Municipal District Drogheda

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	283	304	587
1	330	289	619
2	307	333	640
3	349	341	690
4	362	334	696
5	381	347	728
6	371	362	733
7	407	355	762
8	314	343	657
9	387	346	733
10	328	348	676
11	348	353	701
12	341	332	673
13	306	351	657
14	367	304	671
15	299	302	601
16	310	310	620
17	299	269	568
18	289	280	569
19	236	211	447
20-24	1,127	1,163	2,290
25-29	1,295	1,318	2,613
30-34	1,509	1,776	3,285
35-39	1,766	1,871	3,637
40-44	1,687	1,810	3,497
45-49	1,657	1,674	3,331
50-54	1,462	1,407	2,869
55-59	1,181	1,166	2,347
60-64	936	971	1,907
65-69	862	899	1,761
70-74	650	736	1,386
75-79	462	541	1,003
80-84	255	358	613
85+	145	340	485
Total	21,608	22,444	44,052

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	12,043	11,666	23,709
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	8,063	8,065	16,128
Separated	617	816	1,433
Divorced	442	686	1,128
Widowed	443	1,211	1,654
Total	21,608	22,444	44,052

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	35,657	37,239
UK	1,974	675
Poland	1,018	1,114
Lithuania	898	1,007
Other EU 28	1,573	1,689
Rest of World	2,610	1,271
Not stated	0	735
Total	43,730	43,730

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	34,374
White Irish Traveller	163
Other White	4,441
Black or Black Irish	1,515
Asian or Asian Irish	1,171
Other	761
Not stated	1,305
Total	43,730

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	40,358
Elsewhere in County	1,405
Elsewhere in Ireland	812
Outside Ireland	570
Total	43,145

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	34,741
Other stated religion	4,433
No religion	3,649
Not stated	1,229
Total	44,052

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	1,181
French	365
Lithuanian	1,000
Other	4,562
Total	7,108

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	3,773
Well	2,081
Not well	913
Not at all	161
Not stated	180
Total	7,108

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	13,619
No	27,261
Not stated	1,326
Total	42,206

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	2,406	2,890	5,296
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	59	102	161
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	22	28	50
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	20	34	54
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	8	18	26
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	136	174	310
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	324	390	714
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	1,730	2,168	3,898
Never speaks Irish	1,292	1,696	2,988
Not stated	49	73	122
All Irish speakers	6,046	7,573	13,619

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	4,426	8,852	1,366
3 persons	2,799	8,397	3,500
4 persons	2,701	10,804	5,644
5 persons	1,271	6,355	3,889
6 or more persons	481	3,030	2,102
Total	11,678	37,438	16,501

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	3,060
1 child	1,639	1,825	0	3,464
2 children	1,723	893	544	3,160
3 children	655	249	533	1,437
4 children	144	56	222	422
5 or more children	42	10	83	135
Total	4,203	3,033	1,382	11,678

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	3,196	951	56
All children 15 and over	1,951	881	201
Children both under and over 15	1,052	309	21
Total	6,199	2,141	278
Number of children
All children under 15	6,283	1,489	78
All children 15 and over	3,152	1,227	254
Children both under and over 15	3,090	868	60
Total	12,525	3,584	392

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	2,500	9,710
5-9 years	1,778	7,050
10-14 years	1,307	4,941
15-19 years	1,077	3,813
20+ years	1,956	5,804
Total	8,618	31,318

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	913	1,826
Empty nest	1,101	2,202
Retired	1,046	2,092
Pre-school	1,151	3,542
Early school	1,471	5,441
Pre-adolescent	1,581	6,266
Adolescent	1,546	6,132
Adult	2,869	9,937
Total	11,678	37,438

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	3,998
1	2,327
2	3,836
3	2,678
4 or more	2,573
Total	15,412

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	3,395	3,395
Married couple	2,183	4,366
Cohabiting couple	582	1,164
Married couple and children	4,886	19,869
Cohabiting couple and children	849	3,303
Father and children	229	548
Mother and children	1,693	4,657
Couple and others	176	582
Couple, children and others	301	1,528
Father, children and others	37	146
Mother, children and others	202	770
Two or more family units	268	1,456
Non-family households and relations	285	667
Two or more non-related persons	444	1,129
Total	15,530	43,580

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	3,395	3,395
2 persons	4,287	8,574
3 persons	2,848	8,544
4 persons	2,890	11,560
5 persons	1,449	7,245
6 persons	469	2,814
7 persons	134	938
8 or more persons	58	510
Total	15,530	43,580

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	13,886	40,043
Flat/Apartment	1,381	2,821
Bed-sit	13	16
Caravan/Mobile Home	12	22
Not stated	238	678
Total	15,530	43,580

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	724	1,597
1919 - 1945	1,068	2,288
1946 - 1960	1,145	2,764
1961 - 1970	1,313	3,257
1971 - 1980	2,086	5,545
1981 - 1990	1,253	3,564
1991 - 2000	2,842	8,893
2001 - 2010	3,561	11,446
2011 or later	292	868
Not stated	1,234	3,336
Total	15,518	43,558

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	5,512	18,286
Owner occupied no mortgage	4,896	11,018
Rented from Private Landlord	2,589	7,335
Rented from Local Authority	1,589	4,644
Rented from Voluntary Body	243	692
Occupied free of rent	165	324
Not stated	524	1,259
Total	15,518	43,558

