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Province Ulster (CSO Area Code PR 4)

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	2,425	2,293	4,718
1	2,407	2,346	4,753
2	2,539	2,368	4,907
3	2,488	2,374	4,862
4	2,343	2,250	4,593
5	2,372	2,103	4,475
6	2,314	2,149	4,463
7	2,320	2,195	4,515
8	2,237	2,090	4,327
9	2,211	2,085	4,296
10	2,197	2,097	4,294
11	2,219	2,180	4,399
12	2,221	2,226	4,447
13	2,313	2,099	4,412
14	2,185	2,025	4,210
15	2,170	2,040	4,210
16	2,065	1,988	4,053
17	2,082	1,941	4,023
18	1,882	1,733	3,615
19	1,625	1,560	3,185
20-24	8,532	8,356	16,888
25-29	9,569	10,146	19,715
30-34	10,983	11,210	22,193
35-39	11,019	10,828	21,847
40-44	10,658	10,500	21,158
45-49	9,739	9,806	19,545
50-54	8,866	8,785	17,651
55-59	8,379	7,865	16,244
60-64	7,708	7,300	15,008
65-69	6,311	5,732	12,043
70-74	4,440	4,529	8,969
75-79	3,444	3,762	7,206
80-84	2,138	2,869	5,007
85+	1,576	2,996	4,572
Total	147,977	146,826	294,803

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	82,450	72,084
Married	57,305	57,443
Separated	3,115	3,849
Divorced	2,310	3,067
Widowed	2,797	10,383
Total	147,977	146,826

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	231,013	259,858
UK	39,726	9,986
Poland	4,717	5,075
Lithuania	3,919	4,104
Other EU 27	4,088	3,985
Rest of World	7,223	4,997
Not stated	0	2,681
Total	290,686	290,686

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	257,543
White Irish Traveller	1,427
Other White	22,344
Black or Black Irish	1,979
Asian or Asian Irish	2,465
Other	1,577
Not stated	3,351
Total	290,686

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	271,287
Elsewhere in County	8,856
Elsewhere in Ireland	2,938
Outside Ireland	2,925
Total	286,006

Population by religion
Catholic	252,274
Other stated religion	30,932
No religion	8,906
Not stated	2,691
Total	294,803

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	4,928
French	2,136
Lithuanian	3,720
Other	10,915
Total	21,699

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	8,729
Well	6,691
Not well	4,480
Not at all	961
Not stated	838
Total	21,699

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	106,546
No	169,687
Not stated	4,192
Total	280,425

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	34,659
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	3,651
Outside education system, Daily	7,713
Outside education system, Weekly	6,861
Outside education system, Less often	31,633
Outside education system, Never	20,981
Outside education system, Not stated	1,048
Total	106,546

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	2,617	1,173	1,444
Weekly	470	203	267
Less often	334	151	183
Never	230	114	116
Total	3,651	1,641	2,010

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	28,200	56,400	8,068
3 persons	16,762	50,286	20,299
4 persons	15,911	63,644	33,163
5 persons	9,513	47,565	29,007
6 or more persons	5,271	33,872	23,548
Total	75,657	251,767	114,085

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	20,132
1 child	9,676	11,617	0	21,293
2 children	9,500	6,079	2,528	18,107
3 children	4,929	2,195	3,262	10,386
4 children	1,580	628	1,858	4,066
5 or more children	438	210	1,025	1,673

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	20,505	5,229	389
All children aged over fifteen	14,180	5,154	1,395
Other	7,208	1,305	160
Total number of family units	41,893	11,688	1,944

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	43,619	7,853	616
All children aged over fifteen	24,641	7,345	2,009
Other	23,579	3,946	477
Total number of family units	91,839	19,144	3,102

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	17,394	70,431
5-9 years	9,239	38,589
10-14 years	8,163	33,579
15-19 years	7,110	26,934
20+ years	13,619	41,970
Total	55,525	211,503

