AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN TRALEE LEGAL TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS CO. KERRY

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Tralee had a population of 23,693, consisting of 11,474 males and 12,219 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 1,620, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 2,536 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 1,851. There were 3,070 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 18,009. MARITAL STATUS Of the 18,906 persons aged 15 years and over, 8,625 were single, 7,719 were married, 817 were separated, 662 were divorced and 1,083 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 9,127 private households in Tralee in April 2011, of which 2,690 were single person households. Of the 5,801 families in the area, 1,671 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.3 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Tralee State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 2,690 29.5 23.7 Couple without children 1,537 16.8 18.9 Couple with children 2,472 27.1 34.9 Lone parent family 1,278 14.0 10.9 Other 1,150 12.6 11.6 Total 9,127 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 91.3 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 5.7 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.6 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 1.4 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.

Non-Irish nationals accounted for 16.8 per cent of the population of Tralee compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (1,231 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (547 persons). LANGUAGES 9,341 persons could speak the and of these 3,006 spoke the language daily. 3,922 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 775 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 1,181 speakers. RELIGION There were 19,768 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 2,518 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 1,061 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: TRALEE LEGAL TOWN AND ITS WORKERS BY INDUSTRY ENVIRONS Daytime Industry Working LABOUR FORCE Population There were 10,917 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Agriculture, forestry and these, 72.6 per cent (7,925 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this 83 fishing area was 27.4 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. Building and construction 238 Of the 7,989 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 31.4 per cent were students, 20.9 per cent were looking after the home/family and Manufacturing 790 33.6 per cent were retired. Commerce and trade 3,244

Of the 7,925 workers enumerated in Tralee, 1,609 worked outside the area. The Transport and 540 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Tralee was 11,585 with communications professional services being the largest industry. Public administration 1,288

EDUCATION Professional services 4,063 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 15.2 per cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 55.1 per cent attained Other 1,339 second level while 29.8 per cent were educated to third level. Total 11,585 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 60.3 per cent of all journeys. 98 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 18 minutes and 10.2 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 3,706 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 1,209, representing 32.6 per PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. This Dwelling Type State 1,034 persons (392 males and 642 females) provided regular unpaid personal help Area for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. Occupied or 9,520 1,705,394 24.3 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Usually Occupied HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Of which 89.5 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 10.4 per House or Bungalow 84.8% 84.7% cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 5,220 dwellings (57.2 per cent) were Flat, Apartment, owner occupied while 3,760 dwellings (41.2 per cent) were rented. 24.3 per cent of 10.6% 11.0% Bedsit the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average number of persons per household was 2.5 compared with 2.7 nationally. Not Stated 4.6% 4.3% Vacant 1,899 289,451 58.6 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 28.2 per cent of households had two or more cars. Of which GENERAL HEALTH Holiday Home 3.0% 20.5% In this area 20,286 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Other 97.1% 79.5% representing 85.6 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total persons nationally. 467 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 2.0 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.