County Sligo

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	375	362	737
1	413	411	824
2	449	424	873
3	506	425	931
4	519	426	945
5	500	437	937
6	508	486	994
7	447	470	917
8	498	458	956
9	499	430	929
10	427	413	840
11	439	427	866
12	440	436	876
13	413	446	859
14	422	407	829
15	461	406	867
16	470	383	853
17	481	447	928
18	474	427	901
19	421	450	871
20-24	1,796	1,801	3,597
25-29	1,547	1,658	3,205
30-34	2,006	2,258	4,264
35-39	2,319	2,443	4,762
40-44	2,197	2,316	4,513
45-49	2,192	2,152	4,344
50-54	2,159	2,240	4,399
55-59	2,073	2,195	4,268
60-64	1,859	1,967	3,826
65-69	1,811	1,745	3,556
70-74	1,332	1,307	2,639
75-79	878	994	1,872
80-84	614	728	1,342
85+	420	795	1,215
Total	32,365	33,170	65,535

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	17,826	16,531	34,357
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	12,466	12,547	25,013
Separated	755	958	1,713
Divorced	595	780	1,375
Widowed	723	2,354	3,077
Total	32,365	33,170	65,535

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	54,272	57,622
UK	5,059	1,921
Poland	1,433	1,524
Lithuania	192	200
Other EU 28	1,176	1,118
Rest of World	2,352	1,163
Not stated	0	936
Total	64,484	64,484

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	55,593
White Irish Traveller	386
Other White	4,895
Black or Black Irish	555
Asian or Asian Irish	985
Other	596
Not stated	1,474
Total	64,484

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	59,322
Elsewhere in County	2,395
Elsewhere in Ireland	1,249
Outside Ireland	788
Total	63,754

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	53,327
Other stated religion	5,487
No religion	5,285
Not stated	1,436
Total	65,535

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	1,703
French	662
Lithuanian	183
Other	3,372
Total	5,920

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	3,207
Well	1,741
Not well	673
Not at all	106
Not stated	193
Total	5,920

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	25,196
No	36,236
Not stated	1,669
Total	63,101

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	3,301	4,055	7,356
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	58	115	173
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	42	46	88
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	33	39	72
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	26	26	52
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	195	240	435
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	565	785	1,350
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	3,785	5,208	8,993
Never speaks Irish	2,940	3,594	6,534
Not stated	64	79	143
All Irish speakers	11,009	14,187	25,196

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	7,076	14,152	1,743
3 persons	3,670	11,010	4,455
4 persons	3,299	13,196	6,876
5 persons	1,766	8,830	5,388
6 or more persons	853	5,445	3,769
Total	16,664	52,633	22,231

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	5,333
1 child	1,774	2,854	0	4,628
2 children	2,014	1,202	590	3,806
3 children	978	357	619	1,954
4 children	288	86	333	707
5 or more children	64	13	159	236
Total	5,118	4,512	1,701	16,664

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	4,079	954	85
All children 15 and over	2,926	1,277	309
Children both under and over 15	1,400	280	21
Total	8,405	2,511	415
Number of children
All children under 15	8,554	1,540	139
All children 15 and over	4,613	1,741	386
Children both under and over 15	4,384	817	57
Total	17,551	4,098	582

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	3,194	12,981
5-9 years	1,985	8,287
10-14 years	1,640	6,521
15-19 years	1,570	5,653
20+ years	2,942	8,525
Total	11,331	41,967

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,229	2,458
Empty nest	2,059	4,118
Retired	2,045	4,090
Pre-school	1,470	4,730
Early school	1,846	7,301
Pre-adolescent	1,802	7,399
Adolescent	2,167	8,775
Adult	4,046	13,762
Total	16,664	52,633

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	7,022
1	2,703
2	4,775
3	4,165
4 or more	4,749
Total	23,414

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	7,006	7,006
Married couple	4,218	8,436
Cohabiting couple	842	1,684
Married couple and children	7,185	29,614
Cohabiting couple and children	877	3,391
Father and children	373	902
Mother and children	2,253	5,970
Couple and others	185	595
Couple, children and others	267	1,380
Father, children and others	36	124
Mother, children and others	171	647
Two or more family units	128	675
Non-family households and relations	486	1,098
Two or more non-related persons	804	2,134
Total	24,831	63,656

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	7,006	7,006
2 persons	7,483	14,966
3 persons	3,971	11,913
4 persons	3,493	13,972
5 persons	1,891	9,455
6 persons	714	4,284
7 persons	181	1,267
8 or more persons	92	793
Total	24,831	63,656

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	22,952	60,266
Flat/Apartment	1,542	2,547
Bed-sit	14	16
Caravan/Mobile Home	70	163
Not stated	253	664
Total	24,831	63,656

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	2,095	4,380
1919 - 1945	1,981	3,992
1946 - 1960	1,591	3,290
1961 - 1970	1,281	2,749
1971 - 1980	2,848	6,597
1981 - 1990	2,823	7,193
1991 - 2000	3,623	10,538
2001 - 2010	6,622	19,876
2011 or later	483	1,462
Not stated	1,414	3,416
Total	24,761	63,493

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	6,997	23,123
Owner occupied no mortgage	10,154	22,366
Rented from Private Landlord	3,959	9,551
Rented from Local Authority	2,272	5,545
Rented from Voluntary Body	285	589
Occupied free of rent	440	835
Not stated	654	1,484
Total	24,761	63,493