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	5,950	11,900
Empty nest	8,005	16,010
Retired	6,177	12,354
Pre-school	8,550	27,263
Early school	8,603	33,719
Pre-Adolescent	8,970	37,734
Adolescent	9,546	40,093
Adult	19,856	72,694
Total	75,657	251,767

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	27,258
1	12,769
2	19,896
3	16,465
4 or more	24,572
Total	100,960

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	26,272	26,272
Husband and wife	15,696	31,392
Cohabiting couple	2,959	5,918
Husband, wife and children	36,390	154,166
Cohabiting couple and children	3,139	11,997
Father and children	1,709	4,457
Mother and children	10,014	26,889
Couple and others	1,007	3,258
Couple, children and others	1,750	9,180
Father, children and others	153	582
Mother, children and others	769	2,834
Two or more family units	1,026	5,575
Non-family households and relations	2,520	5,675
Two or more non-related persons	1,642	4,042
Total	105,046	292,237

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	26,272	26,272
2 persons	28,482	56,964
3 persons	17,474	52,422
4 persons	16,537	66,148
5 persons	10,156	50,780
6 persons	4,194	25,164
7 persons	1,284	8,988
8 or more persons	647	5,499
Total	105,046	292,237

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	99,247	281,364
Flat/Apartment	3,737	6,090
Bed-sit	105	172
Caravan/Mobile Home	429	709
Not stated	1,528	3,902
Total	105,046	292,237

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	10,553	23,278
1919 to 1945	6,046	13,099
1946 to 1960	5,874	13,003
1961 to 1970	5,406	12,384
1971 to 1980	12,575	32,195
1981 to 1990	12,111	37,246
1991 to 2000	15,233	50,957
2001 to 2005	19,725	61,553
2006 or later	13,918	39,565
Not stated	3,176	8,248
Total	104,617	291,528

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	35,088	120,416
Owner occupied no mortgage	43,123	106,116
Rented from Private Landlord	14,148	35,116
Rented from Local Authority	7,997	21,235
Rented from Voluntary Body	700	1,415
Occupied free of rent	2,277	4,284
Not stated	1,284	2,946
Total	104,617	291,528

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	686	1,008
2 rooms	3,251	4,995
3 rooms	7,837	16,138
4 rooms	10,538	23,520
5 rooms	23,391	59,072
6 rooms	20,564	58,440
7 rooms	15,982	51,713
8 or more rooms	18,587	67,451
Not stated	3,781	9,191
Total	104,617	291,528

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	1,301
Oil	74,802
Natural Gas	3,460
Electricity	3,250
Coal (including anthracite)	10,093
Peat (including turf)	7,489
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	697
Wood (including wood pellets)	1,948
Other	643
Not stated	934
Total	104,617

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	65,061
Group scheme with local authority source	15,818
Group scheme with private source	7,357
Other private source	13,612
None	201
Not stated	2,568
Total	104,617

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	41,857
Individual septic tank	53,048
Other individual treatment	5,562
Other	887
No sewerage facility	222
Not stated	3,041
Total	104,617

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	105,385
Unoccupied	37,300
Total	142,685

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	238
Number of persons	4,665

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	55,478	48,113	103,591
Looking for first regular job	1,387	1,023	2,410
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	20,147	9,625	29,772
Student	11,353	12,337	23,690
Looking after home/family	1,469	22,019	23,488
Retired	16,996	15,283	32,279
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	6,024	5,206	11,230
Other	332	340	672
Total	113,186	113,946	227,132

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	7,974	6,288	14,262
Managerial and technical	32,098	37,612	69,710
Non-manual	20,428	31,263	51,691
Skilled manual	35,445	19,584	55,029
Semi-skilled	19,883	18,219	38,102
Unskilled	8,000	5,626	13,626
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	24,149	28,234	52,383
Total	147,977	146,826	294,803

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	11,973	37,383
B Higher professional	3,869	11,422
C Lower professional	10,029	27,339
D Non-manual	15,985	43,401
E Manual skilled	11,730	35,500
F Semi-skilled	10,190	29,186
G Unskilled	4,791	12,734
H Own account workers	6,405	20,376
I Farmers	9,619	27,477
J Agricultural workers	1,206	3,196
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	19,249	44,223
Total	105,046	292,237

