Province Munster

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	8,346	7,942	16,288
1	8,531	8,094	16,625
2	8,716	8,315	17,031
3	9,051	8,715	17,766
4	9,307	9,169	18,476
5	9,665	9,342	19,007
6	9,854	9,246	19,100
7	9,759	9,421	19,180
8	9,595	9,331	18,926
9	9,294	8,769	18,063
10	8,845	8,605	17,450
11	8,872	8,414	17,286
12	8,725	8,339	17,064
13	8,758	8,303	17,061
14	8,474	8,271	16,745
15	8,477	8,216	16,693
16	8,619	8,194	16,813
17	8,527	8,267	16,794
18	8,696	8,182	16,878
19	8,214	7,933	16,147
20-24	36,010	35,435	71,445
25-29	35,277	36,072	71,349
30-34	42,871	46,895	89,766
35-39	49,147	50,946	100,093
40-44	47,345	47,392	94,737
45-49	44,717	44,175	88,892
50-54	41,835	42,017	83,852
55-59	38,276	37,929	76,205
60-64	34,479	34,090	68,569
65-69	30,929	30,860	61,789
70-74	23,291	24,284	47,575
75-79	15,843	17,755	33,598
80-84	10,339	13,377	23,716
85+	6,490	12,551	19,041
Total	635,174	644,846	1,280,020

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	350,391	322,194	672,585
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	245,219	245,474	490,693
Separated	13,911	17,523	31,434
Divorced	12,137	16,093	28,230
Widowed	13,516	43,562	57,078
Total	635,174	644,846	1,280,020

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	1,071,768	1,115,176
UK	70,333	31,690
Poland	33,422	35,419
Lithuania	5,869	6,356
Other EU 28	31,044	30,640
Rest of World	49,012	25,277
Not stated	0	16,890
Total	1,261,448	1,261,448

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	1,068,830
White Irish Traveller	7,419
Other White	110,973
Black or Black Irish	12,097
Asian or Asian Irish	18,885
Other	15,095
Not stated	28,149
Total	1,261,448

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	1,160,985
Elsewhere in County	49,363
Elsewhere in Ireland	15,694
Outside Ireland	19,231
Total	1,245,273

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	1,050,285
Other stated religion	90,619
No religion	110,795
Not stated	28,321
Total	1,280,020

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	39,643
French	14,592
Lithuanian	6,201
Other	77,590
Total	138,026

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	72,555
Well	40,667
Not well	17,224
Not at all	3,352
Not stated	4,228
Total	138,026

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	526,243
No	671,379
Not stated	32,454
Total	1,230,076

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	71,560	86,994	158,554
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	1,936	2,896	4,832
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	927	1,032	1,959
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	621	701	1,322
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	390	436	826
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	5,627	6,716	12,343
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	13,879	17,382	31,261
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	82,337	99,050	181,387
Never speaks Irish	60,172	70,035	130,207
Not stated	1,780	1,772	3,552
All Irish speakers	239,229	287,014	526,243

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	131,469	262,938	33,985
3 persons	74,254	222,762	89,998
4 persons	71,987	287,948	149,567
5 persons	37,571	187,855	114,444
6 or more persons	14,615	92,624	63,983
Total	329,896	1,054,127	451,977

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	97,484
1 child	38,680	53,815	0	92,495
2 children	42,727	27,009	12,402	82,138
3 children	19,511	8,410	13,512	41,433
4 children	4,821	1,699	5,953	12,473
5 or more children	1,057	349	2,467	3,873
Total	106,796	91,282	34,334	329,896

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	86,069	19,033	1,694
All children 15 and over	60,985	24,197	6,100
Children both under and over 15	27,716	6,052	566
Total	174,770	49,282	8,360
Number of children
All children under 15	175,647	29,344	2,580
All children 15 and over	100,071	33,458	8,157
Children both under and over 15	83,911	17,233	1,576
Total	359,629	80,035	12,313

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	64,155	255,544
5-9 years	42,844	174,538
10-14 years	34,131	135,124
15-19 years	31,538	115,572
20+ years	59,744	178,381
Total	232,412	859,159