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	208	269
2 rooms	968	1,460
3 rooms	2,108	4,308
4 rooms	2,504	5,275
5 rooms	5,401	12,864
6 rooms	4,881	13,171
7 rooms	3,463	10,137
8 or more rooms	3,954	13,198
Not stated	1,274	2,811
Total	24,761	63,493

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	307
Oil	14,987
Natural Gas	680
Electricity	1,792
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	2,791
Peat (incl. turf)	2,699
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	270
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	503
Other	268
Not stated	464
Total	24,761

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	18,328
Group scheme with public source	2,759
Group scheme with private source	1,105
Other private source	1,631
None	37
Not stated	901
Total	24,761

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	12,626
Individual septic tank	10,234
Other individual treatment	805
Other	139
No sewerage facility	40
Not stated	917
Total	24,761

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	25,048
Temporarily absent	1,145
Unoccupied holiday homes	1,844
Other vacant dwellings	4,727
Total	32,764

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	57
Number of persons	1,905

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	13,548	12,454	26,002
Looking for first regular job	257	181	438
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,299	1,513	3,812
Student	3,147	3,186	6,333
Looking after home/family	307	3,292	3,599
Retired	4,614	4,616	9,230
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,220	1,327	2,547
Other	118	143	261
Total	25,510	26,712	52,222

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	2,885	2,291	5,176
Managerial and technical	7,993	9,504	17,497
Non-manual	4,832	7,045	11,877
Skilled manual	5,907	3,223	9,130
Semi-skilled	3,828	3,513	7,341
Unskilled	1,171	866	2,037
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	5,749	6,728	12,477
Total	32,365	33,170	65,535

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,828	8,032
B Higher professional	1,541	4,392
C Lower professional	3,050	7,927
D Non-manual	4,511	11,764
E Manual skilled	1,991	5,431
F Semi-skilled	2,045	5,337
G Unskilled	889	2,126
H Own account workers	1,186	3,277
I Farmers	2,212	5,594
J Agricultural workers	88	190
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,490	9,586
Total	24,831	63,656

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,473	985	2,458
15	1,022	648	1,670
16	1,908	1,426	3,334
17	1,553	1,517	3,070
18	2,403	2,756	5,159
19	772	985	1,757
20	721	949	1,670
21 and over	4,380	5,646	10,026
Not stated	6,841	7,345	14,186
Total	21,073	22,257	43,330

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	3,147	3,186	6,333
Other	1,290	1,269	2,559

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	371	1,413	1,784
Arts	335	418	753
Humanities	303	392	695
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,836	3,482	5,318
Science, Mathematics and Computing	922	893	1,815
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	3,470	327	3,797
Agriculture and Veterinary	1,324	200	1,524
Health and Welfare	693	3,558	4,251
Services	703	1,173	1,876
Other subjects	17	23	40
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	11,099	10,378	21,477
Total	21,073	22,257	43,330

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	525	424	949
Primary Education	2,716	2,106	4,822
Lower Secondary	3,608	2,704	6,312
Upper Secondary	3,684	4,317	8,001
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,937	2,133	4,070
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,713	914	2,627
Higher Certificate	995	1,357	2,352
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,440	2,020	3,460
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,707	2,622	4,329
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,378	2,140	3,518
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	153	146	299
Not stated	1,217	1,374	2,591
Total	21,073	22,257	43,330

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	2,124	2,821	4,945
Bicycle	314	176	490
Bus, minibus or coach	312	2,779	3,091
Train, DART or LUAS	74	75	149
Motorcycle or scooter	50	8	58
Car driver	16,645	857	17,502
Car passenger	1,046	7,778	8,824
Van	2,147	56	2,203
Other (incl. lorry)	209	7	216
Work mainly at or from home	1,435	25	1,460
Not stated	1,215	492	1,707
Total	25,571	15,074	40,645

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	1,153
06:30-07:00	1,568
07:01-07:30	2,671
07:31-08:00	5,163
08:01-08:30	7,866
08:31-09:00	10,130
09:01-09:30	5,488
After 09:30	3,197
Not stated	1,949
Total	39,185

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	16,118
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	12,315
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	5,102
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,211
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	942
1 1/2 hours and over	606
Not stated	2,891
Total	39,185

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	4,601	4,976	9,577

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	1,270	1,827	3,097

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	18,632	19,183	37,815
Good	9,314	9,336	18,650
Fair	2,912	3,109	6,021
Bad	486	482	968
Very bad	76	94	170
Not stated	945	966	1,911
Total	32,365	33,170	65,535

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,215	712	1,927
Professional Occupations	2,002	3,149	5,151
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,754	1,157	2,911
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	520	2,514	3,034
Skilled Trades Occupations	4,578	471	5,049
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	504	2,167	2,671
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	693	1,123	1,816
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,609	478	2,087
Elementary Occupations	1,536	1,027	2,563
Not stated	1,436	1,169	2,605
Total	15,847	13,967	29,814

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,725	143	1,868
Building and construction	1,097	68	1,165
Manufacturing industries	2,190	1,072	3,262
Commerce and trade	2,624	2,270	4,894
Transport and communications	958	266	1,224
Public administration	839	1,113	1,952
Professional services	1,949	5,254	7,203
Other	2,166	2,268	4,434
Total	13,548	12,454	26,002

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	3,636
One motor car	10,311
Two motor cars	8,610
Three motor cars	1,266
Four or more motor cars	349
Not stated	589
Total	24,761

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	16,344
No	7,703
Not stated	714
Total	24,761

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	16,267
Other	2,256
No	5,566
Not stated	672
Total	24,761