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	14,365	10,273	24,638
15	8,089	5,445	13,534
16	11,961	8,544	20,505
17	7,744	7,891	15,635
18	9,878	11,387	21,265
19	3,254	4,353	7,607
20	2,998	4,123	7,121
21 and over	12,811	17,733	30,544
Not stated	25,643	26,447	52,090
Total	96,743	96,196	192,939

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	11,353	12,337	23,690
Other	5,090	5,413	10,503

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	1,626	6,001	7,627
Arts	1,079	1,334	2,413
Humanities	1,058	1,301	2,359
Social sciences, Business and Law	4,940	12,299	17,239
Science, Mathematics and Computing	2,890	3,439	6,329
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	15,409	1,194	16,603
Agriculture and Veterinary	6,379	740	7,119
Health and Welfare	1,612	11,760	13,372
Services	2,914	5,785	8,699
Other subjects	54	76	130
Not Stated (including unknown)	58,782	52,267	111,049
Total	96,743	96,196	192,939

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	2,692	2,046	4,738
Primary Education	21,859	17,226	39,085
Lower Secondary	21,483	15,608	37,091
Upper Secondary	16,016	18,186	34,202
Technical or Vocational qualification	7,463	9,268	16,731
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	6,747	3,819	10,566
Higher Certificate	3,272	4,851	8,123
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	4,486	6,734	11,220
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	4,923	7,935	12,858
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	3,362	5,873	9,235
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	304	229	533
Not stated	4,136	4,421	8,557
Total	96,743	96,196	192,939

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	15,487
Bicycle	656
Bus, minibus or coach	22,597
Train, DART or LUAS	232
Motorcycle or scooter	143
Car driver	68,341
Car passenger	35,795
Van	11,364
Other	8,189
Not stated	5,648
Total	168,452

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	6,412
06:30-07:00	6,945
07:01-07:30	9,760
07:31-08:00	21,443
08:01-08:30	29,729
08:31-09:00	43,472
09:01-09:30	25,996
After 09:30	11,538
Not stated	6,508
Total	161,803

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	69,377
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	44,669
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	21,353
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	6,444
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	5,848
1 1/2 hours and over	3,563
Not stated	10,549
Total	161,803

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	3,367
15-24	2,525
25-44	7,034
45-64	10,990
65+	14,628
Total	38,544

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	2,203	2,977
'15-28	829	1,366
'29-42	448	641
'43+	1,037	2,009
'Not stated	680	858
'Total	5,197	7,851

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	87,790	87,048	174,838
Good	41,938	41,441	83,379
Fair	13,666	13,807	27,473
Bad	1,880	1,936	3,816
Very bad	353	396	749
Not stated	2,350	2,198	4,548
Total	147,977	146,826	294,803

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	5,457	3,015	8,472
Professional Occupations	6,396	11,120	17,516
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	5,991	3,842	9,833
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	1,819	10,595	12,414
Skilled Trades Occupations	26,117	2,139	28,256
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	1,272	8,666	9,938
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	2,687	5,599	8,286
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	11,024	2,428	13,452
Elementary Occupations	7,848	5,239	13,087
Not stated	7,014	5,095	12,109
Total	75,625	57,738	133,363

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	8,872	1,241
Building and construction	5,903	439
Manufacturing industries	9,321	3,377
Commerce and trade	10,779	11,211
Transport and communications	4,340	1,284
Public administration	3,388	3,502
Professional services	5,688	18,605
Other	7,187	8,454
Total	55,478	48,113

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	15,635
One motor car	44,985
Two motor cars	35,236
Three motor cars	6,432
Four or more motor cars	2,329

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	69,377
No	33,456
Not stated	1,784
Total	104,617

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	57,898
Other	9,331
No	35,328
Not stated	2,060
Total	104,617

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