AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN DUNMANWAY CO.

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Dunmanway had a population of 1,585, consisting of 779 males and 806 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 112, of primary school going age (5-12) was 190 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 118. There were 247 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 1,180. MARITAL STATUS Of the 1,244 persons aged 15 years and over, 515 were single, 533 were married, 44 were separated, 59 were divorced and 93 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 660 private households in Dunmanway in April 2011, of which 224 were single person households. Of the 424 families in the area, 121 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Dunmanway State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 224 33.9 23.7 Couple without children 112 17.0 18.9 Couple with children 179 27.1 34.9 Lone parent family 91 13.8 10.9 Other 54 8.2 11.6 Total 660 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 94.8 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 4.0 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 8.2 per cent of the population of Dunmanway compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (41 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (29 persons). LANGUAGES 743 persons could speak the and of these 229 spoke the language daily. 123 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 24 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 39 speakers. RELIGION There were 1,400 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 104 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of , Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 60 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: DUNMANWAY WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 700 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 80.6 per cent (564 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was Agriculture, forestry and 19.4 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 16 fishing Of the 544 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 22.8 Building and construction 30 per cent were students, 21.3 per cent were looking after the home/family and 38.6 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 73

Of the 564 workers enumerated in Dunmanway, 233 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 231 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Dunmanway was 750 Transport and 29 with professional services being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 46 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 19.2 per Professional services 240 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 61.2 per cent attained second level while 19.6 per cent were educated to third level. Other 85 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 750

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 63.0 per cent of all journeys. 5 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 22 minutes and 21.2 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 237 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 83, representing 35.0 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

66 persons (20 males and 46 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. 21.2 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 691 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 94.5 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 5.5 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 421 dwellings (63.8 per cent) were owner occupied while 229 dwellings (34.7 per cent) were rented. 24.2 per cent of the House or Bungalow 89.7% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 5.2% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.5 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 5.1% 4.3% 51.5 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 34.4 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 170 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 1,379 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 1.2% 20.5% representing 87.0 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 98.8% 79.5% persons nationally. 21 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.3 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.