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Province Leinster (CSO Area Code PR 1)

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	20,758	20,198	40,956
1	20,853	19,945	40,798
2	20,708	19,719	40,427
3	20,183	19,396	39,579
4	18,939	18,043	36,982
5	18,057	17,259	35,316
6	18,362	17,163	35,525
7	17,909	17,446	35,355
8	17,889	17,205	35,094
9	17,497	16,679	34,176
10	17,136	16,211	33,347
11	16,701	15,870	32,571
12	16,892	15,808	32,700
13	16,235	15,669	31,904
14	16,094	15,062	31,156
15	15,598	14,724	30,322
16	15,182	14,446	29,628
17	15,164	14,565	29,729
18	15,583	14,923	30,506
19	15,785	15,916	31,701
20-24	82,883	86,898	169,781
25-29	102,136	111,438	213,574
30-34	112,931	116,456	229,387
35-39	102,834	103,209	206,043
40-44	90,934	90,804	181,738
45-49	80,947	83,407	164,354
50-54	71,660	73,418	145,078
55-59	62,417	64,212	126,629
60-64	55,347	56,423	111,770
65-69	42,932	45,143	88,075
70-74	31,599	35,122	66,721
75-79	22,776	28,259	51,035
80-84	13,690	20,990	34,680
85+	8,741	19,436	28,177
Total	1,233,352	1,271,462	2,504,814

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	705,163	677,153
Married	456,314	454,792
Separated	28,557	37,858
Divorced	20,861	27,995
Widowed	22,457	73,664
Total	1,233,352	1,271,462

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	2,036,759	2,112,987
UK	129,453	48,617
Poland	64,017	68,195
Lithuania	21,731	22,905
Other EU 27	76,980	76,526
Rest of World	141,097	108,748
Not stated	0	32,059
Total	2,470,037	2,470,037

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	2,041,713
White Irish Traveller	14,810
Other White	236,263
Black or Black Irish	46,435
Asian or Asian Irish	61,263
Other	25,873
Not stated	43,680
Total	2,470,037

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	2,233,251
Elsewhere in County	125,489
Elsewhere in Ireland	37,221
Outside Ireland	33,319
Total	2,429,280

Population by religion
Catholic	2,047,241
Other stated religion	241,955
No religion	169,153
Not stated	46,465
Total	2,504,814

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	66,067
French	33,609
Lithuanian	19,492
Other	206,868
Total	326,036

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	160,102
Well	102,102
Not well	44,431
Not at all	8,743
Not stated	10,658
Total	326,036

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	890,834
No	1,438,347
Not stated	53,452
Total	2,382,633

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	269,304
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	17,976
Outside education system, Daily	20,048
Outside education system, Weekly	48,778
Outside education system, Less often	299,967
Outside education system, Never	227,121
Outside education system, Not stated	7,640
Total	890,834

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	9,330	3,831	5,499
Weekly	3,820	1,694	2,126
Less often	2,965	1,402	1,563
Never	1,861	909	952
Total	17,976	7,836	10,140

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	260,109	520,218	69,673
3 persons	152,121	456,363	186,328
4 persons	137,764	551,056	288,551
5 persons	68,146	340,730	208,602
6 or more persons	28,443	180,750	125,553
Total	646,583	2,049,117	878,707

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	190,436
1 child	92,814	94,773	0	187,587
2 children	85,306	50,548	23,094	158,948
3 children	36,759	15,727	24,519	77,005
4 children	9,781	3,334	11,285	24,400
5 or more children	2,286	722	5,199	8,207

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	173,921	49,616	3,409
All children aged over fifteen	109,558	44,465	11,081
Other	49,912	13,049	1,136
Total number of family units	333,391	107,130	15,626

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	342,385	77,561	4,991
All children aged over fifteen	181,540	63,490	15,138
Other	151,828	38,553	3,221
Total number of family units	675,753	179,604	23,350

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	150,264	577,587
5-9 years	76,905	304,925
10-14 years	63,874	250,903
15-19 years	55,539	204,191
20+ years	109,565	330,639
Total	456,147	1,668,245

