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Settlement Arklow Legal Town And Its Environs (CSO Area Code ST 15009)

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	116	142	258
1	146	134	280
2	104	125	229
3	130	114	244
4	108	91	199
5	89	102	191
6	106	109	215
7	83	109	192
8	99	91	190
9	88	95	183
10	86	102	188
11	81	92	173
12	90	85	175
13	87	82	169
14	71	80	151
15	75	93	168
16	81	75	156
17	78	93	171
18	85	68	153
19	60	63	123
20-24	369	417	786
25-29	479	559	1,038
30-34	571	617	1,188
35-39	558	569	1,127
40-44	477	482	959
45-49	457	431	888
50-54	382	369	751
55-59	281	287	568
60-64	282	275	557
65-69	214	236	450
70-74	181	196	377
75-79	120	135	255
80-84	63	81	144
85+	28	85	113
Total	6,325	6,684	13,009

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	3,549	3,537
Married	2,297	2,309
Separated	219	245
Divorced	142	177
Widowed	118	416
Total	6,325	6,684

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	10,642	10,979
UK	740	332
Poland	683	734
Lithuania	135	145
Other EU 27	268	265
Rest of World	413	292
Not stated	0	134
Total	12,881	12,881

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	10,817
White Irish Traveller	49
Other White	1,549
Black or Black Irish	52
Asian or Asian Irish	174
Other	74
Not stated	166
Total	12,881

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	11,779
Elsewhere in County	594
Elsewhere in Ireland	153
Outside Ireland	100
Total	12,626

Population by religion
Catholic	11,256
Other stated religion	964
No religion	620
Not stated	169
Total	13,009

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	725
French	112
Lithuanian	135
Other	710
Total	1,682

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	696
Well	541
Not well	327
Not at all	66
Not stated	52
Total	1,682

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	4,146
No	7,903
Not stated	193
Total	12,242

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	1,389
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	83
Outside education system, Daily	74
Outside education system, Weekly	220
Outside education system, Less often	1,290
Outside education system, Never	1,044
Outside education system, Not stated	46
Total	4,146

Irish speakers within education aged 3+, by frequency of speaking Irish outside education
Frequency	Persons	Males	Females
Daily	48	19	29
Weekly	14	6	8
Less often	12	6	6
Never	9	4	5
Total	83	35	48

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	1,427	2,854	433
3 persons	872	2,616	1,084
4 persons	830	3,320	1,751
5 persons	307	1,535	947
6 or more persons	111	721	506
Total	3,547	11,046	4,721

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	994
1 child	586	507	0	1,093
2 children	563	237	151	951
3 children	173	50	149	372
4 children	40	15	47	102
5 or more children	9	3	23	35

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	1,009	337	25
All children aged over fifteen	510	232	70
Other	265	94	11
Total number of family units	1,784	663	106

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	1,883	516	41
All children aged over fifteen	793	321	94
Other	768	275	30
Total number of family units	3,444	1,112	165

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	946	3,526
5-9 years	422	1,604
10-14 years	373	1,398
15-19 years	291	1,009
20+ years	521	1,521
Total	2,553	9,058

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	360	720
Empty nest	370	740
Retired	264	528
Pre-school	507	1,558
Early school	455	1,670
Pre-Adolescent	409	1,592
Adolescent	435	1,677
Adult	747	2,561
Total	3,547	11,046

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	1,203
1	738
2	1,138
3	719
4 or more	812
Total	4,610

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	1,172	1,172
Husband and wife	666	1,332
Cohabiting couple	214	428
Husband, wife and children	1,398	5,577
Cohabiting couple and children	278	1,037
Father and children	89	232
Mother and children	571	1,555
Couple and others	77	266
Couple, children and others	74	362
Father, children and others	7	25
Mother, children and others	41	148
Two or more family units	66	345
Non-family households and relations	100	226
Two or more non-related persons	99	233
Total	4,852	12,938

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	1,172	1,172
2 persons	1,393	2,786
3 persons	909	2,727
4 persons	862	3,448
5 persons	364	1,820
6 persons	107	642
7 persons	30	210
8 or more persons	15	133
Total	4,852	12,938

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	4,387	12,112
Flat/Apartment	379	642
Bed-sit	10	10
Caravan/Mobile Home	3	5
Not stated	73	169
Total	4,852	12,938

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	274	568
1919 to 1945	297	596
1946 to 1960	303	659
1961 to 1970	403	971
1971 to 1980	619	1,653
1981 to 1990	385	1,087
1991 to 2000	788	2,413
2001 to 2005	1,059	3,145
2006 or later	433	1,162
Not stated	288	679
Total	4,849	12,933

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	1,830	5,773
Owner occupied no mortgage	1,414	3,080
Rented from Private Landlord	999	2,523
Rented from Local Authority	467	1,250
Rented from Voluntary Body	37	119
Occupied free of rent	41	61
Not stated	61	127
Total	4,849	12,933

