Settlements Portlaoise (Formerly Maryborough)

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	200	169	369
1	200	213	413
2	192	201	393
3	210	208	418
4	195	205	400
5	231	197	428
6	211	202	413
7	211	185	396
8	229	207	436
9	182	190	372
10	156	133	289
11	168	170	338
12	199	156	355
13	152	175	327
14	132	143	275
15	160	147	307
16	133	127	260
17	116	109	225
18	124	109	233
19	97	79	176
20-24	648	495	1,143
25-29	836	831	1,667
30-34	1,167	1,188	2,355
35-39	1,148	1,064	2,212
40-44	924	801	1,725
45-49	779	625	1,404
50-54	623	552	1,175
55-59	492	472	964
60-64	404	391	795
65-69	331	295	626
70-74	217	224	441
75-79	143	181	324
80-84	101	115	216
85+	69	111	180
Total	11,380	10,670	22,050

Population by sex and marital status

Marital Status	Male	Female	Total
Single	6,783	5,905	12,688
Married (incl. same sex civil partnership)	3,793	3,559	7,352
Separated	368	387	755
Divorced	292	344	636
Widowed	144	475	619
Total	11,380	10,670	22,050

Theme 2: Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Languages

Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality

Location	Birthplace	Nationality
Ireland	16,390	17,012
UK	858	399
Poland	1,461	1,635
Lithuania	491	564
Other EU 28	986	1,106
Rest of World	1,754	873
Not stated	0	351
Total	21,940	21,940

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background

Ethnic or Cultural Background	Persons
White Irish	14,285
White Irish Traveller	308
Other White	3,591
Black or Black Irish	985
Asian or Asian Irish	848
Other	541
Not stated	1,382
Total	21,940

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

Usual residence 1 year ago	Persons
Same Address	19,724
Elsewhere in County	967
Elsewhere in Ireland	562
Outside Ireland	320
Total	21,573

Population by religion

Religion	Persons
Catholic	16,332
Other stated religion	3,157
No religion	1,463
Not stated	1,098
Total	22,050

Speakers of foreign languages by language spoken

Language	Persons
Polish	1,747
French	224
Lithuanian	481
Other	2,969
Total	5,421

Speakers of foreign languages by ability to speak English

Ability to speak English	Persons
Very well	2,589
Well	1,694
Not well	802
Not at all	196
Not stated	140
Total	5,421

Theme 3: Irish Language

Population aged 3 years and over by ability to speak Irish

Ability to speak Irish	Persons
Yes	7,461
No	12,068
Not stated	1,346
Total	20,875

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	1,350	1,551	2,901
Speaks Irish daily within and daily outside the education system	36	43	79
Speaks Irish daily within and weekly outside the education system	11	15	26
Speaks Irish daily within and less often outside the education system	6	8	14
Speaks Irish daily within and never outside the education system	11	5	16
Speaks Irish daily only outside the education system	47	67	114
Speaks Irish weekly only outside the education system	181	219	400
Speaks Irish less often only outside the education system	1,041	1,114	2,155
Never speaks Irish	767	906	1,673
Not stated	40	43	83
All Irish speakers	3,490	3,971	7,461

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	1,985	3,970	548
3 persons	1,257	3,771	1,573
4 persons	1,332	5,328	2,803
5 persons	581	2,905	1,798
6 or more persons	264	1,699	1,186
Total	5,419	17,673	7,908

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	1,437
1 child	900	589	0	1,489
2 children	975	306	228	1,509
3 children	345	79	241	665
4 children	101	11	122	234
5 or more children	29	3	53	85
Total	2,350	988	644	5,419

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	1,849	468	33
All children 15 and over	603	317	68
Children both under and over 15	457	170	17
Total	2,909	955	118
Number of children
All children under 15	3,644	755	49
All children 15 and over	963	447	88
Children both under and over 15	1,400	502	60
Total	6,007	1,704	197

Families by age of youngest child

Age of youngest child	Number of families	Number of family members
0-4 years	1,534	6,082
5-9 years	908	3,552
10-14 years	552	2,076
15-19 years	392	1,360
20+ years	596	1,729
Total	3,982	14,799

Families by family cycle

Family cycle	Number of families	Number of family members
Pre-family	625	1,250
Empty nest	509	1,018
Retired	303	606
Pre-school	719	2,279
Early school	869	3,272
Pre-adolescent	762	3,096
Adolescent	690	2,846
Adult	942	3,306
Total	5,419	17,673

Females aged 20 years or over by number of children born

Number of children born	Number of females
0	2,044
1	1,106
2	1,723
3	1,071
4 or more	1,129
Total	7,073

