AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN ORANMORE CO. GALWAY

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Oranmore had a population of 4,799, consisting of 2,364 males and 2,435 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 569, of primary school going age (5-12) was 494 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 208. There were 235 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 3,551. MARITAL STATUS Of the 3,661 persons aged 15 years and over, 1,606 were single, 1,764 were married, 109 were separated, 113 were divorced and 69 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 1,845 private households in Oranmore in April 2011, of which 382 were single person households. Of the 1,279 families in the area, 477 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.1 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Oranmore State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 382 20.7 23.7 Couple without children 438 23.7 18.9 Couple with children 616 33.4 34.9 Lone parent family 124 6.7 10.9 Other 285 15.4 11.6 Total 1,845 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 86.0 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 10.0 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 2.7 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 1.3 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.

Non-Irish nationals accounted for 23.5 per cent of the population of Oranmore compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (470 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (129 persons). LANGUAGES 2,004 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 618 spoke the language daily. 1,076 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 223 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 464 speakers. RELIGION There were 3,946 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 443 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 333 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: ORANMORE WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 2,863 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 87.9 per cent (2,518 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area Agriculture, forestry and was 12.1 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 16 fishing Of the 798 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 35.0 Building and construction 31 per cent were students, 29.3 per cent were looking after the home/family and 27.6 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 15

Of the 2,518 workers enumerated in Oranmore, 1,976 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 316 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Oranmore was 942 with Transport and 49 commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 45 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 3.8 per Professional services 279 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 41.3 per cent attained second level while 54.9 per cent were educated to third level. Other 191 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 942

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 78.4 per cent of all journeys. 55 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 24 minutes and 18.5 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 332 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 58, representing 17.5 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

126 persons (51 males and 75 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. 18.3 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 1,956 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 78.4 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 21.6 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 964 dwellings (52.2 per cent) were owner occupied while 862 dwellings (46.7 per cent) were rented. 68.2 per cent of the House or Bungalow 73.2% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 20.3% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 6.6% 4.3% 75.3 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 52.8 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 150 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 4,474 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 4.0% 20.5% representing 93.2 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 96.0% 79.5% persons nationally. 37 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 0.8 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.