Healthy Towns

Posted on November 20th, 2007 in Ashbourne,Carrigtwohill,Dunboyne,Enfield,Ireland,Kinsealy-Drinan,Living in Ireland,Oranmore,Ratoath,Sallins,Stamullen by census-analysis

Good Health
The people of Stamullen appear to be the healthiest in Ireland – according to analysis of 2006 Census figures.
The percentage of people in Stamullen who stated that had some degree of physical or mental disability or impairment – was just 4.6%. This was the lowest out of all towns with populations over 1500.
The national average is 9.3% – so Stamullen residents are 50% less likely to be disabled.

Towns with  Lowest disability rates in Ireland:
Stamullen 4.6%
Oranmore 5%
Enfield 5.2%
Carrigtwohill 5.3%
Ratoath 5.4%
Dunboyne 5.7%
Donabate 5.8%
Ashbourne 5.8%
Kinsealy-Drinan 5.8%
Sallins 6%

Marriage versus Co-habiting

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Carrigtwohill,Census,Enfield,Kinnegad,Kinsealy-Drinan,Living in Ireland,Lusk,Oranmore,People,Stamullen by census-analysis

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

High Fertility in Ratoath

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Ballina (North Tipperary),Carrigaline,Castlebridge,Children,Clogherhead,Donabate,Dunboyne,Dunshaughlin,Enfield,Enniskerry,Kinnegad,Prosperous,Rathangan,Ratoath,Tower by census-analysis

Most Children in Ratoath
Ratoath has the largest percentage of residents aged under 15 .
According to the most recent Irish census of 2006,   32% of the population of the town of Ratoath are aged 0 to 14. This is higher than any other town in Ireland with over 1500 residents.
All the following Irish  towns have over 25% of their population under 15 :  Donabate, Prosperous, Dunboyne, Sallins, Dunshaughlin, Tower, Stamullen, Ballina (North Tipperary), Kinnegad, Clogherhead, Enniskerry, Castlebridge, Rathangan, Carrigaline, Enfield. Many of these are in the Dublin commuter area.
The overall percentage of the population in Ireland aged under 15 is 20.39%.