Former Legal Town Dundalk Legal Town

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	224	222	446
1	250	245	495
2	265	230	495
3	232	241	473
4	224	240	464
5	248	242	490
6	252	257	509
7	264	254	518
8	251	257	508
9	238	201	439
10	236	235	471
11	222	189	411
12	230	203	433
13	247	237	484
14	251	221	472
15	247	235	482
16	214	215	429
17	217	211	428
18	239	213	452
19	235	197	432
20-24	1,195	1,154	2,349
25-29	1,108	1,200	2,308
30-34	1,253	1,348	2,601
35-39	1,232	1,394	2,626
40-44	1,162	1,163	2,325
45-49	1,001	1,036	2,037
50-54	904	915	1,819
55-59	818	874	1,692
60-64	757	725	1,482
65-69	598	669	1,267
70-74	487	526	1,013
75-79	336	415	751
80-84	192	295	487
85+	134	298	432
Total	15,963	16,557	32,520

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	9,670	9,195	18,865
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	5,119	5,088	10,207
Separated	451	677	1,128
Divorced	376	503	879
Widowed	347	1,094	1,441
Total	15,963	16,557	32,520

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	24,437	27,176
UK	2,822	452
Poland	530	590
Lithuania	629	704
Other EU 28	1,357	1,484
Rest of World	2,438	1,340
Not stated	0	467
Total	32,213	32,213

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	24,161
White Irish Traveller	533
Other White	3,190
Black or Black Irish	1,674
Asian or Asian Irish	921
Other	604
Not stated	1,130
Total	32,213

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	29,314
Elsewhere in County	1,283
Elsewhere in Ireland	528
Outside Ireland	647
Total	31,772

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	24,791
Other stated religion	3,792
No religion	2,781
Not stated	1,156
Total	32,520

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	641
French	378
Lithuanian	693
Other	3,918
Total	5,630

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	2,842
Well	1,816
Not well	694
Not at all	119
Not stated	159
Total	5,630

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	9,627
No	20,233
Not stated	1,224
Total	31,084

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	1,607	1,841	3,448
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	44	50	94
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	13	18	31
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	9	13	22
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	7	10	17
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	88	100	188
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	274	281	555
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	1,336	1,590	2,926
Never speaks Irish	994	1,269	2,263
Not stated	36	47	83
All Irish speakers	4,408	5,219	9,627

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	3,255	6,510	1,195
3 persons	1,927	5,781	2,500
4 persons	1,699	6,796	3,652
5 persons	842	4,210	2,616
6 or more persons	376	2,429	1,705
Total	8,099	25,726	11,668

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	2,060
1 child	1,155	1,394	0	2,549
2 children	1,020	643	355	2,018
3 children	456	207	343	1,006
4 children	103	40	182	325
5 or more children	40	6	95	141
Total	2,774	2,290	975	8,099

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	1,915	812	47
All children 15 and over	1,314	793	183
Children both under and over 15	670	284	21
Total	3,899	1,889	251
Number of children
All children under 15	3,847	1,283	62
All children 15 and over	2,121	1,134	237
Children both under and over 15	2,089	829	66
Total	8,057	3,246	365

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,782	7,006
5-9 years	1,126	4,391
10-14 years	841	3,113
15-19 years	772	2,687
20+ years	1,518	4,409
Total	6,039	21,606

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	671	1,342
Empty nest	668	1,336
Retired	721	1,442
Pre-school	836	2,543
Early school	975	3,556
Pre-adolescent	963	3,782
Adolescent	1,118	4,466
Adult	2,147	7,259
Total	8,099	25,726

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	3,324
1	1,655
2	2,438
3	1,823
4 or more	2,148
Total	11,388

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	3,272	3,272
Married couple	1,418	2,836
Cohabiting couple	427	854
Married couple and children	2,961	12,189
Cohabiting couple and children	674	2,674
Father and children	226	560
Mother and children	1,519	4,243
Couple and others	134	451
Couple, children and others	196	1,019
Father, children and others	14	48
Mother, children and others	184	683
Two or more family units	168	868
Non-family households and relations	331	776
Two or more non-related persons	605	1,741
Total	12,129	32,214

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	3,272	3,272
2 persons	3,316	6,632
3 persons	2,140	6,420
4 persons	1,891	7,564
5 persons	990	4,950
6 persons	346	2,076
7 persons	116	812
8 or more persons	58	488
Total	12,129	32,214

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	10,940	29,562
Flat/Apartment	945	1,927
Bed-sit	6	10
Caravan/Mobile Home	15	44
Not stated	223	671
Total	12,129	32,214

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	885	1,896
1919 - 1945	991	2,142
1946 - 1960	1,090	2,522
1961 - 1970	1,088	2,647
1971 - 1980	1,910	4,947
1981 - 1990	986	2,746
1991 - 2000	1,590	4,875
2001 - 2010	2,488	7,504
2011 or later	78	218
Not stated	1,008	2,673
Total	12,114	32,170

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	3,461	10,780
Owner occupied no mortgage	3,511	7,374
Rented from Private Landlord	2,506	6,772
Rented from Local Authority	1,683	4,888
Rented from Voluntary Body	269	704
Occupied free of rent	140	247
Not stated	544	1,405
Total	12,114	32,170

