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New Ross 5th Worst Town

census-analysis — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:27:20 +0000

New Ross came fifth in our top 20 Worst towns in Ireland . Our chart was based on census figures from 2006 and used statistics on Education, Housing, Lone Parents, IT, Unemployment to analyse all the towns with populations over 1500.At the 2006 census – the population of New Ross was 7709 .The unemployment rate in New Ross was 9.86% and was the 5th highest rate of unemployment in Ireland
In New Ross – 4.9% of the workforce are unable to work because of disability or ill health – which is slightly above over the national average of 4.71% .

Most workers in New Ross are are employed in manufacturing (15.86% of the workforce)

Lone parents- make up 24.4% of all households in New Ross well above the National average of 19.29%

Housing: Local Authority rented homes make up 16.56% of the dwelling units in New Ross – the fourh highest percentage in the country behind Rathangan, Lonford and Rathnew.
Rented homes in New Ross make up 40.37% of all homes in the town – 50% above the average for Ireland of 28.1%.
26.27% of houses in New Ross are owned outright – with no mortgage outstanding – just below the average for Ireland as a whole.

Central Heating is not installed in 16.56% of all dwellings in New Ross – which is 50% worse than the national averageof 10.22%.
Information Technology. : 46.48% of households own personal computers in New Ross – compared to 53.3% nationally. But 18.5% had broadband at the last census – not much lower than the Irish average at the time of 20.18% .
Also – 56.75% of homes had no internet access at all in New Ross – compared to the average of 51%

Education : 18.8% of the people living in New Ross – were only educated to primary school level or had no formal education at all. This is very close to the national average of 16.72%.
People with a third level degree or a higher qualification – make up just 11.43% of the New Ross workforce – which is about two thirds of the national average of 16.57%.
Community involvement in New Ross is just below the average for the country. In New Ross 14.2% of the over 15s said they carry out some sort of voluntary work compared to the national average of 15.42%

The percentage of people with a disability in New Ross is below the national average of 9.8% at 9.3%.

Income Levels in Ireland

census-analysis — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:18:16 +0000

The CSO – Central Statistics Office released some figures on disposable income levels in Ireland . (Income after Tax and PRSI) The figures are from 2005.County Dublin residents have the highest income levels in the country at 22793 euro per annum. Donegal residents seem to be the poorest with an annual disposable income of 16546 Euro. This is just 72% of the Dublin income levels.

Income Figures per year in Euros by County

22793 Dublin
21186 Kildare
20482 Limerick
20187 Wicklow
20164 Irish Average
20034 Cork
19921 Louth
19719 Meath
19597 Waterford
19413 North Tipperary
19355 Galway
19290 Sligo
18969 South Tipperary
18957 Westmeath
18806 Longford
18722 Clare
18706 Monaghan
18324 Leitrim
18289 Offaly
18099 Laois
18051 Cavan
18040 Wexford
18037 Roscommon
18032 Kilkenny
17879 Mayo
17733 Carlow
17364 Kerry
16546 Donegal

Longford – Second Worst Place to Live in Ireland

census-analysis — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:23:53 +0000

We have carried out detailed analysis of census statistics from all the towns in Ireland with more than 1500 people. Based on that information we have compiled a top twenty of the best and worst towns in Ireland.

Longford Town came out second worst (just behind Rathnew).

At the last census in 2006 – the population of Longford Town was 8836
Unemployment was 11.14% the highest in Ireland at the time and almost double the – National Average of 5.92%)
5.5% of the workforce are unable to work because of disability or ill health – which is also more than the national average of 4.71%
Of those working – the majority work in manufacturing or sales (25% of the workforce) .

Lone parent households -make up 27.12% of those in Longford – which is the third highest in Ireland just behind Tipperary and Cashel .
Local Authority rented homes make up 19.3% of the dwelling units in Longford – the second highest in Ireland just behind Rathnew. Rented homes make up 47% of housing units in Longford – the most in all the towns in the survey and way above the average of 28.1%.
22.3% of homes in Longford are owned outright – with no mortgage outstanding . This compares with an average of 28% across Ireland as a whole.
Residents of Traveller ethnic origin make up 4.6% of Longford’s population – the eighth highest percentage in any town over 10000 population.

Central Heating – 17.92% of all dwellings in Longford have no central heating – which is 70% worse than the average for the country as a whole (10.22%).

Education : 20% of the people living in Longford – who have completed their education – only went as far as primary school or had no formal education at all. This is about 25% above the national average of 16.72%

Community involvement in Longford is about the same as the average for the country . In Longford 15.49 % of the over 15s carry out some sort of voluntary work compared to the national average of 15.42%

The percentage of retired people though – is below the average of 11.05% at 8.84%.