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Settlement Dundalk Legal Town And Its Environs (CSO Area Code ST 10008)

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	303	295	598
1	301	305	606
2	330	309	639
3	310	302	612
4	281	272	553
5	278	264	542
6	271	232	503
7	291	260	551
8	286	293	579
9	307	277	584
10	290	286	576
11	243	264	507
12	254	258	512
13	231	260	491
14	264	233	497
15	249	257	506
16	229	226	455
17	226	265	491
18	266	277	543
19	270	248	518
20-24	1,434	1,527	2,961
25-29	1,500	1,591	3,091
30-34	1,505	1,600	3,105
35-39	1,404	1,451	2,855
40-44	1,246	1,276	2,522
45-49	1,152	1,191	2,343
50-54	1,025	1,096	2,121
55-59	971	962	1,933
60-64	800	848	1,648
65-69	684	710	1,394
70-74	528	574	1,102
75-79	367	440	807
80-84	217	382	599
85+	143	329	472
Total	18,456	19,360	37,816

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	10,911	10,628
Married	6,278	6,279
Separated	497	723
Divorced	367	502
Widowed	403	1,228
Total	18,456	19,360

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	29,114	32,217
UK	3,839	506
Poland	555	596
Lithuania	633	673
Other EU 27	1,119	1,140
Rest of World	2,269	1,888
Not stated	0	509
Total	37,529	37,529

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	30,645
White Irish Traveller	441
Other White	2,987
Black or Black Irish	1,669
Asian or Asian Irish	687
Other	389
Not stated	711
Total	37,529

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	34,323
Elsewhere in County	1,734
Elsewhere in Ireland	479
Outside Ireland	396
Total	36,932

Population by religion
Catholic	31,790
Other stated religion	3,350
No religion	1,971
Not stated	705
Total	37,816

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	587
French	402
Lithuanian	595
Other	3,287
Total	4,871

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	2,320
Well	1,471
Not well	795
Not at all	131
Not stated	154
Total	4,871

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	12,838
No	22,190
Not stated	945
Total	35,973

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	4,241
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	268
Outside education system, Daily	220
Outside education system, Weekly	669
Outside education system, Less often	4,086
Outside education system, Never	3,217
Outside education system, Not stated	137
Total	12,838

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	138	63	75
Weekly	47	23	24
Less often	48	24	24
Never	35	19	16
Total	268	129	139

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	3,994	7,988	1,376
3 persons	2,373	7,119	3,030
4 persons	1,998	7,992	4,298
5 persons	978	4,890	3,037
6 or more persons	455	2,886	2,019
Total	9,798	30,875	13,760

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	2,618
1 child	1,521	1,571	0	3,092
2 children	1,254	729	370	2,353
3 children	551	242	384	1,177
4 children	166	57	181	404
5 or more children	43	9	102	154

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	2,346	1,136	53
All children aged over fifteen	1,623	790	195
Other	730	289	18
Total number of family units	4,699	2,215	266

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	4,678	1,812	78
All children aged over fifteen	2,621	1,152	256
Other	2,232	877	54
Total number of family units	9,531	3,841	388

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	2,318	8,788
5-9 years	1,221	4,663
10-14 years	1,033	3,928
15-19 years	907	3,236
20+ years	1,701	5,024
Total	7,180	25,639

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	920	1,840
Empty nest	884	1,768
Retired	814	1,628
Pre-school	1,233	3,706
Early school	1,129	4,100
Pre-Adolescent	1,173	4,643
Adolescent	1,152	4,554
Adult	2,493	8,636
Total	9,798	30,875

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	4,098
1	1,938
2	2,758
3	2,075
4 or more	2,584
Total	13,453

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	3,706	3,706
Husband and wife	1,840	3,680
Cohabiting couple	556	1,112
Husband, wife and children	3,823	15,589
Cohabiting couple and children	562	2,172
Father and children	225	562
Mother and children	1,867	5,214
Couple and others	145	501
Couple, children and others	217	1,079
Father, children and others	27	96
Mother, children and others	168	621
Two or more family units	183	951
Non-family households and relations	359	834
Two or more non-related persons	536	1,428
Total	14,214	37,545

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	3,706	3,706
2 persons	4,080	8,160
3 persons	2,551	7,653
4 persons	2,160	8,640
5 persons	1,129	5,645
6 persons	430	2,580
7 persons	120	840
8 or more persons	38	321
Total	14,214	37,545

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	13,015	35,049
Flat/Apartment	865	1,628
Bed-sit	20	35
Caravan/Mobile Home	2	3
Not stated	312	830
Total	14,214	37,545

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	919	1,913
1919 to 1945	1,222	2,652
1946 to 1960	1,211	2,885
1961 to 1970	1,245	3,022
1971 to 1980	2,208	5,911
1981 to 1990	1,276	3,590
1991 to 2000	1,912	5,810
2001 to 2005	2,208	6,319
2006 or later	1,215	3,303
Not stated	796	2,137
Total	14,212	37,542

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	5,092	15,784
Owner occupied no mortgage	4,103	8,854
Rented from Private Landlord	2,685	6,720
Rented from Local Authority	1,635	4,488
Rented from Voluntary Body	272	736
Occupied free of rent	199	424
Not stated	226	536
Total	14,212	37,542

