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Legal Towns Drogheda Legal Town (CSO Area Code LT 35009)

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	262	243	505
1	257	251	508
2	266	247	513
3	206	241	447
4	238	246	484
5	223	209	432
6	212	236	448
7	215	218	433
8	224	246	470
9	232	200	432
10	192	208	400
11	211	218	429
12	212	195	407
13	189	197	386
14	190	156	346
15	198	153	351
16	174	201	375
17	176	154	330
18	177	174	351
19	184	186	370
20-24	969	988	1,957
25-29	1,198	1,341	2,539
30-34	1,310	1,307	2,617
35-39	1,181	1,247	2,428
40-44	1,169	1,145	2,314
45-49	1,003	1,019	2,022
50-54	878	879	1,757
55-59	750	745	1,495
60-64	677	714	1,391
65-69	530	600	1,130
70-74	440	474	914
75-79	294	350	644
80-84	144	276	420
85+	81	267	348
Total	14,862	15,531	30,393

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	8,427	8,144
Married	5,309	5,298
Separated	477	659
Divorced	350	470
Widowed	299	960
Total	14,862	15,531

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	24,615	25,329
UK	1,389	463
Poland	733	822
Lithuania	725	778
Other EU 27	972	997
Rest of World	1,785	1,507
Not stated	0	323
Total	30,219	30,219

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	24,263
White Irish Traveller	127
Other White	3,098
Black or Black Irish	958
Asian or Asian Irish	874
Other	346
Not stated	553
Total	30,219

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	27,522
Elsewhere in County	1,384
Elsewhere in Ireland	501
Outside Ireland	307
Total	29,714

Population by religion
Catholic	25,491
Other stated religion	2,737
No religion	1,606
Not stated	559
Total	30,393

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	802
French	299
Lithuanian	671
Other	2,882
Total	4,654

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,083
Well	1,502
Not well	765
Not at all	164
Not stated	140
Total	4,654

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	8,989
No	19,277
Not stated	601
Total	28,867

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	3,067
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	186
Outside education system, Daily	204
Outside education system, Weekly	457
Outside education system, Less often	2,765
Outside education system, Never	2,195
Outside education system, Not stated	115
Total	8,989

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	94	36	58
Weekly	39	18	21
Less often	32	14	18
Never	21	9	12
Total	186	77	109

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	3,366	6,732	1,098
3 persons	1,967	5,901	2,440
4 persons	1,689	6,756	3,575
5 persons	711	3,555	2,200
6 or more persons	301	1,930	1,352
Total	8,034	24,874	10,665

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	2,268
1 child	1,332	1,260	0	2,592
2 children	1,046	587	332	1,965
3 children	404	164	273	841
4 children	119	33	112	264
5 or more children	25	7	72	104

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	2,059	815	52
All children aged over fifteen	1,278	617	156
Other	570	209	10
Total number of family units	3,907	1,641	218

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	3,895	1,272	79
All children aged over fifteen	2,047	837	210
Other	1,689	607	29
Total number of family units	7,631	2,716	318

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,898	7,166
5-9 years	1,031	3,864
10-14 years	786	2,885
15-19 years	697	2,463
20+ years	1,354	3,960
Total	5,766	20,338

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	829	1,658
Empty nest	787	1,574
Retired	652	1,304
Pre-school	994	3,015
Early school	957	3,430
Pre-Adolescent	975	3,786
Adolescent	902	3,481
Adult	1,938	6,626
Total	8,034	24,874

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	3,157
1	1,751
2	2,389
3	1,704
4 or more	2,000
Total	11,001

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	2,844	2,844
Husband and wife	1,543	3,086
Cohabiting couple	492	984
Husband, wife and children	3,119	12,557
Cohabiting couple and children	486	1,799
Father and children	175	438
Mother and children	1,343	3,646
Couple and others	138	461
Couple, children and others	209	1,010
Father, children and others	31	105
Mother, children and others	159	584
Two or more family units	167	869
Non-family households and relations	267	629
Two or more non-related persons	372	947
Total	11,345	29,959

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	2,844	2,844
2 persons	3,309	6,618
3 persons	2,091	6,273
4 persons	1,858	7,432
5 persons	838	4,190
6 persons	287	1,722
7 persons	79	553
8 or more persons	39	327
Total	11,345	29,959

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	9,959	27,224
Flat/Apartment	1,075	2,019
Bed-sit	21	29
Caravan/Mobile Home	2	5
Not stated	288	682
Total	11,345	29,959

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	574	1,037
1919 to 1945	940	1,998
1946 to 1960	995	2,298
1961 to 1970	1,133	2,818
1971 to 1980	1,699	4,667
1981 to 1990	1,005	2,958
1991 to 2000	2,178	6,596
2001 to 2005	1,557	4,238
2006 or later	598	1,600
Not stated	664	1,744
Total	11,343	29,954

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	3,915	11,976
Owner occupied no mortgage	3,379	7,304
Rented from Private Landlord	2,149	5,583
Rented from Local Authority	1,352	3,844
Rented from Voluntary Body	224	590
Occupied free of rent	91	150
Not stated	233	507
Total	11,343	29,954