Theme 5: Private Households

Private households by type

Type of Household	Households	Persons
One person	1,741	1,741
Married couple	921	1,842
Cohabiting couple	395	790
Married couple and children	2,232	9,184
Cohabiting couple and children	504	1,954
Father and children	96	260
Mother and children	798	2,277
Couple and others	86	288
Couple, children and others	131	685
Father, children and others	13	47
Mother, children and others	90	330
Two or more family units	75	422
Non-family households and relations	122	284
Two or more non-related persons	253	689
Total	7,457	20,793

Private households by size

Size of household	Households	Persons
1 person	1,741	1,741
2 persons	1,988	3,976
3 persons	1,335	4,005
4 persons	1,401	5,604
5 persons	662	3,310
6 persons	217	1,302
7 persons	73	511
8 or more persons	40	344
Total	7,457	20,793

Theme 6: Housing

Private households by type of accommodation

Type of accommodation	Households	Persons
House/Bungalow	6,541	18,922
Flat/Apartment	767	1,429
Bed-sit	5	8
Caravan/Mobile Home	5	18
Not stated	139	416
Total	7,457	20,793

Permanent private households by year built

Period Built	Households	Persons
Pre 1919	162	335
1919 - 1945	171	389
1946 - 1960	279	622
1961 - 1970	314	675
1971 - 1980	560	1,380
1981 - 1990	596	1,629
1991 - 2000	1,293	3,814
2001 - 2010	3,275	9,597
2011 or later	193	566
Not stated	609	1,768
Total	7,452	20,775

Permanent private households by type of occupancy

Type of occupancy	Households	Persons
Owner occupied with mortgage	2,443	7,520
Owner occupied no mortgage	1,690	3,717
Rented from Private Landlord	1,851	5,291
Rented from Local Authority	955	2,908
Rented from Voluntary Body	142	390
Occupied free of rent	72	145
Not stated	299	804
Total	7,452	20,775

Permanent private households by number of rooms

Number of rooms	Households	Persons
1 room	64	100
2 rooms	396	759
3 rooms	1,062	2,999
4 rooms	915	2,246
5 rooms	2,229	6,338
6 rooms	1,178	3,430
7 rooms	714	2,269
8 or more rooms	457	1,467
Not stated	437	1,167
Total	7,452	20,775

Permanent private households by central heating

Central heating	Households
No central heating	46
Oil	1,844
Natural Gas	4,238
Electricity	436
Coal (incl. Anthracite)	239
Peat (incl. turf)	310
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)	19
Wood (incl. wood pellets)	63
Other	24
Not stated	233
Total	7,452

Permanent private households by water supply

Type of water supply	Households
Public main	6,912
Group scheme with public source	143
Group scheme with private source	3
Other private source	17
None	0
Not stated	377
Total	7,452

Permanent private households by sewerage facility

Type of sewerage facility	Households
Public scheme	6,887
Individual septic tank	59
Other individual treatment	7
Other	31
No sewerage facility	6
Not stated	462
Total	7,452

Occupancy status of permanent dwellings on Census night

Occupancy Status	Permanent Dwellings
Occupied	7,471
Temporarily absent	167
Unoccupied holiday homes	16
Other vacant dwellings	609
Total	8,263

Theme 7: Communal Establishments

Number of communal establishments and persons in communal establishments

Communal Establishments	Total
Number of establishments	16
Number of persons	1,467

Theme 8: Principal Status

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

Principal Economic Status	Male	Female	Total
At work	4,764	3,783	8,547
Looking for first regular job	127	100	227
Unemployed having lost or given up previous job	1,075	887	1,962
Student	741	735	1,476
Looking after home/family	87	1,245	1,332
Retired	906	775	1,681
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability	416	358	774
Other	396	33	429
Total	8,512	7,916	16,428

Theme 9: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group

Population by sex and social class

Social Class	Male	Female	Total
Professional workers	566	464	1,030
Managerial and technical	2,282	2,635	4,917
Non-manual	1,507	2,332	3,839
Skilled manual	2,057	1,199	3,256
Semi-skilled	1,434	1,204	2,638
Unskilled	455	387	842
All others gainfully occupied and unknown	3,079	2,449	5,528
Total	11,380	10,670	22,050

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

Socio-economic group of reference person	Households	Persons
A Employers and managers	894	2,536
B Higher professional	331	903
C Lower professional	883	2,283
D Non-manual	1,824	4,920
E Manual skilled	773	2,288
F Semi-skilled	620	1,834
G Unskilled	288	830
H Own account workers	282	834
I Farmers	29	62
J Agricultural workers	35	95
Z All others gainfully occupied and unknown	1,498	4,208
Total	7,457	20,793

