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Legal Towns Wicklow Legal Town (CSO Area Code LT 15010)

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	47	38	85
1	53	47	100
2	42	38	80
3	46	50	96
4	47	40	87
5	43	45	88
6	58	45	103
7	58	34	92
8	38	58	96
9	43	41	84
10	40	43	83
11	51	38	89
12	52	40	92
13	46	38	84
14	64	33	97
15	47	39	86
16	43	49	92
17	45	43	88
18	52	50	102
19	39	36	75
20-24	215	226	441
25-29	232	240	472
30-34	249	250	499
35-39	239	244	483
40-44	236	266	502
45-49	237	265	502
50-54	195	220	415
55-59	213	207	420
60-64	178	175	353
65-69	137	159	296
70-74	93	144	237
75-79	82	95	177
80-84	44	55	99
85+	17	49	66
Total	3,321	3,440	6,761

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	1,816	1,680
Married	1,259	1,260
Separated	108	155
Divorced	62	115
Widowed	76	230
Total	3,321	3,440

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	5,679	5,935
UK	441	170
Poland	125	133
Lithuania	101	104
Other EU 27	147	145
Rest of World	190	128
Not stated	0	68
Total	6,683	6,683

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	5,767
White Irish Traveller	127
Other White	576
Black or Black Irish	29
Asian or Asian Irish	42
Other	46
Not stated	96
Total	6,683

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	6,195
Elsewhere in County	253
Elsewhere in Ireland	94
Outside Ireland	59
Total	6,601

Population by religion
Catholic	5,632
Other stated religion	571
No religion	461
Not stated	97
Total	6,761

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	131
French	71
Lithuanian	88
Other	312
Total	602

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	270
Well	182
Not well	119
Not at all	15
Not stated	16
Total	602

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	2,350
No	4,026
Not stated	120
Total	6,496

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	774
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	41
Outside education system, Daily	42
Outside education system, Weekly	127
Outside education system, Less often	786
Outside education system, Never	568
Outside education system, Not stated	12
Total	2,350

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	20	9	11
Weekly	10	2	8
Less often	5	3	2
Never	6	3	3
Total	41	17	24

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	750	1,500	236
3 persons	482	1,446	607
4 persons	409	1,636	871
5 persons	160	800	491
6 or more persons	72	453	317
Total	1,873	5,835	2,522

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	514
1 child	231	362	0	593
2 children	219	185	77	481
3 children	93	50	59	202
4 children	19	8	36	63
5 or more children	7	1	12	20

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	404	151	14
All children aged over fifteen	387	180	39
Other	135	47	2
Total number of family units	926	378	55

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	786	260	16
All children aged over fifteen	606	260	53
Other	396	141	4
Total number of family units	1,788	661	73

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	345	1,346
5-9 years	224	852
10-14 years	184	697
15-19 years	195	670
20+ years	411	1,242
Total	1,359	4,807

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	146	292
Empty nest	196	392
Retired	172	344
Pre-school	165	524
Early school	196	705
Pre-Adolescent	208	806
Adolescent	245	920
Adult	545	1,852
Total	1,873	5,835

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	715
1	332
2	587
3	426
4 or more	456
Total	2,516

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	619	619
Husband and wife	382	764
Cohabiting couple	92	184
Husband, wife and children	787	3,124
Cohabiting couple and children	86	314
Father and children	48	113
Mother and children	338	944
Couple and others	23	77
Couple, children and others	42	211
Father, children and others	4	13
Mother, children and others	22	85
Two or more family units	24	120
Non-family households and relations	57	134
Two or more non-related persons	36	87
Total	2,560	6,789

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	619	619
2 persons	745	1,490
3 persons	498	1,494
4 persons	419	1,676
5 persons	194	970
6 persons	61	366
7 persons	19	133
8 or more persons	5	41
Total	2,560	6,789

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	2,299	6,296
Flat/Apartment	205	375
Bed-sit	7	7
Caravan/Mobile Home	0	0
Not stated	49	111
Total	2,560	6,789

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	218	488
1919 to 1945	186	412
1946 to 1960	149	381
1961 to 1970	210	490
1971 to 1980	442	1,209
1981 to 1990	405	1,108
1991 to 2000	486	1,442
2001 to 2005	177	500
2006 or later	111	303
Not stated	176	456
Total	2,560	6,789

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	800	2,580
Owner occupied no mortgage	874	1,974
Rented from Private Landlord	445	1,052
Rented from Local Authority	355	995
Rented from Voluntary Body	4	6
Occupied free of rent	38	80
Not stated	44	102
Total	2,560	6,789

