Tipperary lags behind in Information Technology

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Ballaghaderreen,Ballyhaunis,Ballyjamesduff,Bunclody-Carrickduff,Cashel,Castlerea,Enniscorthy,Ireland,Kanturk,Living in Ireland,Roscrea,Tipperary by census-analysis

The town of Tipperary is behind the rest of Ireland when it comes to Information Technolgy. Census 2006 figures showed that  just 11.4% of Tipperary households had broadband and 71.84% of households had no internet access at all. This is the highest percentage of any town in Ireland  (National average 51.7%)
Also – just 36.35% of households owned a personal computer  compared  to the national average of  53.5%.
The high proportion of rented accommodation might be one of the reasons for these figures.

Ten worst towns in Ireland for IT (with population over 1500)
Tipperary
Cashel
Ballyhaunis
Roscrea
Ballaghaderreen
Bunclody-Carrickduff
Ballyjamesduff
Castlerea
Kanturk
Enniscorthy

Rental Accommodation – Longford has the most

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in An Daingean,Ballaghaderreen,Ballyhaunis,Cavan,Census,Galway City,Gort,Living in Ireland,Longford,New Ross,Skibbereen by census-analysis

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

Top 20 Ethnically Diverse Towns

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 in Ballaghaderreen,Ballyhaunis,Bunclody-Carrickduff,Carrickmacross,Cavan,Census,Ethnic Origins,Gort,Kinsale,Longford,Monaghan,Roscommon,Swords by census-analysis

Ethnic Diversity in Ireland:
Immigration in Ireland has grown in the past decade – and the 2006 census provided figures on ethnic origins of residents. Ireland also has it’s own ethnic group – the Travellers and this category was included in the 2006 census for the first time.

These are the  20 towns with the highest percentage of non “White Irish” in Ireland (This includes “Other”, “Traveller”, “Black”, “Black Irish”, “Asian”, “Asian Irish” and “Other White”

Ballyhaunis, Mayo (45.93%)
Gort, Galway (39.2%)
Rathkeale, Limerick (31.76%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (31.31%)
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon (27.68%)
Clonee Village, Meath (27.5%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff,Carlow/Wexford (26.94%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (25.88%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (24.85%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (24.66%)
Oldcastle, Meath (24.63%)
Longford, Longford (24.56%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (24.1%)
Kenmare, Kerry (23.11%)
Kinsale, Cork (22.17%)
Athenry, Galway (21.21%)
Roscommon, Roscommon (21.07%)
Ballybay, Monaghan (21.02%)
Cavan (20.53%)

If Travellers are taken out of the calculation – then the 20 most ethnically diverse towns are as follows: (Showing percentage of population that are not “White Irish” or ” White Irish Traveller”)

Ballyhaunis, Mayo 40.55
Gort, Galway 38.68
Clonee Village, Meath 27.50
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon 26.49
Ballinrobe, Mayo 24.86
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan 24.85
Oldcastle, Meath 24.63
Monaghan, Monaghan 23.74
Kenmare, Kerry 23.12
Cahir, South Tipperary 22.92
Kinsale, Cork 22.17
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon 21.58
Ballybay, Monaghan 20.85
Roscommon, Roscommon 20.40
Longford, Longford 19.96
Oranmore, Galway 19.52
Cavan, Cavan 19.08
Carrickmacross, Monaghan 18.96
Millstreet, Cork 17.95
Swords, Fingal 17.81

Ballyhaunis – most Asian born

Posted on October 18th, 2007 in Ballaghaderreen,Ballyhaunis by census-analysis

Ballyhaunis in Co. Mayo has the largest percntage of Asian born residents – based on census 2006 figures. Asian born make up 9.9% of the population of Ballyhaunis, Nearby  Ballaghaderreen has the next highest at 7.42%.

Towns dependent on Construction

Posted on October 15th, 2007 in Annacotty,Athboy,Ballaghaderreen,Carndonagh,Carrick-on-Suir,Donabate,Duleek,Dunmanway,Enniscorthy,Gort,Kanturk,Killorglin,Kinsealy-Drinan,Portmarnock,Shannon by census-analysis

Construction Workers in Ireland

 

The building and construction sector accounts for 8.69% of all the employment in Ireland – according to responses in the 2006 Census.

Some towns depend much more on construction for jobs than others – and could be harder hit if the slowdown in house building continues.

Gort – in Galway has a massive 23% of it’s workforce employed in building – almost one quarter of all jobs in the town.

These are the top ten towns (with populations over 1500) for construction-based work.

 

Gort  23.27%

Kanturk   18.64%

Ballaghaderreen 17.95 %

Carndonagh  17.59%

Dunmanway 16.66 %

Killorglin   16.46%

Enniscorthy 15.4%

Carrick-on-Suir  15%

Duleek  14.95%

Athboy 14.8%

 

The town with the least people occupied in the building industry is  Annacotty – with just 3.16% of the workforce employed in the sector.

The towns of Malahide , Donabate , Portmarnock,  Kinsealy-Drinan and Shannon all had less than 5% of their workforce in the building trade.

All figures calculated from the 2006 Census – taken in May 2006