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Legal Towns Wexford Legal Town (CSO Area Code LT 14018)

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	140	299
1	141	150	291
2	149	149	298
3	140	118	258
4	118	123	241
5	131	110	241
6	118	102	220
7	137	123	260
8	124	114	238
9	128	110	238
10	123	139	262
11	129	122	251
12	122	122	244
13	128	108	236
14	126	108	234
15	118	98	216
16	117	127	244
17	124	125	249
18	115	129	244
19	102	126	228
20-24	538	599	1,137
25-29	799	912	1,711
30-34	912	913	1,825
35-39	721	730	1,451
40-44	656	670	1,326
45-49	637	686	1,323
50-54	580	632	1,212
55-59	524	555	1,079
60-64	480	528	1,008
65-69	402	453	855
70-74	368	414	782
75-79	248	329	577
80-84	146	219	365
85+	85	185	270
Total	9,645	10,268	19,913

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	5,441	5,367
Married	3,373	3,403
Separated	306	371
Divorced	274	337
Widowed	251	790
Total	9,645	10,268

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	16,326	16,742
UK	1,142	458
Poland	848	919
Lithuania	287	304
Other EU 27	503	483
Rest of World	544	420
Not stated	0	324
Total	19,650	19,650

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	16,314
White Irish Traveller	117
Other White	2,151
Black or Black Irish	114
Asian or Asian Irish	278
Other	154
Not stated	522
Total	19,650

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	17,888
Elsewhere in County	1,047
Elsewhere in Ireland	261
Outside Ireland	157
Total	19,353

Population by religion
Catholic	17,044
Other stated religion	1,260
No religion	1,076
Not stated	533
Total	19,913

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	865
French	151
Lithuanian	266
Other	1,131
Total	2,413

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	1,007
Well	831
Not well	411
Not at all	87
Not stated	77
Total	2,413

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	6,588
No	11,858
Not stated	579
Total	19,025

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	1,966
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	111
Outside education system, Daily	122
Outside education system, Weekly	371
Outside education system, Less often	2,195
Outside education system, Never	1,755
Outside education system, Not stated	68
Total	6,588

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	46	17	29
Weekly	31	12	19
Less often	16	7	9
Never	18	8	10
Total	111	44	67

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	2,422	4,844	711
3 persons	1,358	4,074	1,725
4 persons	948	3,792	2,008
5 persons	367	1,835	1,132
6 or more persons	143	907	633
Total	5,238	15,452	6,209

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	1,711
1 child	823	879	0	1,702
2 children	657	321	225	1,203
3 children	193	83	172	448
4 children	45	12	73	130
5 or more children	10	3	31	44

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	1,148	550	30
All children aged over fifteen	789	400	109
Other	357	133	11
Total number of family units	2,294	1,083	150

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	2,065	839	43
All children aged over fifteen	1,144	556	133
Other	1,031	373	25
Total number of family units	4,240	1,768	201

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,090	3,931
5-9 years	604	2,199
10-14 years	535	1,980
15-19 years	449	1,483
20+ years	849	2,437
Total	3,527	12,030

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	580	1,160
Empty nest	620	1,240
Retired	511	1,022
Pre-school	614	1,835
Early school	539	1,846
Pre-Adolescent	575	2,142
Adolescent	660	2,481
Adult	1,139	3,726
Total	5,238	15,452

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	2,257
1	1,154
2	1,623
3	1,072
4 or more	1,365
Total	7,471

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	2,327	2,327
Husband and wife	1,160	2,320
Cohabiting couple	392	784
Husband, wife and children	1,776	6,940
Cohabiting couple and children	348	1,273
Father and children	129	304
Mother and children	922	2,470
Couple and others	112	358
Couple, children and others	130	636
Father, children and others	13	41
Mother, children and others	81	296
Two or more family units	87	433
Non-family households and relations	178	399
Two or more non-related persons	254	608
Total	7,909	19,189

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	2,327	2,327
2 persons	2,458	4,916
3 persons	1,451	4,353
4 persons	1,035	4,140
5 persons	442	2,210
6 persons	148	888
7 persons	34	238
8 or more persons	14	117
Total	7,909	19,189

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	6,951	17,592
Flat/Apartment	789	1,226
Bed-sit	15	19
Caravan/Mobile Home	2	2
Not stated	152	350
Total	7,909	19,189

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	670	1,378
1919 to 1945	551	1,178
1946 to 1960	621	1,382
1961 to 1970	586	1,376
1971 to 1980	892	2,166
1981 to 1990	791	1,989
1991 to 2000	1,490	3,885
2001 to 2005	1,085	2,830
2006 or later	717	1,830
Not stated	504	1,173
Total	7,907	19,187

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	2,285	6,536
Owner occupied no mortgage	2,534	5,420
Rented from Private Landlord	1,915	4,383
Rented from Local Authority	880	2,252
Rented from Voluntary Body	87	209
Occupied free of rent	96	176
Not stated	110	211
Total	7,907	19,187