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	90	123
2 rooms	535	959
3 rooms	1,528	4,000
4 rooms	1,327	3,119
5 rooms	3,811	10,277
6 rooms	1,851	5,103
7 rooms	1,086	3,257
8 or more rooms	974	3,137
Not stated	912	2,195
Total	12,114	32,170

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	115
Oil	4,242
Natural Gas	6,467
Electricity	470
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	348
Peat (incl. turf)	6
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	21
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	36
Other	13
Not stated	396
Total	12,114

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	11,248
Group scheme with public source	175
Group scheme with private source	14
Other private source	35
None	3
Not stated	639
Total	12,114

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	11,119
Individual septic tank	204
Other individual treatment	11
Other	36
No sewerage facility	10
Not stated	734
Total	12,114

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	12,171
Temporarily absent	257
Unoccupied holiday homes	10
Other vacant dwellings	1,170
Total	13,608

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	22
Number of persons	595

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	6,009	5,564	11,573
Looking for first regular job	245	185	430
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,703	1,326	3,029
Student	1,704	1,618	3,322
Looking after home/family	165	1,865	2,030
Retired	1,741	1,813	3,554
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	719	658	1,377
Other	43	54	97
Total	12,329	13,083	25,412

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	806	585	1,391
Managerial and technical	2,954	3,238	6,192
Non-manual	2,648	3,938	6,586
Skilled manual	2,769	1,757	4,526
Semi-skilled	2,039	1,902	3,941
Unskilled	728	734	1,462
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,019	4,403	8,422
Total	15,963	16,557	32,520

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,235	3,489
B Higher professional	480	1,286
C Lower professional	1,086	2,780
D Non-manual	2,799	7,442
E Manual skilled	1,077	2,977
F Semi-skilled	1,345	3,649
G Unskilled	591	1,491
H Own account workers	364	1,098
I Farmers	24	60
J Agricultural workers	27	83
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,101	7,859
Total	12,129	32,214

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	853	960	1,813
15	632	577	1,209
16	963	898	1,861
17	738	802	1,540
18	1,120	1,159	2,279
19	322	433	755
20	351	388	739
21 and over	1,765	1,976	3,741
Not stated	2,947	3,260	6,207
Total	9,691	10,453	20,144

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	1,704	1,618	3,322
Other	934	1,012	1,946

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	133	437	570
Arts	187	177	364
Humanities	124	181	305
Social sciences, Business and Law	854	1,424	2,278
Science, Mathematics and Computing	492	261	753
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	1,291	135	1,426
Agriculture and Veterinary	64	34	98
Health and Welfare	172	1,027	1,199
Services	350	559	909
Other subjects	2	7	9
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	6,022	6,211	12,233
Total	9,691	10,453	20,144

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	209	197	406
Primary Education	1,382	1,641	3,023
Lower Secondary	1,878	1,742	3,620
Upper Secondary	1,866	2,058	3,924
Technical or Vocational qualification	791	975	1,766
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	601	375	976
Higher Certificate	411	523	934
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	629	684	1,313
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	691	895	1,586
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	495	612	1,107
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	47	29	76
Not stated	691	722	1,413
Total	9,691	10,453	20,144

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	1,654	2,723	4,377
Bicycle	635	201	836
Bus, minibus or coach	663	1,136	1,799
Train, DART or LUAS	146	12	158
Motorcycle or scooter	30	0	30
Car driver	6,028	250	6,278
Car passenger	959	3,133	4,092
Van	438	12	450
Other (incl. lorry)	33	0	33
Work mainly at or from home	184	7	191
Not stated	675	495	1,170
Total	11,445	7,969	19,414

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	1,094
06:30-07:00	1,079
07:01-07:30	1,059
07:31-08:00	2,072
08:01-08:30	4,085
08:31-09:00	6,034
09:01-09:30	1,014
After 09:30	1,503
Not stated	1,283
Total	19,223

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	8,826
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	5,200
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	1,567
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	398
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	825
1 1/2 hours and over	600
Not stated	1,807
Total	19,223

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	2,454	2,456	4,910

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	503	766	1,269

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	8,826	8,933	17,759
Good	4,594	5,029	9,623
Fair	1,522	1,592	3,114
Bad	269	295	564
Very bad	66	46	112
Not stated	686	662	1,348
Total	15,963	16,557	32,520

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	479	301	780
Professional Occupations	746	839	1,585
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	869	535	1,404
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	338	999	1,337
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,299	185	1,484
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	284	940	1,224
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	640	1,122	1,762
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	798	205	1,003
Elementary Occupations	982	682	1,664
Not stated	1,277	1,082	2,359
Total	7,712	6,890	14,602

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	46	12	58
Building and construction	373	33	406
Manufacturing industries	970	362	1,332
Commerce and trade	1,679	1,662	3,341
Transport and communications	566	219	785
Public administration	428	277	705
Professional services	694	1,742	2,436
Other	1,253	1,257	2,510
Total	6,009	5,564	11,573

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	3,297
One motor car	5,855
Two motor cars	2,170
Three motor cars	245
Four or more motor cars	55
Not stated	492
Total	12,114

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	7,224
No	4,303
Not stated	587
Total	12,114

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	8,171
Other	774
No	2,655
Not stated	514
Total	12,114