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Settlement Prosperous (CSO Area Code ST 06024)

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	17	24	41
1	31	19	50
2	33	23	56
3	18	22	40
4	28	19	47
5	25	23	48
6	22	23	45
7	28	14	42
8	27	19	46
9	26	17	43
10	28	25	53
11	19	17	36
12	25	19	44
13	20	23	43
14	20	14	34
15	15	17	32
16	12	19	31
17	17	15	32
18	16	20	36
19	9	11	20
20-24	44	47	91
25-29	39	71	110
30-34	85	92	177
35-39	113	112	225
40-44	89	113	202
45-49	84	76	160
50-54	50	50	100
55-59	46	42	88
60-64	47	43	90
65-69	33	30	63
70-74	17	32	49
75-79	23	26	49
80-84	5	12	17
85+	5	3	8
Total	1,116	1,132	2,248

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	639	584
Married	429	438
Separated	26	29
Divorced	8	26
Widowed	14	55
Total	1,116	1,132

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	1,952	2,063
UK	125	44
Poland	4	5
Lithuania	14	13
Other EU 27	31	32
Rest of World	111	60
Not stated	0	20
Total	2,237	2,237

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	1,994
White Irish Traveller	7
Other White	119
Black or Black Irish	62
Asian or Asian Irish	14
Other	21
Not stated	20
Total	2,237

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	2,102
Elsewhere in County	63
Elsewhere in Ireland	25
Outside Ireland	7
Total	2,197

Population by religion
Catholic	1,995
Other stated religion	139
No religion	89
Not stated	25
Total	2,248

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	2
French	37
Lithuanian	13
Other	115
Total	167

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	97
Well	36
Not well	29
Not at all	1
Not stated	4
Total	167

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	888
No	1,181
Not stated	32
Total	2,101

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	323
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	19
Outside education system, Daily	16
Outside education system, Weekly	62
Outside education system, Less often	284
Outside education system, Never	181
Outside education system, Not stated	3
Total	888

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	6	1	5
Weekly	2	2	0
Less often	4	3	1
Never	7	4	3
Total	19	10	9

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	205	410	68
3 persons	143	429	181
4 persons	154	616	321
5 persons	85	425	259
6 or more persons	29	189	132
Total	616	2,069	961

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	137
1 child	92	81	0	173
2 children	112	40	27	179
3 children	53	12	29	94
4 children	11	1	10	22
5 or more children	2	0	9	11

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	208	61	1
All children aged over fifteen	80	43	11
Other	67	8	0
Total number of family units	355	112	12

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	425	104	1
All children aged over fifteen	129	58	14
Other	203	27	0
Total number of family units	757	189	15

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	176	705
5-9 years	96	383
10-14 years	73	292
15-19 years	56	196
20+ years	78	219
Total	479	1,795

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	45	90
Empty nest	45	90
Retired	47	94
Pre-school	86	273
Early school	87	330
Pre-Adolescent	97	405
Adolescent	94	408
Adult	115	379
Total	616	2,069

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	156
1	108
2	190
3	144
4 or more	136
Total	734

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	126	126
Husband and wife	106	212
Cohabiting couple	27	54
Husband, wife and children	307	1,267
Cohabiting couple and children	31	130
Father and children	10	23
Mother and children	101	276
Couple and others	3	9
Couple, children and others	15	83
Father, children and others	1	3
Mother, children and others	1	3
Two or more family units	7	34
Non-family households and relations	8	17
Two or more non-related persons	5	10
Total	748	2,247

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	126	126
2 persons	202	404
3 persons	139	417
4 persons	158	632
5 persons	90	450
6 persons	22	132
7 persons	4	28
8 or more persons	7	58
Total	748	2,247

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	721	2,192
Flat/Apartment	19	42
Bed-sit	1	1
Caravan/Mobile Home	0	0
Not stated	7	12
Total	748	2,247

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	13	31
1919 to 1945	8	16
1946 to 1960	19	31
1961 to 1970	40	95
1971 to 1980	77	205
1981 to 1990	48	139
1991 to 2000	249	807
2001 to 2005	210	711
2006 or later	65	167
Not stated	19	45
Total	748	2,247

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	365	1,270
Owner occupied no mortgage	195	428
Rented from Private Landlord	82	238
Rented from Local Authority	92	289
Rented from Voluntary Body	1	1
Occupied free of rent	7	14
Not stated	6	7
Total	748	2,247

