County Louth

Theme 1: Sex, Age and Marital Status

Population aged 0 - 19 by sex and year of age, population aged 20+ by sex and age group

Age Group	Male	Female	Total
0	893	848	1,741
1	948	885	1,833
2	966	938	1,904
3	997	963	1,960
4	1,031	1,004	2,035
5	1,066	994	2,060
6	1,039	1,050	2,089
7	1,154	1,070	2,224
8	1,025	1,036	2,061
9	1,104	955	2,059
10	969	998	1,967
11	972	957	1,929
12	970	915	1,885
13	894	970	1,864
14	1,067	987	2,054
15	944	907	1,851
16	873	930	1,803
17	877	850	1,727
18	877	861	1,738
19	754	675	1,429
20-24	3,628	3,450	7,078
25-29	3,698	3,915	7,613
30-34	4,411	4,845	9,256
35-39	4,907	5,340	10,247
40-44	4,919	5,069	9,988
45-49	4,659	4,591	9,250
50-54	4,107	4,035	8,142
55-59	3,452	3,528	6,980
60-64	3,064	2,976	6,040
65-69	2,639	2,729	5,368
70-74	2,044	2,182	4,226
75-79	1,363	1,560	2,923
80-84	833	1,126	1,959
85+	489	1,112	1,601
Total	63,633	65,251	128,884

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	35,809	33,737	69,546
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	23,703	23,740	47,443
Separated	1,615	2,196	3,811
Divorced	1,230	1,741	2,971
Widowed	1,276	3,837	5,113
Total	63,633	65,251	128,884

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	103,235	113,042
UK	10,953	2,001
Poland	1,943	2,114
Lithuania	1,797	2,023
Other EU 28	3,573	3,798
Rest of World	6,261	3,084
Not stated	0	1,700
Total	127,762	127,762

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	106,031
White Irish Traveller	771
Other White	10,006
Black or Black Irish	3,570
Asian or Asian Irish	2,406
Other	1,767
Not stated	3,211
Total	127,762

Usually resident population aged 1 year and over by usual residence 1 year before Census Day

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	118,200
Elsewhere in County	4,183
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,926
Outside Ireland	1,725
Total	126,034

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	105,186
Other stated religion	10,775
No religion	9,747
Not stated	3,176
Total	128,884

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	2,291
French	1,296
Lithuanian	1,997
Other	10,388
Total	15,972

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	8,514
Well	4,671
Not well	1,965
Not at all	344
Not stated	478
Total	15,972

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	42,047
No	77,770
Not stated	3,589
Total	123,406

Irish speakers aged 3 years and over by frequency of speaking Irish

Frequency of speaking Irish	Male	Female	Total
Speaks Irish daily only within the education system	6,858	8,506	15,364
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	147	240	387
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	84	105	189
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	57	75	132
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	39	51	90
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	365	425	790
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	1,055	1,221	2,276
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	5,668	6,976	12,644
Never speaks Irish	4,382	5,466	9,848
Not stated	141	186	327
All Irish speakers	18,796	23,251	42,047

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	12,632	25,264	3,810
3 persons	7,770	23,310	9,699
4 persons	7,744	30,976	16,227
5 persons	3,977	19,885	12,166
6 or more persons	1,575	9,954	6,877
Total	33,698	109,389	48,779

Family units with children, by size and age of children

Number of children	All children under 15	All children 15 or over	Children both under and over 15	Total
No children	0	0	0	8,822
1 child	4,293	5,358	0	9,651
2 children	4,679	2,813	1,442	8,934
3 children	2,089	864	1,528	4,481
4 children	493	189	701	1,383
5 or more children	121	33	273	427
Total	11,675	9,257	3,944	33,698

Family units with children, by type of family and age of children

Age of children	Couples with children	Mothers with children	Fathers with children
Number of families
All children under 15	9,016	2,502	157
All children 15 and over	5,996	2,616	645
Children both under and over 15	3,078	804	62
Total	18,090	5,922	864
Number of children
All children under 15	18,362	3,952	218
All children 15 and over	9,915	3,734	854
Children both under and over 15	9,291	2,273	180
Total	37,568	9,959	1,252

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	7,155	28,392
5-9 years	4,864	19,643
10-14 years	3,600	13,954
15-19 years	3,199	11,550
20+ years	6,058	18,206
Total	24,876	91,745

