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Legal Towns Castlebar Legal Town (CSO Area Code LT 29011)

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	92	94	186
1	81	82	163
2	86	89	175
3	68	73	141
4	70	74	144
5	96	76	172
6	75	49	124
7	74	82	156
8	69	72	141
9	70	73	143
10	66	64	130
11	64	51	115
12	61	55	116
13	75	46	121
14	57	55	112
15	63	58	121
16	69	59	128
17	56	51	107
18	80	68	148
19	67	88	155
20-24	367	411	778
25-29	479	570	1,049
30-34	481	522	1,003
35-39	390	417	807
40-44	309	346	655
45-49	319	388	707
50-54	311	325	636
55-59	277	288	565
60-64	233	236	469
65-69	186	213	399
70-74	142	168	310
75-79	106	145	251
80-84	65	119	184
85+	62	153	215
Total	5,166	5,660	10,826

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	3,081	3,173
Married	1,696	1,706
Separated	172	207
Divorced	112	159
Widowed	105	415
Total	5,166	5,660

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	8,149	8,707
UK	889	309
Poland	560	595
Lithuania	178	189
Other EU 27	283	281
Rest of World	646	499
Not stated	0	125
Total	10,705	10,705

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	8,212
White Irish Traveller	316
Other White	1,368
Black or Black Irish	232
Asian or Asian Irish	286
Other	134
Not stated	157
Total	10,705

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	9,410
Elsewhere in County	702
Elsewhere in Ireland	248
Outside Ireland	159
Total	10,519

Population by religion
Catholic	9,247
Other stated religion	962
No religion	507
Not stated	110
Total	10,826

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	567
French	131
Lithuanian	157
Other	881
Total	1,736

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	679
Well	629
Not well	314
Not at all	63
Not stated	51
Total	1,736

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	4,464
No	5,627
Not stated	211
Total	10,302

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	1,122
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	104
Outside education system, Daily	151
Outside education system, Weekly	291
Outside education system, Less often	1,707
Outside education system, Never	1,053
Outside education system, Not stated	36
Total	4,464

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	64	24	40
Weekly	16	9	7
Less often	12	6	6
Never	12	6	6
Total	104	45	59

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	1,079	2,158	339
3 persons	626	1,878	771
4 persons	489	1,956	1,038
5 persons	216	1,080	666
6 or more persons	118	769	543
Total	2,528	7,841	3,357

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	740
1 child	436	384	0	820
2 children	334	166	74	574
3 children	125	58	75	258
4 children	34	15	41	90
5 or more children	14	3	29	46

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	661	262	20
All children aged over fifteen	388	191	47
Other	167	46	6
Total number of family units	1,216	499	73

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	1,259	405	28
All children aged over fifteen	620	285	60
Other	540	136	24
Total number of family units	2,419	826	112

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	607	2,289
5-9 years	329	1,231
10-14 years	226	862
15-19 years	252	882
20+ years	374	1,097
Total	1,788	6,361

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	330	660
Empty nest	227	454
Retired	183	366
Pre-school	333	994
Early school	334	1,213
Pre-Adolescent	276	1,089
Adolescent	323	1,267
Adult	522	1,798
Total	2,528	7,841

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	1,633
1	553
2	724
3	529
4 or more	692
Total	4,131

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	1,395	1,395
Husband and wife	481	962
Cohabiting couple	202	404
Husband, wife and children	978	3,949
Cohabiting couple and children	142	534
Father and children	64	166
Mother and children	447	1,207
Couple and others	47	158
Couple, children and others	78	394
Father, children and others	7	23
Mother, children and others	33	115
Two or more family units	24	131
Non-family households and relations	114	257
Two or more non-related persons	244	624
Total	4,256	10,319

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	1,395	1,395
2 persons	1,215	2,430
3 persons	710	2,130
4 persons	543	2,172
5 persons	247	1,235
6 persons	95	570
7 persons	35	245
8 or more persons	16	142
Total	4,256	10,319

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	3,733	9,515
Flat/Apartment	463	653
Bed-sit	10	19
Caravan/Mobile Home	3	9
Not stated	47	123
Total	4,256	10,319

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	84	157
1919 to 1945	197	396
1946 to 1960	229	484
1961 to 1970	256	541
1971 to 1980	577	1,288
1981 to 1990	504	1,265
1991 to 2000	1,087	3,003
2001 to 2005	779	1,883
2006 or later	277	599
Not stated	263	694
Total	4,253	10,310

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	1,228	3,448
Owner occupied no mortgage	1,168	2,549
Rented from Private Landlord	1,396	3,198
Rented from Local Authority	312	816
Rented from Voluntary Body	59	121
Occupied free of rent	51	82
Not stated	39	96
Total	4,253	10,310