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	169	277
2 rooms	735	1,451
3 rooms	1,660	4,576
4 rooms	1,706	4,090
5 rooms	4,440	12,264
6 rooms	2,477	7,262
7 rooms	1,677	5,415
8 or more rooms	1,685	5,924
Not stated	969	2,299
Total	15,518	43,558

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	137
Oil	5,000
Natural Gas	8,421
Electricity	781
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	552
Peat (incl. turf)	10
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	57
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	95
Other	54
Not stated	411
Total	15,518

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	13,008
Group scheme with public source	604
Group scheme with private source	341
Other private source	853
None	13
Not stated	699
Total	15,518

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	12,679
Individual septic tank	1,453
Other individual treatment	464
Other	61
No sewerage facility	15
Not stated	846
Total	15,518

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	15,546
Temporarily absent	399
Unoccupied holiday homes	86
Other vacant dwellings	1,078
Total	17,109

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	39
Number of persons	906

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	9,307	8,226	17,533
Looking for first regular job	218	170	388
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,815	1,340	3,155
Student	1,687	1,789	3,476
Looking after home/family	200	2,585	2,785
Retired	2,311	2,319	4,630
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	847	906	1,753
Other	42	67	109
Total	16,427	17,402	33,829

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	1,406	1,233	2,639
Managerial and technical	5,266	5,986	11,252
Non-manual	2,974	4,904	7,878
Skilled manual	4,379	2,472	6,851
Semi-skilled	2,882	2,703	5,585
Unskilled	1,074	917	1,991
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,627	4,229	7,856
Total	21,608	22,444	44,052

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	1,996	5,992
B Higher professional	793	2,361
C Lower professional	1,668	4,743
D Non-manual	3,018	8,607
E Manual skilled	1,625	4,828
F Semi-skilled	1,725	4,929
G Unskilled	780	2,061
H Own account workers	706	2,242
I Farmers	170	492
J Agricultural workers	48	142
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,001	7,183
Total	15,530	43,580

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,057	1,233	2,290
15	808	621	1,429
16	1,319	996	2,315
17	1,179	1,165	2,344
18	1,509	1,703	3,212
19	479	693	1,172
20	482	604	1,086
21 and over	2,517	3,023	5,540
Not stated	4,119	4,324	8,443
Total	13,469	14,362	27,831

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	1,687	1,789	3,476
Other	1,271	1,251	2,522

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	224	829	1,053
Arts	261	290	551
Humanities	174	262	436
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,246	2,212	3,458
Science, Mathematics and Computing	646	429	1,075
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	2,102	181	2,283
Agriculture and Veterinary	251	98	349
Health and Welfare	370	1,686	2,056
Services	495	777	1,272
Other subjects	13	17	30
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	7,687	7,581	15,268
Total	13,469	14,362	27,831

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	258	249	507
Primary Education	1,754	1,999	3,753
Lower Secondary	2,345	2,035	4,380
Upper Secondary	2,535	2,690	5,225
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,194	1,542	2,736
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,056	568	1,624
Higher Certificate	612	803	1,415
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	889	1,127	2,016
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	988	1,352	2,340
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	823	1,032	1,855
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	70	69	139
Not stated	945	896	1,841
Total	13,469	14,362	27,831

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	2,388	3,210	5,598
Bicycle	237	102	339
Bus, minibus or coach	854	2,344	3,198
Train, DART or LUAS	524	107	631
Motorcycle or scooter	61	3	64
Car driver	10,047	260	10,307
Car passenger	983	3,953	4,936
Van	865	13	878
Other (incl. lorry)	58	2	60
Work mainly at or from home	430	5	435
Not stated	873	443	1,316
Total	17,320	10,442	27,762

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	2,052
06:30-07:00	2,088
07:01-07:30	2,395
07:31-08:00	3,688
08:01-08:30	5,333
08:31-09:00	6,867
09:01-09:30	1,500
After 09:30	1,870
Not stated	1,534
Total	27,327

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	9,236
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	7,503
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	3,776
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	1,561
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	2,185
1 1/2 hours and over	946
Not stated	2,120
Total	27,327

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	3,017	3,373	6,390

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	701	1,057	1,758

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	12,356	12,600	24,956
Good	6,113	6,566	12,679
Fair	1,943	2,080	4,023
Bad	335	397	732
Very bad	91	94	185
Not stated	770	707	1,477
Total	21,608	22,444	44,052

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	854	563	1,417
Professional Occupations	1,257	1,696	2,953
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,188	752	1,940
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	451	1,514	1,965
Skilled Trades Occupations	2,334	241	2,575
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	364	1,299	1,663
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	556	1,129	1,685
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,433	350	1,783
Elementary Occupations	1,335	909	2,244
Not stated	1,350	1,113	2,463
Total	11,122	9,566	20,688

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	260	36	296
Building and construction	828	47	875
Manufacturing industries	1,547	541	2,088
Commerce and trade	2,148	2,169	4,317
Transport and communications	1,178	370	1,548
Public administration	450	326	776
Professional services	1,312	3,166	4,478
Other	1,584	1,571	3,155
Total	9,307	8,226	17,533

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	3,079
One motor car	6,741
Two motor cars	4,416
Three motor cars	598
Four or more motor cars	162
Not stated	522
Total	15,518

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	10,305
No	4,605
Not stated	608
Total	15,518

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	11,323
Other	825
No	2,841
Not stated	529
Total	15,518