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
% breakdown
23.7
No. of households % breakdown
One Person
2,690 1,537 2,472 1,278 1,150 9,127
29.5 16.8 27.1 14.0 12.6 100.0
Couple without children Couple with children Lone parent family Other
18.9 34.9 10.9 11.6 100.0
Total
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 Irish language 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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WORKERS BY INDUSTRY
THIS AREA: TRALEE LEGAL TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS
Daytime
- Industry
- Working
LABOUR FORCE
Population
There were 10,917 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, 72.6 per cent (7,925 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was 27.4 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
83
Building and construction Manufacturing
238 790
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 33.6 per cent were retired.
- Commerce and trade
- 3,244
Transport and communications
Of the 7,925 workers enumerated in Tralee, 1,609 worked outside the area. The daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Tralee was 11,585 with professional services being the largest industry.
540
Public administration Professional services Other
1,288 4,063
EDUCATION
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 second level while 29.8 per cent were educated to third level.
1,339
- 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 cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over.
PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK
This
- Dwelling Type
- State
Area
1,034 persons (392 males and 642 females) provided regular unpaid personal help for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. 24.3 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day.
Occupied or Usually Occupied
9,520 1,705,394
Of which
HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS
89.5 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 10.4 per cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 5,220 dwellings (57.2 per cent) were owner occupied while 3,760 dwellings (41.2 per cent) were rented. 24.3 per cent of 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.
- House or Bungalow
- 84.8%
10.6% 4.6%
84.7% 11.0%
4.3%
Flat, Apartment, Bedsit
Not Stated
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
Holiday Home Other
- 3.0%
- 20.5%
79.5%
GENERAL HEALTH
In this area 20,286 persons stated they were in very good or good health, 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.
97.1%