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	26,360	52,720
Empty nest	35,393	70,786
Retired	35,731	71,462
Pre-school	31,190	100,461
Early school	37,998	147,034
Pre-adolescent	37,608	152,941
Adolescent	41,656	167,846
Adult	83,960	290,877
Total	329,896	1,054,127

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	130,832
1	56,453
2	100,380
3	79,203
4 or more	84,675
Total	451,543

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	117,229	117,229
Married couple	73,477	146,954
Cohabiting couple	16,854	33,708
Married couple and children	145,866	597,738
Cohabiting couple and children	18,504	71,026
Father and children	7,156	17,739
Mother and children	41,269	110,070
Couple and others	4,473	14,621
Couple, children and others	7,704	39,666
Father, children and others	834	3,070
Mother, children and others	3,864	14,227
Two or more family units	4,907	25,977
Non-family households and relations	9,809	22,614
Two or more non-related persons	15,918	44,438
Total	467,864	1,259,077

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	117,229	117,229
2 persons	134,022	268,044
3 persons	79,537	238,611
4 persons	76,581	306,324
5 persons	41,590	207,950
6 persons	13,872	83,232
7 persons	3,499	24,493
8 or more persons	1,534	13,194
Total	467,864	1,259,077

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	426,217	1,175,787
Flat/Apartment	34,014	64,047
Bed-sit	508	685
Caravan/Mobile Home	1,258	2,764
Not stated	5,867	15,794
Total	467,864	1,259,077

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	47,539	104,653
1919 - 1945	31,491	69,491
1946 - 1960	32,830	75,872
1961 - 1970	31,460	73,934
1971 - 1980	57,356	142,043
1981 - 1990	47,675	130,588
1991 - 2000	65,453	202,367
2001 - 2010	115,069	357,040
2011 or later	8,973	26,512
Not stated	28,760	73,813
Total	466,606	1,256,313

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	138,658	466,180
Owner occupied no mortgage	183,326	424,714
Rented from Private Landlord	77,492	200,445
Rented from Local Authority	40,709	107,430
Rented from Voluntary Body	4,646	9,937
Occupied free of rent	8,608	16,421
Not stated	13,167	31,186
Total	466,606	1,256,313

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	4,437	6,254
2 rooms	19,687	33,560
3 rooms	43,024	97,038
4 rooms	45,525	101,893
5 rooms	107,258	274,989
6 rooms	85,626	237,152
7 rooms	65,849	203,262
8 or more rooms	70,481	244,687
Not stated	24,719	57,478
Total	466,606	1,256,313

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	8,331
Oil	226,588
Natural Gas	117,171
Electricity	34,699
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	33,062
Peat (incl. turf)	15,488
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	3,970
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	14,198
Other	3,341
Not stated	9,758
Total	466,606

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	347,440
Group scheme with public source	26,578
Group scheme with private source	10,281
Other private source	64,895
None	736
Not stated	16,676
Total	466,606

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	276,194
Individual septic tank	152,306
Other individual treatment	15,894
Other	2,938
No sewerage facility	824
Not stated	18,450
Total	466,606

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	469,712
Temporarily absent	13,462
Unoccupied holiday homes	23,732
Other vacant dwellings	56,171
Total	563,077

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	1,220
Number of persons	32,198

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	285,915	241,443	527,358
Looking for first regular job	4,332	3,304	7,636
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	39,594	27,844	67,438
Student	58,576	59,407	117,983
Looking after home/family	5,456	78,887	84,343
Retired	79,890	77,572	157,462
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	23,854	23,881	47,735
Other	1,765	2,232	3,997
Total	499,382	514,570	1,013,952

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	56,537	45,578	102,115
Managerial and technical	159,529	182,424	341,953
Non-manual	87,694	137,846	225,540
Skilled manual	119,516	65,554	185,070
Semi-skilled	78,485	67,721	146,206
Unskilled	26,420	20,574	46,994
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	106,993	125,149	232,142
Total	635,174	644,846	1,280,020

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	57,805	172,682
B Higher professional	28,358	83,671
C Lower professional	51,882	140,154
D Non-manual	80,358	213,548
E Manual skilled	44,027	124,858
F Semi-skilled	43,501	121,878
G Unskilled	18,099	45,736
H Own account workers	22,402	65,177
I Farmers	31,352	87,558
J Agricultural workers	2,907	7,481
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	87,173	196,334
Total	467,864	1,259,077

