total	15,052	15,770	30,822

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	2,735
Bicycle	623
Bus, minibus or coach	2,890
Train, DART or LUAS	53
Motorcycle or scooter	57
Car driver	13,703
Car passenger	6,922
Van	1,375
Other	1,015
Not stated	1,046
Total	30,419

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	813
06:30-07:00	1,306
07:01-07:30	2,084
07:31-08:00	5,205
08:01-08:30	6,563
08:31-09:00	6,986
09:01-09:30	2,700
After 09:30	2,705
Not stated	1,198
Total	29,560

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	8,915
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	10,373
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	5,680
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,267
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,155
1 1/2 hours and over	406
Not stated	1,764
Total	29,560

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	564
15-24	451
25-44	1,100
45-64	1,541
65+	1,713
Total	5,369

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	425	560
'15-28	129	202
'29-42	67	86
'43+	142	253
'Not stated	107	149
'Total	870	1,250

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	14,639	15,146	29,785
Good	6,777	6,864	13,641
Fair	1,897	1,936	3,833
Bad	273	330	603
Very bad	49	65	114
Not stated	459	472	931
Total	24,094	24,813	48,907

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,091	675	1,766
Professional Occupations	1,925	2,805	4,730
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,322	1,004	2,326
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	305	1,832	2,137
Skilled Trades Occupations	3,110	286	3,396
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	197	1,081	1,278
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	458	942	1,400
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,395	476	1,871
Elementary Occupations	1,201	759	1,960
Not stated	1,589	1,223	2,812
Total	12,593	11,083	23,676

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	562	56
Building and construction	849	70
Manufacturing industries	1,529	863
Commerce and trade	1,921	2,010
Transport and communications	1,107	448
Public administration	513	583
Professional services	1,491	3,846
Other	1,643	1,591
Total	9,615	9,467

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	2,276
One motor car	6,810
Two motor cars	6,466
Three motor cars	1,202
Four or more motor cars	364

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	12,476
No	4,316
Not stated	326
Total	17,118

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	11,063
Other	1,299
No	4,414
Not stated	342
Total	17,118

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