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AGE/SEX In April 2011 Thomastown had a population of 2,273, consisting of 1,113 males and 1,160 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 195, of primary school going age (5-12) was 250 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 162. There were 348 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 1,695. MARITAL STATUS Of the 1,779 persons aged 15 years and over, 752 were single, 794 were married, 66 were separated, 44 were divorced and 123 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 842 private households in Thomastown in April 2011, of which 211 were single person households. Of the 583 families in the area, 167 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.3 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Thomastown State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 211 25.1 23.7 Couple without children 157 18.6 18.9 Couple with children 283 33.6 34.9 Lone parent family 105 12.5 10.9 Other 86 10.2 11.6 Total 842 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 92.2 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 4.9 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 2.1 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 0.8 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.

Non-Irish nationals accounted for 11.6 per cent of the population of Thomastown compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (82 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (80 persons). LANGUAGES 848 persons could speak the and of these 268 spoke the language daily. 206 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 43 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 80 speakers. RELIGION There were 1,952 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 152 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of , Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 153 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: THOMASTOWN WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 1,074 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 77.7 per cent (835 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was Agriculture, forestry and 22.3 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 8 fishing Of the 705 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 25.4 Building and construction 27 per cent were students, 22.7 per cent were looking after the home/family and 43.0 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 26

Of the 835 workers enumerated in Thomastown, 473 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 149 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Thomastown was 623 Transport and 13 with professional services being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 56 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 17.6 per Professional services 256 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 57.3 per cent attained second level while 25.1 per cent were educated to third level. Other 88 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 623

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 66.3 per cent of all journeys. 17 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 23 minutes and 14.4 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 380 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 188, representing 49.5 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

68 persons (25 males and 43 females) provided regular unpaid personal help for a This Dwelling Type State friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. 32.4 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 856 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.4 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 4.6 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 548 dwellings (65.1 per cent) were owner occupied while 289 dwellings (34.3 per cent) were rented. 42.4 per cent of the House or Bungalow 93.0% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 4.4% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 2.6% 4.3% 61.3 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 35.7 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 177 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 1,969 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 9.0% 20.5% representing 86.6 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 91.0% 79.5% persons nationally. 60 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 2.6 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.