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Legal Towns Bray Legal Town (CSO Area Code LT 35007)

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	170	206	376
1	181	167	348
2	189	167	356
3	174	157	331
4	176	180	356
5	154	139	293
6	189	150	339
7	164	164	328
8	158	169	327
9	165	143	308
10	182	160	342
11	175	185	360
12	171	171	342
13	167	158	325
14	153	155	308
15	152	173	325
16	152	159	311
17	176	180	356
18	170	193	363
19	193	194	387
20-24	919	941	1,860
25-29	968	1,100	2,068
30-34	1,098	1,081	2,179
35-39	1,008	1,018	2,026
40-44	939	1,016	1,955
45-49	883	946	1,829
50-54	804	894	1,698
55-59	745	882	1,627
60-64	733	723	1,456
65-69	572	605	1,177
70-74	369	436	805
75-79	256	309	565
80-84	143	282	425
85+	101	300	401
Total	12,949	13,903	26,852

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	7,145	7,078
Married	4,896	4,945
Separated	358	470
Divorced	268	426
Widowed	282	984
Total	12,949	13,903

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	21,800	22,870
UK	1,534	556
Poland	686	723
Lithuania	193	201
Other EU 27	726	713
Rest of World	1,518	1,189
Not stated	0	205
Total	26,457	26,457

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	22,274
White Irish Traveller	126
Other White	2,372
Black or Black Irish	146
Asian or Asian Irish	979
Other	254
Not stated	306
Total	26,457

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	23,998
Elsewhere in County	1,219
Elsewhere in Ireland	555
Outside Ireland	310
Total	26,082

Population by religion
Catholic	21,251
Other stated religion	2,561
No religion	2,668
Not stated	372
Total	26,852

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	730
French	302
Lithuanian	172
Other	2,194
Total	3,398

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	1,649
Well	1,111
Not well	458
Not at all	71
Not stated	109
Total	3,398

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	9,100
No	16,266
Not stated	406
Total	25,772

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	2,738
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	189
Outside education system, Daily	245
Outside education system, Weekly	526
Outside education system, Less often	3,089
Outside education system, Never	2,237
Outside education system, Not stated	76
Total	9,100

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	107	36	71
Weekly	36	16	20
Less often	29	14	15
Never	17	7	10
Total	189	73	116

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	2,994	5,988	886
3 persons	1,786	5,358	2,241
4 persons	1,531	6,124	3,255
5 persons	670	3,350	2,055
6 or more persons	220	1,384	964
Total	7,201	22,204	9,401

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	2,108
1 child	981	1,236	0	2,217
2 children	829	703	261	1,793
3 children	313	228	277	818
4 children	68	38	96	202
5 or more children	13	9	41	63

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	1,598	562	44
All children aged over fifteen	1,421	661	132
Other	475	187	13
Total number of family units	3,494	1,410	189

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	3,008	851	61
All children aged over fifteen	2,350	994	182
Other	1,383	531	41
Total number of family units	6,741	2,376	284

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,381	5,131
5-9 years	792	2,997
10-14 years	706	2,699
15-19 years	727	2,648
20+ years	1,487	4,513
Total	5,093	17,988

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	762	1,524
Empty nest	763	1,526
Retired	583	1,166
Pre-school	771	2,353
Early school	680	2,469
Pre-Adolescent	753	2,900
Adolescent	793	3,022
Adult	2,096	7,244
Total	7,201	22,204

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	3,246
1	1,503
2	2,194
3	1,655
4 or more	1,586
Total	10,184

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	2,178	2,178
Husband and wife	1,434	2,868
Cohabiting couple	421	842
Husband, wife and children	2,851	11,304
Cohabiting couple and children	321	1,218
Father and children	150	382
Mother and children	1,129	3,107
Couple and others	180	609
Couple, children and others	219	1,114
Father, children and others	20	67
Mother, children and others	129	477
Two or more family units	170	935
Non-family households and relations	198	469
Two or more non-related persons	287	756
Total	9,687	26,326

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	2,178	2,178
2 persons	2,839	5,678
3 persons	1,886	5,658
4 persons	1,610	6,440
5 persons	815	4,075
6 persons	265	1,590
7 persons	63	441
8 or more persons	31	266
Total	9,687	26,326

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	8,118	23,179
Flat/Apartment	1,342	2,618
Bed-sit	41	60
Caravan/Mobile Home	9	12
Not stated	177	457
Total	9,687	26,326

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	896	2,074
1919 to 1945	917	2,198
1946 to 1960	776	2,042
1961 to 1970	912	2,562
1971 to 1980	2,235	6,519
1981 to 1990	1,198	3,370
1991 to 2000	1,136	3,322
2001 to 2005	736	1,937
2006 or later	351	831
Not stated	521	1,459
Total	9,678	26,314

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	3,365	10,854
Owner occupied no mortgage	2,982	6,756
Rented from Private Landlord	1,819	4,611
Rented from Local Authority	1,208	3,442
Rented from Voluntary Body	66	175
Occupied free of rent	102	183
Not stated	136	293
Total	9,678	26,314

