Quiet Mornings in Letterkenny

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Ballina, Carrigaline, Castlebar, Commuting, Cork City, Dungarvan, Edenderry, Galway City, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Passage West, Sligo, Westport by census-analysis

The streets of Letterkenny must be quiet in the mornings. Letterkenny has the lowest percentage of workers who leave home before 6.30am to go to work. Just 2.24% of working people in Letterkenny said that they leave the house that early . Census 2006  figures  from towns with more than 5000 people - show that  154 people out of 6883 in Letterkenny - said they have to leave the house before 6.30 in the morning.
At the other end of the scale we have Edenderry in Offaly where almost 1 in 5 workers (18.84%)  have to leave home before 6.30.
Other irish towns where  not many workers don’t get up before 6.30
Sligo  2.62%
Killarney  2.63%
Castlebar  2.9%
Passage West 3.24%
Ballina 3.26%
Westport  3.37%
Limerick City  3.59%
Cork City  3.63%
Carrigaline 3.73%
Dungarvan  3.74%
Galway City  3.78%

Edenderry most Early Risers

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Athy, Balbriggan, Ceannanus Mór, Commuting, Edenderry, Kildare, Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington, Living in Ireland, Navan, Portarlington, Rush, Trim by census-analysis

Edenderry in County Offaly has the highest percentage  of early risers out of all the towns in Ireland with a population of over 5000.
According to Census 2006 figures -  18.84% of workers in Edenderry have to leave their house before 6.30am to go to work. (498  workers out of 2963) The top 10 towns for leaving home before 6.30am are:
Edenderry
Portarlington
Navan (An Uaimh)
Athy
Ceannanus Mór
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington
Rush
Trim
Kildare
Balbriggan