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	10	13
2 rooms	21	40
3 rooms	36	99
4 rooms	50	135
5 rooms	191	514
6 rooms	161	494
7 rooms	134	473
8 or more rooms	115	419
Not stated	30	60
Total	748	2,247

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	1
Oil	238
Natural Gas	445
Electricity	4
Coal (including anthracite)	17
Peat (including turf)	35
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	1
Wood (including wood pellets)	1
Other	1
Not stated	5
Total	748

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	711
Group scheme with local authority source	19
Group scheme with private source	0
Other private source	4
None	0
Not stated	14
Total	748

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	676
Individual septic tank	43
Other individual treatment	13
Other	0
No sewerage facility	0
Not stated	16
Total	748

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	748
Unoccupied	62
Total	810

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	0
Number of persons	0

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	428	364	792
Looking for first regular job	7	7	14
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	120	62	182
Student	76	91	167
Looking after home/family	6	184	190
Retired	77	79	156
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	35	41	76
Other	0	3	3
Total	749	831	1,580

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	70	56	126
Managerial and technical	349	361	710
Non-manual	144	239	383
Skilled manual	276	168	444
Semi-skilled	86	85	171
Unskilled	49	39	88
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	142	184	326
Total	1,116	1,132	2,248

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	123	408
B Higher professional	38	126
C Lower professional	83	268
D Non-manual	134	397
E Manual skilled	92	282
F Semi-skilled	51	146
G Unskilled	28	87
H Own account workers	60	198
I Farmers	3	10
J Agricultural workers	5	14
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	131	311
Total	748	2,247

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	70	66	136
15	45	42	87
16	71	61	132
17	79	95	174
18	81	105	186
19	21	30	51
20	22	26	48
21 and over	129	139	268
Not stated	120	137	257
Total	638	701	1,339

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	76	91	167
Other	35	39	74

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	13	50	63
Arts	12	11	23
Humanities	10	12	22
Social sciences, Business and Law	45	119	164
Science, Mathematics and Computing	37	31	68
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	140	11	151
Agriculture and Veterinary	12	3	15
Health and Welfare	12	59	71
Services	17	49	66
Other subjects	0	1	1
Not Stated (including unknown)	340	355	695
Total	638	701	1,339

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	7	6	13
Primary Education	91	89	180
Lower Secondary	130	124	254
Upper Secondary	118	164	282
Technical or Vocational qualification	47	82	129
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	75	35	110
Higher Certificate	26	39	65
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	44	48	92
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	48	56	104
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	35	36	71
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	4	9	13
Not stated	13	13	26
Total	638	701	1,339

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	309
Bicycle	3
Bus, minibus or coach	92
Train, DART or LUAS	16
Motorcycle or scooter	5
Car driver	603
Car passenger	236
Van	65
Other	34
Not stated	23
Total	1,386

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	76
06:30-07:00	121
07:01-07:30	128
07:31-08:00	177
08:01-08:30	256
08:31-09:00	333
09:01-09:30	184
After 09:30	65
Not stated	22
Total	1,362

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	472
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	334
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	211
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	102
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	149
1 1/2 hours and over	33
Not stated	61
Total	1,362

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	47
15-24	15
25-44	60
45-64	88
65+	59
Total	269

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	11	32
'15-28	4	7
'29-42	7	8
'43+	5	13
'Not stated	1	5
'Total	28	65

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	732	698	1,430
Good	284	309	593
Fair	78	87	165
Bad	11	16	27
Very bad	2	2	4
Not stated	9	20	29
Total	1,116	1,132	2,248

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	55	18	73
Professional Occupations	65	74	139
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	85	58	143
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	17	93	110
Skilled Trades Occupations	141	11	152
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	7	71	78
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	20	37	57
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	76	8	84
Elementary Occupations	44	28	72
Not stated	38	28	66
Total	548	426	974

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	9	4
Building and construction	44	7
Manufacturing industries	84	34
Commerce and trade	121	86
Transport and communications	57	27
Public administration	32	17
Professional services	39	142
Other	42	47
Total	428	364

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	79
One motor car	260
Two motor cars	354
Three motor cars	45
Four or more motor cars	10

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	578
No	161
Not stated	9
Total	748

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	545
Other	37
No	148
Not stated	18
Total	748

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