Archive for October, 2007

Drogheda – some census facts and figures

Some possibly interesting facts and figures about Drogheda from analysis of the IrelandCensus of 2006:

Population of Drogheda is 35090 which is  0.828% of the country.
Percentage in Work: 58.15
Unemployed %: 7.67
8.1% of the population are students and 5.01% are Unable to Work because of health 
10.11% of people in Drogheda are retired.
Local Authority rented properties make up  8.53 % of dwellings in Drogheda
Rented Homes are  25.28% of all homes .
Homes in Owner Occuation 71.50%
% Owned outright 23.49 
% Homes without  Central Heating 6.01

Broadband uptake is above average with 22.55% of households having broadband installed in Drogheda.

Top Ten Towns for Home Ownership

Owner Occupiers
In Ireland just over 28% of all housing is rented – either from Private landlords or local Authorities. Seventy two percent of homes ore owned. This is similar to 2004 figures from the UK of 30% of rented dwellings. According to figures from the Irish 2006 census – for towns with populations over 1500 – the town in Ireland with the largest percentage of homeowners is Portmarnock.
Portmarnock has 80.34% of housing units occupied by the owner.Top Ten towns for percentage of Home ownership in Ireland:
Portmarnock 80.33 %
Malahide 78.05
Enniskerry 77.71
Leixlip 76.1
Celbridge 75.86
Dunboyne 75.49
Ratoath 74.78
Donabate 74.12
Annacotty 73.07
Stamullen 72.39

Clara has lowest percentage of Graduates

The town of Clara – according to analysis of Census 2006 figures – has just 6.54% of it’s residents with a third level degree or higher. (Those that have completed education)
This compares to Oranmore at the other end of the scale where 38% of the people are graduates .
The following Irish towns are also not very popular with people educated to degree level :
Carrick-on-Suir  6.76%
Rathnew 7.68%
Tullow  8.14%
Castlecomer-Donaguile 8.26%
Mountmellick  8.44%
Clones  8.55%
Bunclody-Carrickduff  8.7%
Tipperary  8.77%
Muinebeag  8.79%

Rental Accommodation – Longford has the most

Towns with the most rented dwellings in Ireland:
Out of all the towns with a population over 1500 – these are the top 10 for rented occupation : (The average for the country is  28.11%)
Longford 47.26%
Ballaghaderreen  47.14 
Carrick-on-Shannon  45.67
Skibbereen  45.28
Galway City  43.63
Ballyhaunis  43.35
An Daingean  41.86
Cavan  40.74
New Ross  40.36
Gort  40.33

Marriage versus Co-habiting

Married couples outnumber unmarried cohabiting couples in every Irish town – but there are large differences between the towns.
For example – Rathcormac in Cork has just 50% more married couples than co-habiting couples. This is the smallest difference in the country. At the other end of the scale is Bunbeg in Donegal  (An Bun Beag-Doirí Beaga)  where there are 2000% more married couples than cohabiting ones (  232 verus 11)

Top Ten Towns for cohabiting couples

10 Oranmore, Galway
9 Kinnegad, Westmeath
8  Tullyallen, Louth
7 Stamullen, Meath
6 Enfield, Meath
5 Carrigtwohill, Cork
4 Lusk, Fingal
3 Clonee Village, Meath
2 Kinsealy-Drinan, Fingal
1. Rathcormac, Cork

Lonley and Alone in Dungloe ?

Dungloe  (An Clochán Liath) in Donegal is the town in Ireland with the highest percentage of single person households. Census figures show that 40.37% of households in Dungloe are occupied by just one person. (174 out of 431)

Other towns with high percentages of people living alone:

Swinford, Mayo 40.14
Manorhamilton, Leitrim 35.34
Foxford, Mayo 33.64
Boyle, Roscommon 33.47
Killorglin, Kerry 33.38
Ballybunion, Kerry 33.15
Castlerea, Roscommon 33.10
Kanturk, Cork 33.06
Kiltimagh, Mayo 32.85

Irish Towns without Lithuanians or Poles

No Lithuanians or Poles:
These four Irish towns – according to the 2006 census – were the only towns without a single Polish born or a Lithuanian born resident. It seems strange that these 4 towns should be avoided in this way. Is there something strange about these towns or something different?
Ballyragget, Kilkenny
Fethard, South Tipperary
Ardnacrusha (Castlebank), Clare
Stradbally, Laois

Most Popular Towns for Polish

20 Most popular towns for Poles in Ireland

People born in Poland but living in Ireland numbered 96042 at the last census in 2006.
Some Irish towns have higher percentages of Polish residents than others – these are the 20 with the highest percentages of Poles

Millstreet, Cork (14.17%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff, Carlow/Wexford (9.4%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (8.81%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (8.73%)
Tullow, Carlow (8.17%)
Kingscourt, Cavan (8.12%)
New Ross, Wexford/Kilkenny (8.10%)
Macroom, Cork (7.31%)
Killarney, Kerry (7.1%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (6.94%)
Portumna, Galway (6.82%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (6.72%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (6.34%)
Rathcormac, Cork (5.95%)
Oranmore, Galway (5.89%)
Kanturk, Cork (5.88%)
Longford, Longford (5.57%)
Ballyhaunis, Mayo (5.44%)
Clonee Village, Meath (5.25%)
Kilcock, Kildare (5.12%)

Irish Towns with no Polish Born Residents

Polish immigrants have flocked to Ireland in the last few years – and they are present in almost every town in Ireland. Polish born people make up 2.09% of the population of Ireland – 96042 people in total.
There are only 8 towns in the Census of 2006 that had no  people born in Poland living in them.
These towns were :
Moville, Donegal
Lifford, Donegal
Derrinturn, Kildare
Killybegs, Donegal
Ballyragget, Kilkenny
Fethard, South Tipperary
Ardnacrusha (Castlebank), Clare
Stradbally, Laois

Stradbally – Is this the Most Irish Town?

Stradbally in Laois has the highest percentage of Irish born residents in the country – according to census figures.
1004 out of 1053 residents were born in Ireland – 95.35% of the population.

These Irish towns have the highest percentage of Irish born – all of them more than 90%:
Kill, Kildare
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch, Carlow/Kilkenny
Templemore, North Tipperary
Croom, Limerick
Fethard, South Tipperary
Portlaw, Waterford
Ardnacrusha (Castlebank), Clare
Ferbane, Offaly
Clara, Offaly