Theme 10: Education

Population aged 15 years and over by age education ceased

Age	Males	Females	Total
Under 15 years	310	249	559
15	241	163	404
16	498	410	908
17	504	558	1,062
18	920	876	1,796
19	268	353	621
20	272	330	602
21 and over	1,327	1,631	2,958
Not stated	2,544	1,795	4,339
Total	6,884	6,365	13,249

Population aged 15 years and over whose education has not ceased

Education	Males	Females	Total
Still at school or college	741	735	1,476
Other	887	816	1,703

Population aged 15 years and over by field of study

Qualification	Males	Females	Total
Education and teacher training	133	430	563
Arts	109	109	218
Humanities	76	111	187
Social sciences, Business and Law	563	997	1,560
Science, Mathematics and Computing	246	155	401
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction	927	103	1,030
Agriculture and Veterinary	95	34	129
Health and Welfare	195	790	985
Services	297	390	687
Other subjects	7	12	19
Not Stated (incl. unknown)	4,236	3,234	7,470
Total	6,884	6,365	13,249

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

Education Level	Males	Females	Total
No Formal Education	113	104	217
Primary Education	593	525	1,118
Lower Secondary	1,034	857	1,891
Upper Secondary	1,434	1,393	2,827
Technical or Vocational qualification	618	754	1,372
Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship	481	258	739
Higher Certificate	282	371	653
Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma	440	478	918
Honours Bachelor Degree, Professional qualification or both	434	666	1,100
Postgraduate Diploma or Degree	344	573	917
Doctorate(Ph.D) or higher	32	19	51
Not stated	1,079	367	1,446
Total	6,884	6,365	13,249

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	731	1,096	1,827
Bicycle	100	67	167
Bus, minibus or coach	189	700	889
Train, DART or LUAS	239	69	308
Motorcycle or scooter	21	1	22
Car driver	5,231	171	5,402
Car passenger	493	2,667	3,160
Van	492	17	509
Other (incl. lorry)	24	1	25
Work mainly at or from home	163	0	163
Not stated	820	306	1,126
Total	8,503	5,095	13,598

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

Time leaving home	Persons
Before 06:30	1,019
06:30-07:00	885
07:01-07:30	843
07:31-08:00	1,589
08:01-08:30	3,485
08:31-09:00	2,779
09:01-09:30	582
After 09:30	1,051
Not stated	1,202
Total	13,435

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

Journey time	Persons
Under 15 mins	5,022
1/4 hour - under 1/2 hour	3,191
1/2 hour - under 3/4 hour	1,434
3/4 hour - under 1 hour	598
1 hour - under 1 1/2 hours	1,043
1 1/2 hours and over	629
Not stated	1,518
Total	13,435

Theme 12: Disability, Carers and General Health

Persons with a disability by sex

Disability	Male	Female	Total
Total	1,528	1,468	2,996

Carers by sex

Carers	Male	Female	Total
Total	362	479	841

Population by general health and sex

General Health	Male	Female	Total
Very good	6,100	6,094	12,194
Good	3,121	3,125	6,246
Fair	853	896	1,749
Bad	184	165	349
Very bad	32	28	60
Not stated	1,090	362	1,452
Total	11,380	10,670	22,050

Theme 13: Occupations

Persons at work or unemployed by occupation and sex

Occupation	Male	Female	Total
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials	427	244	671
Professional Occupations	538	845	1,383
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	674	376	1,050
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	224	688	912
Skilled Trades Occupations	1,019	106	1,125
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations	145	627	772
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	262	554	816
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	586	63	649
Elementary Occupations	684	470	1,154
Not stated	1,280	697	1,977
Total	5,839	4,670	10,509

Theme 14: Industries

Persons at work by industry and sex

Industry	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	69	15	84
Building and construction	388	20	408
Manufacturing industries	526	138	664
Commerce and trade	1,004	961	1,965
Transport and communications	499	130	629
Public administration	429	330	759
Professional services	590	1,380	1,970
Other	1,259	809	2,068
Total	4,764	3,783	8,547

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

Number of households with cars

Motor cars	Households
No motor car	1,183
One motor car	3,534
Two motor cars	2,199
Three motor cars	210
Four or more motor cars	57
Not stated	269
Total	7,452

Number of households with a personal computer

Personal Computer	Households
Yes	4,941
No	2,186
Not stated	325
Total	7,452

Number of households with internet access

Internet Access	Households
Broadband	5,615
Other	441
No	1,126
Not stated	270
Total	7,452