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	67	82
2 rooms	412	678
3 rooms	789	1,666
4 rooms	1,127	2,292
5 rooms	2,480	6,166
6 rooms	1,394	3,728
7 rooms	672	1,933
8 or more rooms	661	1,963
Not stated	305	679
Total	7,907	19,187

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	199
Oil	4,970
Natural Gas	129
Electricity	1,093
Coal (including anthracite)	1,245
Peat (including turf)	11
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	82
Wood (including wood pellets)	43
Other	26
Not stated	109
Total	7,907

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	7,151
Group scheme with local authority source	400
Group scheme with private source	15
Other private source	90
None	1
Not stated	250
Total	7,907

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	7,186
Individual septic tank	357
Other individual treatment	38
Other	33
No sewerage facility	12
Not stated	281
Total	7,907

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	7,942
Unoccupied	1,490
Total	9,432

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	29
Number of persons	880

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	3,538	3,595	7,133
Looking for first regular job	113	90	203
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,483	780	2,263
Student	623	751	1,374
Looking after home/family	86	1,499	1,585
Retired	1,298	1,216	2,514
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	522	479	1,001
Other	9	20	29
Total	7,672	8,430	16,102

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	570	411	981
Managerial and technical	1,950	2,299	4,249
Non-manual	1,335	2,400	3,735
Skilled manual	2,028	1,131	3,159
Semi-skilled	1,400	1,181	2,581
Unskilled	612	531	1,143
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,750	2,315	4,065
Total	9,645	10,268	19,913

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	953	2,462
B Higher professional	373	929
C Lower professional	804	1,776
D Non-manual	1,704	4,204
E Manual skilled	827	2,139
F Semi-skilled	817	2,089
G Unskilled	466	1,188
H Own account workers	299	793
I Farmers	42	119
J Agricultural workers	21	52
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,603	3,438
Total	7,909	19,189

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	622	560	1,182
15	452	390	842
16	763	680	1,443
17	647	718	1,365
18	832	905	1,737
19	242	334	576
20	216	218	434
21 and over	1,008	1,220	2,228
Not stated	1,796	2,131	3,927
Total	6,578	7,156	13,734

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	623	751	1,374
Other	471	523	994

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	117	407	524
Arts	79	119	198
Humanities	87	97	184
Social sciences, Business and Law	533	979	1,512
Science, Mathematics and Computing	265	235	500
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	990	89	1,079
Agriculture and Veterinary	111	30	141
Health and Welfare	145	631	776
Services	262	341	603
Other subjects	2	8	10
Not Stated (including unknown)	3,987	4,220	8,207
Total	6,578	7,156	13,734

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	95	125	220
Primary Education	987	1,051	2,038
Lower Secondary	1,412	1,346	2,758
Upper Secondary	1,338	1,512	2,850
Technical or Vocational qualification	601	670	1,271
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	423	256	679
Higher Certificate	261	324	585
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	381	460	841
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	381	538	919
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	279	373	652
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	49	12	61
Not stated	371	489	860
Total	6,578	7,156	13,734

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	2,818
Bicycle	115
Bus, minibus or coach	367
Train, DART or LUAS	22
Motorcycle or scooter	23
Car driver	4,306
Car passenger	2,222
Van	322
Other	236
Not stated	339
Total	10,770

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	465
06:30-07:00	431
07:01-07:30	522
07:31-08:00	1,172
08:01-08:30	2,093
08:31-09:00	3,662
09:01-09:30	687
After 09:30	1,099
Not stated	423
Total	10,554

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	6,167
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	2,524
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	715
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	158
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	236
1 1/2 hours and over	182
Not stated	572
Total	10,554

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	208
15-24	232
25-44	668
45-64	1,032
65+	1,005
Total	3,145

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	127	185
'15-28	46	75
'29-42	28	38
'43+	76	112
'Not stated	42	53
'Total	319	463

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	5,463	5,708	11,171
Good	2,815	3,035	5,850
Fair	860	968	1,828
Bad	161	161	322
Very bad	39	31	70
Not stated	307	365	672
Total	9,645	10,268	19,913

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	400	265	665
Professional Occupations	474	650	1,124
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	453	308	761
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	168	725	893
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,257	117	1,374
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	128	476	604
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	296	679	975
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	588	150	738
Elementary Occupations	746	574	1,320
Not stated	511	431	942
Total	5,021	4,375	9,396

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	58	3
Building and construction	260	28
Manufacturing industries	575	207
Commerce and trade	925	1,029
Transport and communications	272	66
Public administration	270	288
Professional services	422	1,139
Other	756	835
Total	3,538	3,595

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	2,005
One motor car	3,867
Two motor cars	1,730
Three motor cars	254
Four or more motor cars	51

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	5,308
No	2,409
Not stated	190
Total	7,907

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	4,663
Other	631
No	2,431
Not stated	182
Total	7,907

Contact Census Enquiries : Tel: 353-1-8951460 | e-mail: census@cso.ie
Central Statistics Office, Swords Business Campus, Balheary Rd, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
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