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	25,820	19,495	45,315
15	19,647	13,937	33,584
16	36,008	27,865	63,873
17	28,442	29,671	58,113
18	48,847	52,186	101,033
19	14,956	20,390	35,346
20	15,135	18,079	33,214
21 and over	90,617	104,780	195,397
Not stated	133,118	140,713	273,831
Total	412,590	427,116	839,706

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	58,576	59,407	117,983
Other	28,216	28,047	56,263

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	7,414	27,377	34,791
Arts	6,090	7,922	14,012
Humanities	5,707	8,767	14,474
Social sciences, Business and Law	37,315	69,831	107,146
Science, Mathematics and Computing	20,179	16,124	36,303
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	74,194	7,120	81,314
Agriculture and Veterinary	24,784	4,512	29,296
Health and Welfare	9,308	54,932	64,240
Services	14,308	23,048	37,356
Other subjects	355	539	894
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	212,936	206,944	419,880
Total	412,590	427,116	839,706

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	7,291	5,991	13,282
Primary Education	47,914	40,873	88,787
Lower Secondary	71,587	60,109	131,696
Upper Secondary	75,344	85,772	161,116
Technical or Vocational qualification	35,438	41,810	77,248
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	36,922	18,413	55,335
Higher Certificate	18,140	24,225	42,365
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	28,712	35,666	64,378
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	36,276	46,492	82,768
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	26,129	38,944	65,073
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	4,032	3,183	7,215
Not stated	24,805	25,638	50,443
Total	412,590	427,116	839,706

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	43,687	57,651	101,338
Bicycle	6,814	3,226	10,040
Bus, minibus or coach	12,646	46,933	59,579
Train, DART or LUAS	2,014	1,465	3,479
Motorcycle or scooter	1,507	181	1,688
Car driver	333,789	17,711	351,500
Car passenger	22,800	155,119	177,919
Van	36,477	698	37,175
Other (incl. lorry)	3,595	98	3,693
Work mainly at or from home	32,470	352	32,822
Not stated	22,496	11,030	33,526
Total	518,295	294,464	812,759

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	38,735
06:30-07:00	51,764
07:01-07:30	69,304
07:31-08:00	115,398
08:01-08:30	167,859
08:31-09:00	185,536
09:01-09:30	60,595
After 09:30	53,553
Not stated	37,193
Total	779,937

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	286,381
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	236,364
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	125,720
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	35,062
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	30,220
1 1/2 hours and over	12,080
Not stated	54,110
Total	779,937

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	88,026	92,185	180,211

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	22,412	33,865	56,277

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	375,128	379,905	755,033
Good	180,078	181,868	361,946
Fair	50,997	53,982	104,979
Bad	8,041	8,755	16,796
Very bad	1,799	1,975	3,774
Not stated	19,131	18,361	37,492
Total	635,174	644,846	1,280,020

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	26,010	15,589	41,599
Professional Occupations	41,319	56,632	97,951
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	35,274	23,547	58,821
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	10,193	43,383	53,576
Skilled Trades Occupations	89,428	9,523	98,951
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	7,240	36,917	44,157
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	14,700	28,772	43,472
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	39,463	8,531	47,994
Elementary Occupations	30,653	21,328	51,981
Not stated	31,229	25,065	56,294
Total	325,509	269,287	594,796

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	30,158	3,836	33,994
Building and construction	25,225	1,695	26,920
Manufacturing industries	56,452	22,778	79,230
Commerce and trade	56,764	54,748	111,512
Transport and communications	26,388	9,479	35,867
Public administration	13,497	11,539	25,036
Professional services	33,218	91,608	124,826
Other	44,213	45,760	89,973
Total	285,915	241,443	527,358

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	65,164
One motor car	186,630
Two motor cars	163,562
Three motor cars	29,296
Four or more motor cars	9,690
Not stated	12,264
Total	466,606

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	310,939
No	141,226
Not stated	14,441
Total	466,606

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	311,509
Other	42,509
No	99,168
Not stated	13,420
Total	466,606