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	80,553	161,106
Empty nest	60,815	121,630
Retired	49,068	98,136
Pre-school	81,054	254,276
Early school	74,171	282,959
Pre-Adolescent	71,721	288,569
Adolescent	71,905	289,779
Adult	157,296	552,662
Total	646,583	2,049,117

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	302,837
1	122,500
2	183,497
3	136,162
4 or more	152,057
Total	897,053

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	203,137	203,137
Husband and wife	125,750	251,500
Cohabiting couple	44,955	89,910
Husband, wife and children	277,341	1,130,811
Cohabiting couple and children	31,804	119,277
Father and children	12,847	32,348
Mother and children	87,585	239,684
Couple and others	13,253	45,009
Couple, children and others	17,394	88,937
Father, children and others	1,775	6,453
Mother, children and others	9,238	34,290
Two or more family units	12,153	65,620
Non-family households and relations	21,713	51,708
Two or more non-related persons	38,510	102,464
Total	897,455	2,461,148

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	203,137	203,137
2 persons	263,137	526,274
3 persons	164,972	494,916
4 persons	149,512	598,048
5 persons	77,945	389,725
6 persons	27,891	167,346
7 persons	7,317	51,219
8 or more persons	3,544	30,483
Total	897,455	2,461,148

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	741,538	2,145,197
Flat/Apartment	132,534	262,293
Bed-sit	4,498	6,157
Caravan/Mobile Home	2,306	4,807
Not stated	16,579	42,694
Total	897,455	2,461,148

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	73,629	171,334
1919 to 1945	61,200	146,862
1946 to 1960	75,889	192,001
1961 to 1970	67,861	175,579
1971 to 1980	120,812	335,856
1981 to 1990	89,471	262,748
1991 to 2000	128,351	397,881
2001 to 2005	141,065	408,456
2006 or later	89,281	238,165
Not stated	47,590	127,459
Total	895,149	2,456,341

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	333,281	1,066,654
Owner occupied no mortgage	272,555	641,116
Rented from Private Landlord	181,620	464,685
Rented from Local Authority	73,809	208,118
Rented from Voluntary Body	8,536	20,996
Occupied free of rent	11,464	22,164
Not stated	13,884	32,608
Total	895,149	2,456,341

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	16,812	24,453
2 rooms	51,266	95,265
3 rooms	94,260	219,912
4 rooms	100,643	229,803
5 rooms	209,665	567,319
6 rooms	152,599	439,644
7 rooms	111,409	357,191
8 or more rooms	121,913	434,111
Not stated	36,582	88,643
Total	895,149	2,456,341

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	12,315
Oil	284,344
Natural Gas	425,431
Electricity	89,170
Coal (including anthracite)	27,009
Peat (including turf)	27,158
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	3,718
Wood (including wood pellets)	8,621
Other	3,921
Not stated	13,462
Total	895,149

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	733,216
Group scheme with local authority source	50,406
Group scheme with private source	10,882
Other private source	72,150
None	919
Not stated	27,576
Total	895,149

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	695,026
Individual septic tank	138,801
Other individual treatment	22,139
Other	4,395
No sewerage facility	929
Not stated	33,859
Total	895,149

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	899,815
Unoccupied	131,087
Total	1,030,902

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	2,006
Number of persons	61,577

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	528,732	481,210	1,009,942
Looking for first regular job	11,197	8,566	19,763
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	137,226	76,699	213,925
Student	110,391	112,998	223,389
Looking after home/family	8,646	173,276	181,922
Retired	120,134	113,022	233,156
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	39,276	40,649	79,925
Other	3,537	3,369	6,906
Total	959,139	1,009,789	1,968,928

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	106,598	87,968	194,566
Managerial and technical	340,152	376,955	717,107
Non-manual	164,950	273,643	438,593
Skilled manual	238,719	133,801	372,520
Semi-skilled	131,943	114,484	246,427
Unskilled	48,907	41,430	90,337
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	202,083	243,181	445,264
Total	1,233,352	1,271,462	2,504,814

