Municipal District Dundalk

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	404	366	770
1	414	399	813
2	434	383	817
3	409	400	809
4	413	418	831
5	427	419	846
6	433	458	891
7	469	448	917
8	449	458	907
9	456	373	829
10	409	419	828
11	375	366	741
12	422	389	811
13	403	420	823
14	459	481	940
15	429	399	828
16	377	381	758
17	373	363	736
18	378	373	751
19	342	312	654
20-24	1,778	1,630	3,408
25-29	1,668	1,825	3,493
30-34	1,979	2,108	4,087
35-39	2,049	2,252	4,301
40-44	1,997	2,045	4,042
45-49	1,868	1,854	3,722
50-54	1,652	1,697	3,349
55-59	1,463	1,610	3,073
60-64	1,395	1,373	2,768
65-69	1,171	1,233	2,404
70-74	934	970	1,904
75-79	604	714	1,318
80-84	362	523	885
85+	234	518	752
Total	27,429	28,377	55,806

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	15,672	14,909	30,581
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	9,968	9,981	19,949
Separated	673	966	1,639
Divorced	543	725	1,268
Widowed	573	1,796	2,369
Total	27,429	28,377	55,806

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	42,198	48,776
UK	6,941	829
Poland	654	722
Lithuania	736	827
Other EU 28	1,682	1,806
Rest of World	2,955	1,533
Not stated	0	673
Total	55,166	55,166

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	45,260
White Irish Traveller	552
Other White	4,201
Black or Black Irish	1,812
Asian or Asian Irish	1,039
Other	792
Not stated	1,510
Total	55,166

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	50,809
Elsewhere in County	1,943
Elsewhere in Ireland	745
Outside Ireland	908
Total	54,405

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	44,990
Other stated religion	4,924
No religion	4,357
Not stated	1,535
Total	55,806

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	798
French	677
Lithuanian	812
Other	4,720
Total	7,007

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	3,697
Well	2,130
Not well	820
Not at all	138
Not stated	222
Total	7,007

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	18,648
No	33,084
Not stated	1,674
Total	53,406

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	2,901	3,643	6,544
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	74	104	178
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	35	50	85
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	22	26	48
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	19	22	41
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	175	187	362
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	512	539	1,051
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	2,676	3,108	5,784
Never speaks Irish	1,972	2,453	4,425
Not stated	59	71	130
All Irish speakers	8,445	10,203	18,648

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	5,492	10,984	1,740
3 persons	3,258	9,774	4,101
4 persons	3,153	12,612	6,678
5 persons	1,659	8,295	5,093
6 or more persons	719	4,568	3,160
Total	14,281	46,233	20,772

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	3,752
1 child	1,796	2,359	0	4,155
2 children	1,855	1,192	577	3,624
3 children	886	411	618	1,915
4 children	230	88	309	627
5 or more children	56	16	136	208
Total	4,823	4,066	1,640	14,281

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	3,610	1,147	66
All children 15 and over	2,566	1,211	289
Children both under and over 15	1,252	356	32
Total	7,428	2,714	387
Number of children
All children under 15	7,478	1,817	89
All children 15 and over	4,274	1,749	389
Children both under and over 15	3,856	1,026	94
Total	15,608	4,592	572

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	2,993	11,975
5-9 years	1,983	7,984
10-14 years	1,487	5,726
15-19 years	1,343	4,869
20+ years	2,723	8,175
Total	10,529	38,729

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	1,033	2,066
Empty nest	1,318	2,636
Retired	1,401	2,802
Pre-school	1,400	4,416
Early school	1,718	6,504
Pre-adolescent	1,705	6,897
Adolescent	1,877	7,653
Adult	3,829	13,259
Total	14,281	46,233

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	5,372
1	2,549
2	4,258
3	3,412
4 or more	3,820
Total	19,411

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	4,852	4,852
Married couple	2,769	5,538
Cohabiting couple	638	1,276
Married couple and children	6,005	24,912
Cohabiting couple and children	953	3,766
Father and children	346	863
Mother and children	2,180	6,021
Couple and others	197	656
Couple, children and others	328	1,708
Father, children and others	26	93
Mother, children and others	244	907
Two or more family units	290	1,535
Non-family households and relations	448	1,036
Two or more non-related persons	723	2,074
Total	19,999	55,237

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	4,852	4,852
2 persons	5,463	10,926
3 persons	3,476	10,428
4 persons	3,377	13,508
5 persons	1,874	9,370
6 persons	670	4,020
7 persons	197	1,379
8 or more persons	90	754
Total	19,999	55,237

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	18,525	51,945
Flat/Apartment	1,105	2,238
Bed-sit	8	13
Caravan/Mobile Home	36	78
Not stated	325	963
Total	19,999	55,237

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	1,610	3,560
1919 - 1945	1,399	3,141
1946 - 1960	1,478	3,399
1961 - 1970	1,526	3,727
1971 - 1980	2,983	7,722
1981 - 1990	1,708	4,894
1991 - 2000	2,685	8,632
2001 - 2010	4,828	15,261
2011 or later	409	1,255
Not stated	1,337	3,568
Total	19,963	55,159

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	6,715	22,297
Owner occupied no mortgage	6,663	15,102
Rented from Private Landlord	3,232	8,604
Rented from Local Authority	2,023	5,880
Rented from Voluntary Body	295	790
Occupied free of rent	280	550
Not stated	755	1,936
Total	19,963	55,159