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	2,497	4,994
Empty nest	3,160	6,320
Retired	3,165	6,330
Pre-school	3,312	10,408
Early school	4,133	15,678
Pre-adolescent	4,230	17,137
Adolescent	4,493	18,191
Adult	8,708	30,331
Total	33,698	109,389

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	11,795
1	6,136
2	10,497
3	7,912
4 or more	8,315
Total	44,655

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	10,260	10,260
Married couple	6,441	12,882
Cohabiting couple	1,582	3,164
Married couple and children	14,586	60,173
Cohabiting couple and children	2,302	9,011
Father and children	743	1,826
Mother and children	4,764	13,108
Couple and others	461	1,522
Couple, children and others	817	4,220
Father, children and others	88	328
Mother, children and others	516	1,927
Two or more family units	689	3,691
Non-family households and relations	892	2,068
Two or more non-related persons	1,307	3,571
Total	45,448	127,751

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	10,260	10,260
2 persons	12,376	24,752
3 persons	8,040	24,120
4 persons	8,228	32,912
5 persons	4,432	22,160
6 persons	1,511	9,066
7 persons	420	2,940
8 or more persons	181	1,541
Total	45,448	127,751

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	41,808	119,821
Flat/Apartment	2,848	5,723
Bed-sit	26	38
Caravan/Mobile Home	85	185
Not stated	681	1,984
Total	45,448	127,751

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	3,195	7,236
1919 - 1945	3,091	6,852
1946 - 1960	3,230	7,599
1961 - 1970	3,393	8,307
1971 - 1980	6,255	16,251
1981 - 1990	3,765	10,798
1991 - 2000	6,876	22,089
2001 - 2010	11,645	37,588
2011 or later	908	2,747
Not stated	3,005	8,099
Total	45,363	127,566

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	16,356	55,109
Owner occupied no mortgage	15,145	34,654
Rented from Private Landlord	6,909	18,814
Rented from Local Authority	4,248	12,383
Rented from Voluntary Body	582	1,619
Occupied free of rent	611	1,221
Not stated	1,512	3,766
Total	45,363	127,566

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	342	512
2 rooms	1,682	3,158
3 rooms	4,304	11,276
4 rooms	4,665	10,912
5 rooms	12,013	32,669
6 rooms	7,498	21,557
7 rooms	5,571	17,802
8 or more rooms	6,487	22,873
Not stated	2,801	6,807
Total	45,363	127,566

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	391
Oil	20,916
Natural Gas	18,345
Electricity	1,653
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	1,956
Peat (incl. turf)	43
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	246
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	441
Other	238
Not stated	1,134
Total	45,363

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	35,697
Group scheme with public source	1,618
Group scheme with private source	806
Other private source	5,276
None	63
Not stated	1,903
Total	45,363

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	31,559
Individual septic tank	9,607
Other individual treatment	1,792
Other	173
No sewerage facility	43
Not stated	2,189
Total	45,363

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	45,528
Temporarily absent	1,158
Unoccupied holiday homes	761
Other vacant dwellings	3,952
Total	51,399

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	124
Number of persons	2,405

Theme 8: Principal Status

Population aged 15 years and over by principal economic status and sex

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	26,988	23,329	50,317
Looking for first regular job	650	495	1,145
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	5,124	3,789	8,913
Student	5,518	5,627	11,145
Looking after home/family	591	7,923	8,514
Retired	7,058	6,931	13,989
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	2,485	2,394	4,879
Other	124	193	317
Total	48,538	50,681	99,219

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	4,632	3,707	8,339
Managerial and technical	15,489	17,496	32,985
Non-manual	9,162	14,538	23,700
Skilled manual	12,673	7,365	20,038
Semi-skilled	7,704	7,185	14,889
Unskilled	2,907	2,410	5,317
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	11,066	12,550	23,616
Total	63,633	65,251	128,884

Persons in private households by socio-economic group of reference person

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	6,022	18,429
B Higher professional	2,407	7,297
C Lower professional	4,872	13,649
D Non-manual	8,821	24,711
E Manual skilled	4,669	13,846
F Semi-skilled	4,527	12,877
G Unskilled	2,040	5,326
H Own account workers	2,124	6,727
I Farmers	1,043	3,087
J Agricultural workers	182	523
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	8,741	21,279
Total	45,448	127,751