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	144,963	426,520
B Higher professional	62,045	174,408
C Lower professional	103,717	274,265
D Non-manual	170,361	449,414
E Manual skilled	82,393	241,720
F Semi-skilled	70,624	199,629
G Unskilled	32,496	88,061
H Own account workers	45,354	142,366
I Farmers	23,497	69,615
J Agricultural workers	4,734	12,472
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	157,271	382,678
Total	897,455	2,461,148

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	64,081	61,715	125,796
15	43,870	35,789	79,659
16	74,880	62,622	137,502
17	63,509	73,033	136,542
18	93,247	104,828	198,075
19	28,698	38,839	67,537
20	28,213	32,920	61,133
21 and over	177,960	192,897	370,857
Not stated	216,556	234,514	451,070
Total	791,014	837,157	1,628,171

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	110,391	112,998	223,389
Other	57,734	59,634	117,368

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	12,158	46,200	58,358
Arts	16,318	19,317	35,635
Humanities	13,378	20,193	33,571
Social sciences, Business and Law	101,121	155,367	256,488
Science, Mathematics and Computing	43,774	32,654	76,428
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	135,921	13,592	149,513
Agriculture and Veterinary	24,862	5,853	30,715
Health and Welfare	16,798	89,276	106,074
Services	27,722	44,193	71,915
Other subjects	727	1,132	1,859
Not Stated (including unknown)	398,235	409,380	807,615
Total	791,014	837,157	1,628,171

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	11,030	9,966	20,996
Primary Education	104,294	106,801	211,095
Lower Secondary	135,579	123,566	259,145
Upper Secondary	146,461	175,961	322,422
Technical or Vocational qualification	64,145	74,525	138,670
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	60,900	28,374	89,274
Higher Certificate	32,973	40,599	73,572
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	55,460	67,003	122,463
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	74,346	87,261	161,607
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	60,333	77,830	138,163
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	7,972	5,546	13,518
Not stated	37,521	39,725	77,246
Total	791,014	837,157	1,628,171

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	261,054
Bicycle	47,265
Bus, minibus or coach	179,901
Train, DART or LUAS	66,814
Motorcycle or scooter	6,909
Car driver	588,420
Car passenger	246,120
Van	53,625
Other	46,566
Not stated	47,676
Total	1,544,350

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	77,622
06:30-07:00	100,086
07:01-07:30	137,631
07:31-08:00	224,749
08:01-08:30	322,135
08:31-09:00	342,515
09:01-09:30	122,166
After 09:30	121,227
Not stated	56,141
Total	1,504,272

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	450,063
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	450,085
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	282,448
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	102,317
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	98,858
1 1/2 hours and over	32,656
Not stated	87,845
Total	1,504,272

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	29,260
15-24	24,791
25-44	68,432
45-64	92,692
65+	103,482
Total	318,657

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	16,743	24,972
'15-28	5,150	9,289
'29-42	2,575	4,135
'43+	6,597	12,924
'Not stated	5,247	6,882
'Total	36,312	58,202

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	758,548	772,263	1,530,811
Good	336,396	349,751	686,147
Fair	89,007	100,733	189,740
Bad	14,891	16,065	30,956
Very bad	3,273	3,613	6,886
Not stated	31,237	29,037	60,274
Total	1,233,352	1,271,462	2,504,814

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	66,590	36,333	102,923
Professional Occupations	91,742	114,342	206,084
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	84,258	58,034	142,292
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	29,594	107,729	137,323
Skilled Trades Occupations	147,207	14,393	161,600
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	12,970	65,100	78,070
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	30,242	57,559	87,801
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	71,920	11,545	83,465
Elementary Occupations	69,000	43,997	112,997
Not stated	62,435	48,877	111,312
Total	665,958	557,909	1,223,867

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25,128	4,011
Building and construction	40,614	4,127
Manufacturing industries	69,199	28,024
Commerce and trade	142,973	140,123
Transport and communications	72,454	25,997
Public administration	35,847	31,262
Professional services	65,911	170,226
Other	76,606	77,440
Total	528,732	481,210

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	172,539
One motor car	365,215
Two motor cars	290,057
Three motor cars	51,107
Four or more motor cars	16,231

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	677,555
No	197,062
Not stated	20,532
Total	895,149

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	607,358
Other	65,600
No	200,718
Not stated	21,473
Total	895,149

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