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	101	142
2 rooms	488	858
3 rooms	1,399	3,472
4 rooms	1,499	3,295
5 rooms	4,345	11,095
6 rooms	2,299	6,162
7 rooms	1,646	5,019
8 or more rooms	1,706	5,696
Not stated	729	1,803
Total	14,212	37,542

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	148
Oil	5,632
Natural Gas	7,192
Electricity	429
Coal (including anthracite)	487
Peat (including turf)	9
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	34
Wood (including wood pellets)	42
Other	20
Not stated	219
Total	14,212

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	13,219
Group scheme with local authority source	443
Group scheme with private source	13
Other private source	110
None	3
Not stated	424
Total	14,212

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	12,995
Individual septic tank	589
Other individual treatment	27
Other	42
No sewerage facility	6
Not stated	553
Total	14,212

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	14,291
Unoccupied	2,444
Total	16,735

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	23
Number of persons	444

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	6,484	6,391	12,875
Looking for first regular job	239	173	412
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,628	1,610	4,238
Student	1,851	1,896	3,747
Looking after home/family	133	2,501	2,634
Retired	2,016	1,887	3,903
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	799	737	1,536
Other	66	55	121
Total	14,216	15,250	29,466

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	1,112	903	2,015
Managerial and technical	4,053	4,446	8,499
Non-manual	2,866	4,440	7,306
Skilled manual	3,319	1,968	5,287
Semi-skilled	2,320	2,207	4,527
Unskilled	736	706	1,442
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,050	4,690	8,740
Total	18,456	19,360	37,816

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,803	5,053
B Higher professional	683	1,960
C Lower professional	1,280	3,293
D Non-manual	3,098	8,102
E Manual skilled	1,314	3,615
F Semi-skilled	1,555	4,273
G Unskilled	585	1,517
H Own account workers	505	1,555
I Farmers	50	128
J Agricultural workers	29	86
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,312	7,963
Total	14,214	37,545

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,004	1,131	2,135
15	763	702	1,465
16	1,333	1,208	2,541
17	876	1,037	1,913
18	1,381	1,418	2,799
19	395	520	915
20	405	486	891
21 and over	2,097	2,209	4,306
Not stated	3,221	3,671	6,892
Total	11,475	12,382	23,857

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	1,851	1,896	3,747
Other	890	972	1,862

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	206	664	870
Arts	181	208	389
Humanities	137	175	312
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,089	1,673	2,762
Science, Mathematics and Computing	553	375	928
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,810	162	1,972
Agriculture and Veterinary	98	43	141
Health and Welfare	213	1,222	1,435
Services	463	609	1,072
Other subjects	11	9	20
Not Stated (including unknown)	6,714	7,242	13,956
Total	11,475	12,382	23,857

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	209	200	409
Primary Education	1,813	2,106	3,919
Lower Secondary	2,322	2,267	4,589
Upper Secondary	2,289	2,542	4,831
Technical or Vocational qualification	901	1,133	2,034
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	718	333	1,051
Higher Certificate	503	553	1,056
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	700	814	1,514
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	787	1,016	1,803
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	600	745	1,345
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	66	33	99
Not stated	567	640	1,207
Total	11,475	12,382	23,857

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	4,600
Bicycle	667
Bus, minibus or coach	1,856
Train, DART or LUAS	220
Motorcycle or scooter	37
Car driver	8,007
Car passenger	4,677
Van	579
Other	302
Not stated	796
Total	21,741

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	893
06:30-07:00	1,056
07:01-07:30	1,008
07:31-08:00	2,171
08:01-08:30	4,468
08:31-09:00	7,575
09:01-09:30	1,567
After 09:30	1,810
Not stated	929
Total	21,477

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	10,477
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	6,025
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	1,679
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	443
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	918
1 1/2 hours and over	598
Not stated	1,337
Total	21,477

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	403
15-24	367
25-44	1,059
45-64	1,558
65+	1,738
Total	5,125

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	253	387
'15-28	95	171
'29-42	43	72
'43+	122	220
'Not stated	86	85
'Total	599	935

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	10,889	11,344	22,233
Good	5,182	5,494	10,676
Fair	1,622	1,767	3,389
Bad	289	280	569
Very bad	55	56	111
Not stated	419	419	838
Total	18,456	19,360	37,816

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	779	436	1,215
Professional Occupations	994	1,248	2,242
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,137	595	1,732
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	374	1,351	1,725
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,680	196	1,876
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	247	1,022	1,269
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	621	1,199	1,820
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,029	263	1,292
Elementary Occupations	1,021	668	1,689
Not stated	1,230	1,023	2,253
Total	9,112	8,001	17,113

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	56	10
Building and construction	402	37
Manufacturing industries	1,052	437
Commerce and trade	1,751	1,899
Transport and communications	685	175
Public administration	551	380
Professional services	841	2,255
Other	1,146	1,198
Total	6,484	6,391

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	3,716
One motor car	6,550
Two motor cars	3,358
Three motor cars	472
Four or more motor cars	116

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	9,868
No	3,987
Not stated	357
Total	14,212

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	8,768
Other	980
No	4,101
Not stated	363
Total	14,212

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