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Settlement Avoca (CSO Area Code ST 15013)

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	7	4	11
1	4	7	11
2	7	6	13
3	7	7	14
4	7	10	17
5	3	4	7
6	7	7	14
7	6	3	9
8	11	10	21
9	9	9	18
10	11	6	17
11	7	7	14
12	5	6	11
13	3	6	9
14	10	3	13
15	9	3	12
16	4	8	12
17	3	3	6
18	5	5	10
19	5	4	9
20-24	18	15	33
25-29	15	24	39
30-34	21	20	41
35-39	32	30	62
40-44	23	33	56
45-49	33	40	73
50-54	28	20	48
55-59	19	23	42
60-64	17	21	38
65-69	19	11	30
70-74	12	15	27
75-79	3	3	6
80-84	4	3	7
85+	1	2	3
Total	375	378	753

Population by sex and marital status
Status	Males	Females
Single	202	181
Married	152	153
Separated	4	15
Divorced	7	14
Widowed	10	15
Total	375	378

Theme 2: Migration and ethnicity

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality
Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	668	710
UK	47	16
Poland	2	1
Lithuania	1	1
Other EU 27	10	9
Rest of World	18	4
Not stated	0	5
Total	746	746

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background
White Irish	702
White Irish Traveller	0
Other White	28
Black or Black Irish	0
Asian or Asian Irish	1
Other	7
Not stated	8
Total	746

Usually resident population aged 1 and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day
Same Address	706
Elsewhere in County	20
Elsewhere in Ireland	3
Outside Ireland	7
Total	736

Population by religion
Catholic	649
Other stated religion	51
No religion	47
Not stated	6
Total	753

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken
Language	Persons
Polish	1
French	20
Lithuanian	1
Other	19
Total	41

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English
Ability	Persons
Very well	28
Well	5
Not well	5
Not at all	0
Not stated	3
Total	41

Theme 3: Irish language

Population aged 3 or over by ability to speak Irish
Ability	Persons
Yes	225
No	488
Not stated	5
Total	718

Irish speakers aged 3 or over by frequency of speaking Irish
Speaks Irish Daily, within education system only	89
Speaks Irish Daily, within and also outside education system	9
Outside education system, Daily	3
Outside education system, Weekly	11
Outside education system, Less often	59
Outside education system, Never	54
Outside education system, Not stated	0
Total	225

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

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	85	170	29
3 persons	40	120	50
4 persons	49	196	106
5 persons	29	145	87
6 or more persons	8	48	33
Total	211	679	305

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	56
1 child	30	29	0	59
2 children	33	9	9	51
3 children	20	9	8	37
4 children	2	0	5	7
5 or more children	0	1	0	1

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	62	22	1
All children aged over fifteen	27	17	4
Other	18	4	0
Total number of family units	107	43	5

Number of children
All children aged under fifteen	129	34	1
All children aged over fifteen	48	26	5
Other	50	12	0
Total number of family units	227	72	6

Families by age of youngest child
	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	47	187
5-9 years	33	126
10-14 years	27	100
15-19 years	20	78
20+ years	28	76
Total	155	567

Families by family cycle
Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	11	22
Empty nest	31	62
Retired	14	28
Pre-school	19	64
Early school	33	116
Pre-Adolescent	33	131
Adolescent	22	89
Adult	48	167
Total	211	679

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born alive
Number of children born	Number of females
0	45
1	32
2	72
3	50
4 or more	52
Total	251

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type
Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	54	54
Husband and wife	48	96
Cohabiting couple	4	8
Husband, wife and children	94	393
Cohabiting couple and children	6	22
Father and children	5	11
Mother and children	37	101
Couple and others	2	6
Couple, children and others	5	25
Father, children and others	0	0
Mother, children and others	2	7
Two or more family units	4	19
Non-family households and relations	0	0
Two or more non-related persons	3	10
Total	264	752

Private households by size
Size of family	Households	Persons
1 person	54	54
2 persons	78	156
3 persons	38	114
4 persons	52	208
5 persons	33	165
6 persons	8	48
7 persons	1	7
8 or more persons	0	0
Total	264	752

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	254	733
Flat/Apartment	5	8
Bed-sit	1	1
Caravan/Mobile Home	0	0
Not stated	4	10
Total	264	752

Permanent private households by year built
Year Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	17	47
1919 to 1945	7	10
1946 to 1960	17	35
1961 to 1970	10	31
1971 to 1980	51	137
1981 to 1990	20	50
1991 to 2000	31	103
2001 to 2005	89	280
2006 or later	9	25
Not stated	13	34
Total	264	752

Permanent private households by type of occupancy
Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	102	358
Owner occupied no mortgage	73	155
Rented from Private Landlord	17	45
Rented from Local Authority	64	180
Rented from Voluntary Body	0	0
Occupied free of rent	4	4
Not stated	4	10
Total	264	752