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	119	163
2 rooms	693	1,263
3 rooms	1,940	4,989
4 rooms	2,029	4,727
5 rooms	5,249	14,067
6 rooms	3,264	9,152
7 rooms	2,429	7,554
8 or more rooms	2,901	9,940
Not stated	1,339	3,304
Total	19,963	55,159

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	167
Oil	9,666
Natural Gas	7,817
Electricity	642
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	718
Peat (incl. turf)	9
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	94
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	182
Other	106
Not stated	562
Total	19,963

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	15,979
Group scheme with public source	468
Group scheme with private source	157
Other private source	2,417
None	24
Not stated	918
Total	19,963

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	14,217
Individual septic tank	4,161
Other individual treatment	458
Other	84
No sewerage facility	18
Not stated	1,025
Total	19,963

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	20,069
Temporarily absent	498
Unoccupied holiday homes	517
Other vacant dwellings	2,134
Total	23,218

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	49
Number of persons	1,107

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	11,107	9,830	20,937
Looking for first regular job	326	239	565
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	2,354	1,800	4,154
Student	2,643	2,576	5,219
Looking after home/family	266	3,465	3,731
Retired	3,230	3,188	6,418
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	1,064	996	2,060
Other	63	86	149
Total	21,053	22,180	43,233

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	2,034	1,557	3,591
Managerial and technical	6,409	7,143	13,552
Non-manual	4,271	6,570	10,841
Skilled manual	5,024	3,056	8,080
Semi-skilled	3,114	2,851	5,965
Unskilled	1,103	1,028	2,131
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	5,474	6,172	11,646
Total	27,429	28,377	55,806

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	2,662	7,999
B Higher professional	1,087	3,201
C Lower professional	2,060	5,521
D Non-manual	4,148	11,270
E Manual skilled	1,870	5,486
F Semi-skilled	1,877	5,254
G Unskilled	836	2,151
H Own account workers	843	2,628
I Farmers	343	1,032
J Agricultural workers	55	153
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	4,218	10,542
Total	19,999	55,237

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	1,241	1,331	2,572
15	1,006	857	1,863
16	1,756	1,521	3,277
17	1,349	1,429	2,778
18	1,917	2,041	3,958
19	584	789	1,373
20	660	758	1,418
21 and over	3,499	3,965	7,464
Not stated	5,120	5,537	10,657
Total	17,132	18,228	35,360

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	2,643	2,576	5,219
Other	1,278	1,376	2,654

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	319	1,064	1,383
Arts	315	345	660
Humanities	225	322	547
Social sciences, Business and Law	1,720	2,848	4,568
Science, Mathematics and Computing	859	528	1,387
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	2,694	257	2,951
Agriculture and Veterinary	332	77	409
Health and Welfare	333	1,965	2,298
Services	636	1,012	1,648
Other subjects	8	12	20
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	9,691	9,798	19,489
Total	17,132	18,228	35,360

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	363	295	658
Primary Education	2,064	2,335	4,399
Lower Secondary	3,237	2,879	6,116
Upper Secondary	3,177	3,524	6,701
Technical or Vocational qualification	1,385	1,701	3,086
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	1,245	684	1,929
Higher Certificate	735	1,007	1,742
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	1,203	1,355	2,558
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	1,475	1,877	3,352
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	1,099	1,402	2,501
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	113	76	189
Not stated	1,036	1,093	2,129
Total	17,132	18,228	35,360

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	2,021	3,297	5,318
Bicycle	728	262	990
Bus, minibus or coach	924	2,216	3,140
Train, DART or LUAS	251	33	284
Motorcycle or scooter	41	0	41
Car driver	12,217	465	12,682
Car passenger	1,379	6,646	8,025
Van	1,276	37	1,313
Other (incl. lorry)	143	1	144
Work mainly at or from home	632	8	640
Not stated	1,019	654	1,673
Total	20,631	13,619	34,250

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	1,978
06:30-07:00	1,919
07:01-07:30	1,906
07:31-08:00	4,141
08:01-08:30	7,303
08:31-09:00	9,679
09:01-09:30	2,560
After 09:30	2,280
Not stated	1,844
Total	33,610

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	14,627
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	9,357
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	3,178
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	848
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,715
1 1/2 hours and over	1,151
Not stated	2,734
Total	33,610

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	3,783	3,871	7,654

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	900	1,438	2,338

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	16,035	16,343	32,378
Good	7,581	8,168	15,749
Fair	2,359	2,430	4,789
Bad	397	427	824
Very bad	94	74	168
Not stated	963	935	1,898
Total	27,429	28,377	55,806

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	1,176	652	1,828
Professional Occupations	1,593	1,962	3,555
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	1,569	1,015	2,584
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	575	1,919	2,494
Skilled Trades Occupations	2,680	297	2,977
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	408	1,525	1,933
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	901	1,588	2,489
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	1,397	291	1,688
Elementary Occupations	1,434	952	2,386
Not stated	1,728	1,429	3,157
Total	13,461	11,630	25,091

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	341	36	377
Building and construction	832	69	901
Manufacturing industries	1,732	621	2,353
Commerce and trade	3,044	2,808	5,852
Transport and communications	1,144	420	1,564
Public administration	700	535	1,235
Professional services	1,262	3,310	4,572
Other	2,052	2,031	4,083
Total	11,107	9,830	20,937

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	3,763
One motor car	8,947
Two motor cars	5,537
Three motor cars	764
Four or more motor cars	255
Not stated	697
Total	19,963

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	12,795
No	6,345
Not stated	823
Total	19,963

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	13,986
Other	1,301
No	3,948
Not stated	728
Total	19,963