Area Profile for Town Kingscourt Co. Cavan

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Area Profile for Town Kingscourt Co. Cavan AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN KINGSCOURT CO. CAVAN AGE/SEX In April 2011 Kingscourt had a population of 2,326, consisting of 1,156 males and 1,170 females. The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 275, of primary school going age (5-12) was 309 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 167. There were 200 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 1,600. MARITAL STATUS Of the 1,672 persons aged 15 years and over, 664 were single, 815 were married, 60 were separated, 45 were divorced and 88 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 843 private households in Kingscourt in April 2011, of which 209 were single person households. Of the 617 families in the area, 163 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Kingscourt State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 209 24.8 23.7 Couple without children 152 18.0 18.9 Couple with children 314 37.2 34.9 Lone parent family 103 12.2 10.9 Other 65 7.7 11.6 Total 843 100.0 100.0 MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 91.7 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 4.3 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 2.8 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 1.2 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011. Non-Irish nationals accounted for 19.9 per cent of the population of Kingscourt compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (223 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (78 persons). LANGUAGES 702 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 269 spoke the language daily. 414 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 143 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 214 speakers. RELIGION There were 2,062 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 160 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 83 persons indicated that they had no religion. For more statistics about this area click here All census publications are available online at www.cso.ie/census For further information contact Census Enquiries - LoCall: 1890 236 787 Ph: 01 8951460 Email: [email protected] THIS AREA: KINGSCOURT WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 1,076 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 70.9 per cent (763 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was Agriculture, forestry and 29.1 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 7 fishing Of the 596 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 26.5 Building and construction 12 per cent were students, 36.7 per cent were looking after the home/family and 27.3 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 47 Of the 763 workers enumerated in Kingscourt, 461 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 197 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Kingscourt was 444 with Transport and 8 commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 6 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 14.8 per Professional services 79 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 66.9 per cent attained second level while 18.3 per cent were educated to third level. Other 88 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 444 TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 67.4 per cent of all journeys. 14 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 25 minutes and 27.5 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 214 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 60, representing 28.0 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK 71 persons (32 males and 39 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. 22.5 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 865 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 96.0 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 4.0 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 506 dwellings (60.0 per cent) were owner occupied while 331 dwellings (39.3 per cent) were rented. 50.1 per cent of the House or Bungalow 93.3% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 3.9% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.7 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 2.8% 4.3% 61.8 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 36.5 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 195 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 2,136 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 1.0% 20.5% representing 91.8 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 99.0% 79.5% persons nationally. 27 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.2 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally. .
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