Permanent private households by number of rooms
Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	2	2
2 rooms	5	7
3 rooms	15	35
4 rooms	25	57
5 rooms	79	212
6 rooms	60	177
7 rooms	34	114
8 or more rooms	35	125
Not stated	9	23
Total	264	752

Permanent private households by central heating
No central heating	1
Oil	213
Natural Gas	1
Electricity	1
Coal (including anthracite)	32
Peat (including turf)	0
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	3
Wood (including wood pellets)	9
Other	0
Not stated	4
Total	264

Permanent private households by water supply
Public main	226
Group scheme with local authority source	23
Group scheme with private source	2
Other private source	5
None	0
Not stated	8
Total	264

Permanent private households by sewerage facility
Public scheme	239
Individual septic tank	14
Other individual treatment	1
Other	1
No sewerage facility	0
Not stated	9
Total	264

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night
Occupied	265
Unoccupied	31
Total	296

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	115	113	228
Looking for first regular job	5	1	6
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	60	32	92
Student	26	27	53
Looking after home/family	6	64	70
Retired	42	26	68
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	16	17	33
Other	1	3	4
Total	271	283	554

Theme 9: Socio Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class
Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	18	15	33
Managerial and technical	109	108	217
Non-manual	34	67	101
Skilled manual	80	46	126
Semi-skilled	34	36	70
Unskilled	26	15	41
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	74	91	165
Total	375	378	753

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person
Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	46	143
B Higher professional	12	38
C Lower professional	18	54
D Non-manual	36	108
E Manual skilled	31	81
F Semi-skilled	24	59
G Unskilled	15	39
H Own account workers	17	63
I Farmers	0	0
J Agricultural workers	2	8
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	63	159
Total	264	752

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased
Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	19	23	42
15	12	17	29
16	30	22	52
17	19	18	37
18	19	21	40
19	7	12	19
20	6	11	17
21 and over	36	30	66
Not stated	81	77	158
Total	229	231	460

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased
Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school	26	27	53
Other	16	25	41

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study
Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	3	10	13
Arts	6	3	9
Humanities	3	5	8
Social sciences, Business and Law	20	34	54
Science, Mathematics and Computing	11	2	13
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	38	1	39
Agriculture and Veterinary	2	3	5
Health and Welfare	2	23	25
Services	8	10	18
Other subjects	0	0	0
Not Stated (including unknown)	136	140	276
Total	229	231	460

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed
Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	9	4	13
Primary Education	32	34	66
Lower Secondary	52	46	98
Upper Secondary	41	54	95
Technical or Vocational qualification	7	27	34
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	24	9	33
Higher Certificate	12	9	21
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	14	12	26
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	11	10	21
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	13	10	23
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	1	1	2
Not stated	13	15	28
Total	229	231	460

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college
On foot	76
Bicycle	4
Bus, minibus or coach	75
Train, DART or LUAS	4
Motorcycle or scooter	0
Car driver	160
Car passenger	49
Van	19
Other	16
Not stated	8
Total	411

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college
Before 06:30	24
06:30-07:00	25
07:01-07:30	42
07:31-08:00	59
08:01-08:30	55
08:31-09:00	53
09:01-09:30	98
After 09:30	28
Not stated	14
Total	398

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college
Under 15 mins	143
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	100
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	44
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	30
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	48
1 1/2 hours and over	17
Not stated	16
Total	398

Theme 12: Disability, carers and general health

Persons with disability by age group
00-14	10
15-24	6
25-44	15
45-64	35
65+	27
Total	93

Carers by sex and number of unpaid hours per week
Number of hours	Males	Females
'1-14	5	8
'15-28	0	3
'29-42	2	3
'43+	1	6
'Not stated	3	1
'Total	11	21

Population by general health and sex
Health	Males	Females	Total
Very good	212	240	452
Good	116	98	214
Fair	34	32	66
Bad	6	4	10
Very bad	0	1	1
Not stated	7	3	10
Total	375	378	753

Theme 13: Occupation

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex
Occupation	Males	Females	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	15	13	28
Professional Occupations	20	20	40
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	12	10	22
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	5	22	27
Skilled Trades Occupations	44	7	51
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	2	18	20
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	6	19	25
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	25	2	27
Elementary Occupations	23	11	34
Not stated	23	23	46
Total	175	145	320

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex
Industry	Males	Females
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2	0
Building and construction	14	1
Manufacturing industries	23	10
Commerce and trade	24	33
Transport and communications	17	5
Public administration	6	4
Professional services	14	33
Other	15	27
Total	115	113

Theme 15: PC and Internet Access

Number of households with cars
No motor car	35
One motor car	107
Two motor cars	111
Three motor cars	5
Four or more motor cars	6

Number of households with a personal computer
Yes	186
No	74
Not stated	4
Total	264

Number of households with internet access
Broadband	178
Other	9
No	71
Not stated	6
Total	264

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