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	67	79
2 rooms	255	356
3 rooms	504	962
4 rooms	460	1,010
5 rooms	1,169	2,746
6 rooms	806	2,146
7 rooms	393	1,200
8 or more rooms	444	1,452
Not stated	155	359
Total	4,253	10,310

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	51
Oil	3,108
Natural Gas	120
Electricity	520
Coal (including anthracite)	258
Peat (including turf)	112
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	21
Wood (including wood pellets)	11
Other	19
Not stated	33
Total	4,253

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	3,979
Group scheme with local authority source	159
Group scheme with private source	4
Other private source	8
None	1
Not stated	102
Total	4,253

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	4,028
Individual septic tank	70
Other individual treatment	4
Other	7
No sewerage facility	3
Not stated	141
Total	4,253

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	4,313
Unoccupied	1,097
Total	5,410

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	9
Number of persons	510

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	1,990	2,137	4,127
Looking for first regular job	66	52	118
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	669	383	1,052
Student	495	534	1,029
Looking after home/family	46	596	642
Retired	584	638	1,222
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	200	267	467
Other	12	18	30
Total	4,062	4,625	8,687

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	393	359	752
Managerial and technical	1,152	1,563	2,715
Non-manual	677	1,110	1,787
Skilled manual	948	457	1,405
Semi-skilled	597	619	1,216
Unskilled	250	197	447
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,149	1,355	2,504
Total	5,166	5,660	10,826

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	491	1,280
B Higher professional	260	713
C Lower professional	611	1,383
D Non-manual	912	2,157
E Manual skilled	332	915
F Semi-skilled	355	873
G Unskilled	197	423
H Own account workers	150	422
I Farmers	45	116
J Agricultural workers	13	35
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	890	2,002
Total	4,256	10,319

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	227	209	436
15	148	112	260
16	265	229	494
17	201	251	452
18	511	536	1,047
19	169	217	386
20	122	164	286
21 and over	735	932	1,667
Not stated	943	1,129	2,072
Total	3,321	3,779	7,100

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	495	534	1,029
Other	246	312	558

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	70	269	339
Arts	37	55	92
Humanities	55	83	138
Social sciences, Business and Law	292	542	834
Science, Mathematics and Computing	138	140	278
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	547	49	596
Agriculture and Veterinary	77	20	97
Health and Welfare	137	561	698
Services	154	219	373
Other subjects	3	4	7
Not Stated (including unknown)	1,811	1,837	3,648
Total	3,321	3,779	7,100

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	77	58	135
Primary Education	434	425	859
Lower Secondary	559	539	1,098
Upper Secondary	706	826	1,532
Technical or Vocational qualification	298	343	641
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	228	141	369
Higher Certificate	150	200	350
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	254	349	603
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	260	396	656
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	198	323	521
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	15	12	27
Not stated	142	167	309
Total	3,321	3,779	7,100

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	1,426
Bicycle	104
Bus, minibus or coach	205
Train, DART or LUAS	13
Motorcycle or scooter	9
Car driver	2,777
Car passenger	1,347
Van	253
Other	134
Not stated	138
Total	6,406

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	178
06:30-07:00	302
07:01-07:30	392
07:31-08:00	537
08:01-08:30	884
08:31-09:00	2,389
09:01-09:30	699
After 09:30	730
Not stated	178
Total	6,289

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	3,481
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	1,592
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	508
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	115
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	188
1 1/2 hours and over	79
Not stated	326
Total	6,289

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	121
15-24	131
25-44	367
45-64	437
65+	607
Total	1,663

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	81	108
'15-28	22	46
'29-42	12	29
'43+	36	69
'Not stated	20	26
'Total	171	278

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	2,912	3,078	5,990
Good	1,573	1,769	3,342
Fair	484	572	1,056
Bad	77	101	178
Very bad	19	29	48
Not stated	101	111	212
Total	5,166	5,660	10,826

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	223	161	384
Professional Occupations	350	573	923
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	268	188	456
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	87	375	462
Skilled Trades Occupations	644	63	707
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	76	314	390
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	181	296	477
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	241	58	299
Elementary Occupations	327	300	627
Not stated	262	192	454
Total	2,659	2,520	5,179

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	52	10
Building and construction	155	18
Manufacturing industries	274	150
Commerce and trade	565	521
Transport and communications	115	31
Public administration	164	156
Professional services	312	829
Other	353	422
Total	1,990	2,137

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	996
One motor car	1,934
Two motor cars	1,119
Three motor cars	168
Four or more motor cars	36

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	2,895
No	1,298
Not stated	60
Total	4,253

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	2,558
Other	316
No	1,308
Not stated	71
Total	4,253

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