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	26	43
2 rooms	129	202
3 rooms	210	428
4 rooms	336	710
5 rooms	676	1,788
6 rooms	499	1,409
7 rooms	301	981
8 or more rooms	283	982
Not stated	100	246
Total	2,560	6,789

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	73
Oil	1,441
Natural Gas	301
Electricity	335
Coal (including anthracite)	310
Peat (including turf)	5
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	15
Wood (including wood pellets)	24
Other	8
Not stated	48
Total	2,560

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	2,389
Group scheme with local authority source	88
Group scheme with private source	3
Other private source	2
None	0
Not stated	78
Total	2,560

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	2,456
Individual septic tank	16
Other individual treatment	1
Other	4
No sewerage facility	1
Not stated	82
Total	2,560

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	2,562
Unoccupied	327
Total	2,889

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	6
Number of persons	52

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	1,197	1,171	2,368
Looking for first regular job	21	18	39
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	526	274	800
Student	295	327	622
Looking after home/family	29	501	530
Retired	401	414	815
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	122	101	223
Other	2	6	8
Total	2,593	2,812	5,405

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	242	177	419
Managerial and technical	832	942	1,774
Non-manual	424	785	1,209
Skilled manual	661	369	1,030
Semi-skilled	362	273	635
Unskilled	163	142	305
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	637	752	1,389
Total	3,321	3,440	6,761

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	372	1,019
B Higher professional	149	447
C Lower professional	286	767
D Non-manual	517	1,275
E Manual skilled	247	706
F Semi-skilled	200	517
G Unskilled	120	312
H Own account workers	127	339
I Farmers	10	27
J Agricultural workers	12	38
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	520	1,342
Total	2,560	6,789

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	147	124	271
15	133	97	230
16	206	201	407
17	170	210	380
18	263	290	553
19	93	124	217
20	80	84	164
21 and over	385	444	829
Not stated	684	773	1,457
Total	2,161	2,347	4,508

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	295	327	622
Other	137	138	275

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	33	121	154
Arts	55	55	110
Humanities	43	53	96
Social sciences, Business and Law	193	397	590
Science, Mathematics and Computing	110	68	178
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	368	40	408
Agriculture and Veterinary	44	18	62
Health and Welfare	39	250	289
Services	101	121	222
Other subjects	1	1	2
Not Stated (including unknown)	1,174	1,223	2,397
Total	2,161	2,347	4,508

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	25	19	44
Primary Education	243	283	526
Lower Secondary	452	399	851
Upper Secondary	425	523	948
Technical or Vocational qualification	203	250	453
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	182	84	266
Higher Certificate	94	112	206
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	151	185	336
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	146	204	350
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	115	152	267
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	14	9	23
Not stated	111	127	238
Total	2,161	2,347	4,508

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	956
Bicycle	22
Bus, minibus or coach	247
Train, DART or LUAS	85
Motorcycle or scooter	13
Car driver	1,451
Car passenger	703
Van	137
Other	105
Not stated	129
Total	3,848

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	176
06:30-07:00	278
07:01-07:30	381
07:31-08:00	400
08:01-08:30	572
08:31-09:00	1,143
09:01-09:30	373
After 09:30	279
Not stated	156
Total	3,758

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	1,651
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	722
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	454
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	276
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	312
1 1/2 hours and over	149
Not stated	194
Total	3,758

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	120
15-24	89
25-44	227
45-64	302
65+	331
Total	1,069

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	34	76
'15-28	13	32
'29-42	6	12
'43+	21	39
'Not stated	14	28
'Total	88	187

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	1,961	1,957	3,918
Good	956	1,034	1,990
Fair	276	322	598
Bad	47	47	94
Very bad	8	13	21
Not stated	73	67	140
Total	3,321	3,440	6,761

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	142	79	221
Professional Occupations	229	236	465
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	190	131	321
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	64	293	357
Skilled Trades Occupations	394	41	435
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	35	198	233
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	74	151	225
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	178	22	200
Elementary Occupations	210	132	342
Not stated	207	162	369
Total	1,723	1,445	3,168

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	18	5
Building and construction	92	10
Manufacturing industries	168	55
Commerce and trade	293	330
Transport and communications	149	40
Public administration	104	105
Professional services	160	413
Other	213	213
Total	1,197	1,171

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	570
One motor car	1,107
Two motor cars	725
Three motor cars	130
Four or more motor cars	28

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	1,883
No	623
Not stated	54
Total	2,560

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	1,705
Other	168
No	629
Not stated	58
Total	2,560

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