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	44	66
2 rooms	198	318
3 rooms	434	978
4 rooms	550	1,227
5 rooms	1,565	4,229
6 rooms	973	2,774
7 rooms	511	1,598
8 or more rooms	415	1,399
Not stated	159	344
Total	4,849	12,933

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	85
Oil	2,494
Natural Gas	1,707
Electricity	231
Coal (including anthracite)	208
Peat (including turf)	12
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	9
Wood (including wood pellets)	33
Other	18
Not stated	52
Total	4,849

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	4,507
Group scheme with local authority source	178
Group scheme with private source	11
Other private source	24
None	1
Not stated	128
Total	4,849

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	4,533
Individual septic tank	76
Other individual treatment	15
Other	60
No sewerage facility	4
Not stated	161
Total	4,849

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	4,858
Unoccupied	548
Total	5,406

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Persons in Communal Establishments
Number of establishments	7
Number of persons	164

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex
Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	2,309	2,252	4,561
Looking for first regular job	54	34	88
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,135	563	1,698
Student	436	484	920
Looking after home/family	33	1,012	1,045
Retired	610	544	1,154
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	259	231	490
Other	5	11	16
Total	4,841	5,131	9,972

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	337	276	613
Managerial and technical	1,348	1,570	2,918
Non-manual	751	1,502	2,253
Skilled manual	1,376	840	2,216
Semi-skilled	995	765	1,760
Unskilled	335	267	602
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,183	1,464	2,647
Total	6,325	6,684	13,009

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	647	1,886
B Higher professional	199	576
C Lower professional	420	1,126
D Non-manual	975	2,521
E Manual skilled	541	1,535
F Semi-skilled	531	1,471
G Unskilled	213	596
H Own account workers	236	705
I Farmers	17	39
J Agricultural workers	15	50
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,058	2,433
Total	4,852	12,938

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	299	245	544
15	220	181	401
16	446	340	786
17	344	411	755
18	469	519	988
19	129	214	343
20	140	168	308
21 and over	587	663	1,250
Not stated	1,445	1,575	3,020
Total	4,079	4,316	8,395

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	436	484	920
Other	326	331	657

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	41	207	248
Arts	63	81	144
Humanities	40	57	97
Social sciences, Business and Law	295	646	941
Science, Mathematics and Computing	182	172	354
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	783	46	829
Agriculture and Veterinary	44	24	68
Health and Welfare	60	400	460
Services	154	286	440
Other subjects	1	3	4
Not Stated (including unknown)	2,416	2,394	4,810
Total	4,079	4,316	8,395

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	76	60	136
Primary Education	565	590	1,155
Lower Secondary	875	769	1,644
Upper Secondary	834	950	1,784
Technical or Vocational qualification	364	509	873
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	366	164	530
Higher Certificate	176	238	414
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	232	301	533
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	205	258	463
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	130	208	338
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	11	8	19
Not stated	245	261	506
Total	4,079	4,316	8,395

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	1,492
Bicycle	56
Bus, minibus or coach	267
Train, DART or LUAS	93
Motorcycle or scooter	14
Car driver	3,027
Car passenger	1,666
Van	272
Other	111
Not stated	228
Total	7,226

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	531
06:30-07:00	596
07:01-07:30	517
07:31-08:00	726
08:01-08:30	900
08:31-09:00	1,835
09:01-09:30	1,118
After 09:30	659
Not stated	252
Total	7,134

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	3,356
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	1,390
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	665
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	430
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	647
1 1/2 hours and over	276
Not stated	370
Total	7,134

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	172
15-24	157
25-44	398
45-64	538
65+	530
Total	1,795

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	63	120
'15-28	19	42
'29-42	18	18
'43+	39	62
'Not stated	34	41
'Total	173	283

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	3,853	4,052	7,905
Good	1,744	1,845	3,589
Fair	499	548	1,047
Bad	81	92	173
Very bad	20	13	33
Not stated	128	134	262
Total	6,325	6,684	13,009

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	281	187	468
Professional Occupations	256	368	624
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	312	268	580
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	95	422	517
Skilled Trades Occupations	887	76	963
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	61	361	422
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	149	454	603
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	508	63	571
Elementary Occupations	453	288	741
Not stated	442	328	770
Total	3,444	2,815	6,259

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	46	9
Building and construction	206	17
Manufacturing industries	516	171
Commerce and trade	614	761
Transport and communications	182	52
Public administration	99	111
Professional services	241	641
Other	405	490
Total	2,309	2,252

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	1,089
One motor car	2,192
Two motor cars	1,325
Three motor cars	194
Four or more motor cars	49

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	3,557
No	1,180
Not stated	112
Total	4,849

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	3,148
Other	361
No	1,244
Not stated	96
Total	4,849

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