AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN LIFFORD CO. DONEGAL

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Lifford had a population of 1,658, consisting of 777 males and 881 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 158, of primary school going age (5-12) was 194 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 145. There were 182 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 1,189. MARITAL STATUS Of the 1,253 persons aged 15 years and over, 575 were single, 497 were married, 61 were separated, 46 were divorced and 74 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 623 private households in Lifford in April 2011, of which 159 were single person households. Of the 448 families in the area, 95 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.5 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Lifford State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 159 25.5 23.7 Couple without children 88 14.1 18.9 Couple with children 180 28.9 34.9 Lone parent family 140 22.5 10.9 Other 56 9.0 11.6 Total 623 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 95.5 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 3.4 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 0.4 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 4.7 per cent of the population of Lifford compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. UK nationals (48 persons) were the largest group, followed by Filipinos (10 persons). LANGUAGES 319 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 108 spoke the language daily. 45 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 7 could not speak English well or at all. Polish and Tagalog were the most common languages spoken at home with 6 speakers each. RELIGION There were 1,554 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 63 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 26 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: LIFFORD WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 719 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 60.5 per cent (435 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was Agriculture, forestry and 39.5 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 9 fishing Of the 534 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 22.7 Building and construction 24 per cent were students, 27.0 per cent were looking after the home/family and 32.0 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 29

Of the 435 workers enumerated in Lifford, 241 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 58 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Lifford was 753 with Transport and 33 Public administration being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 422 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 34.3 per Professional services 134 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 51.3 per cent attained second level while 14.4 per cent were educated to third level. Other 44 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 753

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 58.5 per cent of all journeys. 11 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 24 minutes and 22.0 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 259 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 89, representing 34.4 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

66 persons (29 males and 37 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. 33.3 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 641 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 92.0 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 7.8 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 352 dwellings (56.6 per cent) were owner occupied while 263 dwellings (42.3 per cent) were rented. 39.7 per cent of the House or Bungalow 88.3% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 7.5% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.7 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 4.2% 4.3% 52.9 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 20.6 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 97 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 1,392 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 0.0% 20.5% representing 84.0 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 100.0% 79.5% persons nationally. 49 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 3.0 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.