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	119	158
2 rooms	593	1,076
3 rooms	1,197	3,014
4 rooms	1,342	2,929
5 rooms	3,587	9,488
6 rooms	1,904	5,384
7 rooms	1,176	3,631
8 or more rooms	859	3,017
Not stated	566	1,257
Total	11,343	29,954

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	108
Oil	3,238
Natural Gas	6,619
Electricity	636
Coal (including anthracite)	446
Peat (including turf)	10
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	19
Wood (including wood pellets)	14
Other	14
Not stated	239
Total	11,343

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	10,492
Group scheme with local authority source	405
Group scheme with private source	21
Other private source	9
None	4
Not stated	412
Total	11,343

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	10,686
Individual septic tank	89
Other individual treatment	5
Other	33
No sewerage facility	5
Not stated	525
Total	11,343

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	11,369
Unoccupied	1,516
Total	12,885

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	20
Number of persons	580

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	5,493	5,254	10,747
Looking for first regular job	183	132	315
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,317	1,253	3,570
Student	1,122	1,179	2,301
Looking after home/family	136	2,039	2,175
Retired	1,585	1,543	3,128
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	686	788	1,474
Other	11	32	43
Total	11,533	12,220	23,753

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	752	644	1,396
Managerial and technical	3,121	3,633	6,754
Non-manual	2,020	3,323	5,343
Skilled manual	3,206	1,891	5,097
Semi-skilled	2,169	2,108	4,277
Unskilled	933	731	1,664
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,661	3,201	5,862
Total	14,862	15,531	30,393

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,309	3,620
B Higher professional	451	1,277
C Lower professional	1,128	2,929
D Non-manual	2,203	5,804
E Manual skilled	1,313	3,609
F Semi-skilled	1,454	3,886
G Unskilled	672	1,747
H Own account workers	497	1,509
I Farmers	26	82
J Agricultural workers	32	84
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	2,260	5,412
Total	11,345	29,959

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,142	1,375	2,517
15	695	646	1,341
16	1,162	865	2,027
17	896	896	1,792
18	1,208	1,270	2,478
19	369	466	835
20	343	411	754
21 and over	1,478	1,777	3,255
Not stated	2,362	2,489	4,851
Total	9,655	10,195	19,850

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	1,122	1,179	2,301
Other	756	846	1,602

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	148	473	621
Arts	200	185	385
Humanities	106	158	264
Social sciences, Business and Law	778	1,393	2,171
Science, Mathematics and Computing	391	316	707
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,560	156	1,716
Agriculture and Veterinary	67	44	111
Health and Welfare	200	1,075	1,275
Services	348	542	890
Other subjects	3	9	12
Not Stated (including unknown)	5,854	5,844	11,698
Total	9,655	10,195	19,850

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	127	121	248
Primary Education	1,775	2,154	3,929
Lower Secondary	1,986	1,637	3,623
Upper Secondary	1,829	1,955	3,784
Technical or Vocational qualification	861	1,037	1,898
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	733	360	1,093
Higher Certificate	393	474	867
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	532	663	1,195
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	527	758	1,285
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	418	563	981
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	34	25	59
Not stated	440	448	888
Total	9,655	10,195	19,850

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	4,337
Bicycle	245
Bus, minibus or coach	1,792
Train, DART or LUAS	613
Motorcycle or scooter	38
Car driver	6,010
Car passenger	2,809
Van	463
Other	245
Not stated	560
Total	17,112

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	1,150
06:30-07:00	1,297
07:01-07:30	1,372
07:31-08:00	1,982
08:01-08:30	3,023
08:31-09:00	5,063
09:01-09:30	930
After 09:30	1,428
Not stated	658
Total	16,903

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	5,940
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	4,973
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	2,302
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	881
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,206
1 1/2 hours and over	570
Not stated	1,031
Total	16,903

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	361
15-24	303
25-44	961
45-64	1,486
65+	1,517
Total	4,628

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	188	303
'15-28	56	101
'29-42	29	48
'43+	91	160
'Not stated	86	92
'Total	450	704

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	8,235	8,330	16,565
Good	4,469	4,812	9,281
Fair	1,452	1,673	3,125
Bad	255	299	554
Very bad	58	61	119
Not stated	393	356	749
Total	14,862	15,531	30,393

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	571	355	926
Professional Occupations	712	1,015	1,727
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	815	466	1,281
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	246	1,040	1,286
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,695	171	1,866
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	224	860	1,084
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	450	928	1,378
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,086	272	1,358
Elementary Occupations	1,120	680	1,800
Not stated	891	720	1,611
Total	7,810	6,507	14,317

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	54	7
Building and construction	374	30
Manufacturing industries	999	361
Commerce and trade	1,323	1,534
Transport and communications	717	227
Public administration	351	255
Professional services	785	1,907
Other	890	933
Total	5,493	5,254

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	3,214
One motor car	5,098
Two motor cars	2,614
Three motor cars	352
Four or more motor cars	65

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	7,835
No	3,180
Not stated	328
Total	11,343

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	7,022
Other	689
No	3,306
Not stated	326
Total	11,343

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