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	196	292
2 rooms	573	1,112
3 rooms	970	2,242
4 rooms	1,191	2,647
5 rooms	2,541	6,861
6 rooms	1,652	4,957
7 rooms	1,183	3,830
8 or more rooms	1,035	3,572
Not stated	337	801
Total	9,678	26,314

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	188
Oil	1,552
Natural Gas	6,542
Electricity	951
Coal (including anthracite)	236
Peat (including turf)	16
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	14
Wood (including wood pellets)	32
Other	16
Not stated	131
Total	9,678

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	9,084
Group scheme with local authority source	308
Group scheme with private source	11
Other private source	11
None	4
Not stated	260
Total	9,678

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	9,237
Individual septic tank	99
Other individual treatment	10
Other	17
No sewerage facility	4
Not stated	311
Total	9,678

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	9,694
Unoccupied	846
Total	10,540

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	28
Number of persons	635

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	5,475	5,245	10,720
Looking for first regular job	98	91	189
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,470	835	2,305
Student	1,266	1,373	2,639
Looking after home/family	91	1,825	1,916
Retired	1,481	1,500	2,981
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	481	536	1,017
Other	19	27	46
Total	10,381	11,432	21,813

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	1,022	834	1,856
Managerial and technical	3,788	4,173	7,961
Non-manual	1,850	3,162	5,012
Skilled manual	2,443	1,443	3,886
Semi-skilled	1,502	1,296	2,798
Unskilled	473	500	973
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,871	2,495	4,366
Total	12,949	13,903	26,852

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,681	4,986
B Higher professional	634	1,871
C Lower professional	1,154	3,101
D Non-manual	2,112	5,436
E Manual skilled	804	2,243
F Semi-skilled	809	2,248
G Unskilled	391	1,033
H Own account workers	518	1,547
I Farmers	14	41
J Agricultural workers	14	36
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,556	3,784
Total	9,687	26,326

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	727	767	1,494
15	537	568	1,105
16	875	936	1,811
17	722	864	1,586
18	1,132	1,255	2,387
19	344	452	796
20	327	385	712
21 and over	2,074	2,192	4,266
Not stated	1,885	2,121	4,006
Total	8,623	9,540	18,163

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	1,266	1,373	2,639
Other	492	519	1,011

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	115	465	580
Arts	289	310	599
Humanities	173	259	432
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,135	1,707	2,842
Science, Mathematics and Computing	560	365	925
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,411	147	1,558
Agriculture and Veterinary	78	55	133
Health and Welfare	150	890	1,040
Services	324	504	828
Other subjects	13	15	28
Not Stated (including unknown)	4,375	4,823	9,198
Total	8,623	9,540	18,163

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	111	120	231
Primary Education	1,117	1,306	2,423
Lower Secondary	1,484	1,603	3,087
Upper Secondary	1,718	1,974	3,692
Technical or Vocational qualification	802	942	1,744
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	608	317	925
Higher Certificate	374	465	839
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	624	724	1,348
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	750	871	1,621
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	632	782	1,414
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	93	61	154
Not stated	310	375	685
Total	8,623	9,540	18,163

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	3,355
Bicycle	323
Bus, minibus or coach	1,789
Train, DART or LUAS	1,537
Motorcycle or scooter	77
Car driver	5,767
Car passenger	2,284
Van	468
Other	371
Not stated	363
Total	16,334

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	677
06:30-07:00	1,123
07:01-07:30	1,678
07:31-08:00	2,557
08:01-08:30	4,136
08:31-09:00	3,299
09:01-09:30	736
After 09:30	1,331
Not stated	469
Total	16,006

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	4,534
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	4,680
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	2,824
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,273
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,605
1 1/2 hours and over	310
Not stated	780
Total	16,006

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	317
15-24	333
25-44	776
45-64	1,186
65+	1,445
Total	4,057

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	175	263
'15-28	46	102
'29-42	24	45
'43+	74	137
'Not stated	53	79
'Total	372	626

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	7,768	8,157	15,925
Good	3,697	4,047	7,744
Fair	1,049	1,235	2,284
Bad	179	184	363
Very bad	23	42	65
Not stated	233	238	471
Total	12,949	13,903	26,852

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	727	384	1,111
Professional Occupations	955	1,075	2,030
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	979	630	1,609
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	350	1,253	1,603
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,391	158	1,549
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	206	815	1,021
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	361	642	1,003
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	580	108	688
Elementary Occupations	783	512	1,295
Not stated	613	503	1,116
Total	6,945	6,080	13,025

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	22	8
Building and construction	376	40
Manufacturing industries	756	394
Commerce and trade	1,539	1,477
Transport and communications	746	233
Public administration	319	242
Professional services	778	1,935
Other	939	916
Total	5,475	5,245

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	2,113
One motor car	4,222
Two motor cars	2,722
Three motor cars	480
Four or more motor cars	141

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	7,401
No	2,082
Not stated	195
Total	9,678

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	6,798
Other	552
No	2,083
Not stated	245
Total	9,678

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