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	3,036	3,122	6,158
15	2,449	1,915	4,364
16	4,076	3,280	7,356
17	3,280	3,342	6,622
18	4,482	4,829	9,311
19	1,363	1,910	3,273
20	1,444	1,791	3,235
21 and over	7,746	9,042	16,788
Not stated	12,006	12,632	24,638
Total	39,882	41,863	81,745

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	5,518	5,627	11,145
Other	3,138	3,191	6,329

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	675	2,458	3,133
Arts	694	803	1,497
Humanities	467	744	1,211
Social sciences, Business and Law	3,669	6,421	10,090
Science, Mathematics and Computing	1,863	1,243	3,106
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	6,624	564	7,188
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,051	267	1,318
Health and Welfare	947	5,032	5,979
Services	1,415	2,343	3,758
Other subjects	30	39	69
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	22,447	21,949	44,396
Total	39,882	41,863	81,745

Population aged 15 years and over by sex and highest level of education completed

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	909	710	1,619
Primary Education	5,124	5,407	10,531
Lower Secondary	7,479	6,396	13,875
Upper Secondary	7,242	7,907	15,149
Technical or Vocational qualification	3,317	4,221	7,538
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	3,212	1,656	4,868
Higher Certificate	1,742	2,364	4,106
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	2,669	3,223	5,892
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	3,187	4,195	7,382
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	2,356	3,171	5,527
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	225	175	400
Not stated	2,420	2,438	4,858
Total	39,882	41,863	81,745

Theme 11: Commuting

Population aged 5 years and over by means of travel to work, school or college

Means of Travel	Work	School or College	Total
On foot	4,978	7,619	12,597
Bicycle	1,051	416	1,467
Bus, minibus or coach	2,140	6,400	8,540
Train, DART or LUAS	877	155	1,032
Motorcycle or scooter	124	6	130
Car driver	30,074	1,023	31,097
Car passenger	2,868	14,114	16,982
Van	3,398	74	3,472
Other (incl. lorry)	315	3	318
Work mainly at or from home	1,620	25	1,645
Not stated	2,267	1,320	3,587
Total	49,712	31,155	80,867

Population aged 5 years and over by time leaving home to travel to work, school or college

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	5,329
06:30-07:00	5,377
07:01-07:30	5,823
07:31-08:00	11,155
08:01-08:30	16,063
08:31-09:00	20,207
09:01-09:30	6,148
After 09:30	5,049
Not stated	4,071
Total	79,222

Population aged 5 years and over by journey time to work, school or college

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	30,236
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	22,063
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	9,630
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	3,251
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	5,308
1 1/2 hours and over	2,753
Not stated	5,981
Total	79,222

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	8,732	9,149	17,881

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	2,095	3,257	5,352

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	37,314	37,715	75,029
Good	17,658	18,621	36,279
Fair	5,456	5,775	11,231
Bad	926	1,022	1,948
Very bad	219	214	433
Not stated	2,060	1,904	3,964
Total	63,633	65,251	128,884

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	2,689	1,563	4,252
Professional Occupations	3,708	4,902	8,610
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3,502	2,275	5,777
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	1,262	4,425	5,687
Skilled Trades Occupations	7,322	734	8,056
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	984	3,855	4,839
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	1,732	3,320	5,052
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	3,708	820	4,528
Elementary Occupations	3,538	2,243	5,781
Not stated	3,667	2,981	6,648
Total	32,112	27,118	59,230

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,208	139	1,347
Building and construction	2,473	165	2,638
Manufacturing industries	4,405	1,522	5,927
Commerce and trade	6,682	6,300	12,982
Transport and communications	2,975	973	3,948
Public administration	1,427	1,106	2,533
Professional services	3,333	8,694	12,027
Other	4,485	4,430	8,915
Total	26,988	23,329	50,317

Theme 15: Motor Car Availability, PC Ownership and Internet Access

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	7,782
One motor car	19,420
Two motor cars	14,009
Three motor cars	2,069
Four or more motor cars	648
Not stated	1,435
Total	45,363

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	29,671
No	13,997
Not stated	1,695
Total	45,363

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	32,095
Other	2,972
No	8,803
Not stated	1,493
Total	45,363