AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN ENNIS LEGAL TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS CO. CLARE
AGE/SEX In April 2011 Ennis had a population of 25,360, consisting of 12,174 males and 13,186 females.
The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 2,104, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 2,946 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 1,852. There were 2,871 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 18,694. MARITAL STATUS Of the 19,641 persons aged 15 years and over, 8,254 were single, 8,964 were married, 777 were separated, 585 were divorced and 1,061 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 9,710 private households in Ennis in April 2011, of which 2,682 were single person households. Of the 6,482 families in the area, 1,976 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.3 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Ennis State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 2,682 27.6 23.7 Couple without children 1,846 19.0 18.9 Couple with children 3,050 31.4 34.9 Lone parent family 1,098 11.3 10.9 Other 1,034 10.6 11.6 Total 9,710 100.0 100.0
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 6.2 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.5 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 1.0 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.
Non-Irish nationals accounted for 16.3 per cent of the population of Ennis compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (1,056 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (609 persons). LANGUAGES 11,277 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 3,494 spoke the language daily. 4,032 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 742 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 1,047 speakers. RELIGION There were 21,326 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 2,385 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 1,189 persons indicated that they had no religion.
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THIS AREA: ENNIS LEGAL TOWN AND ITS WORKERS BY INDUSTRY ENVIRONS Daytime Industry Working LABOUR FORCE Population There were 12,573 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Agriculture, forestry and these, 78.5 per cent (9,874 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this 118 fishing area was 21.5 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. Building and construction 274 Of the 7,068 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 27.2 per cent were students, 23.0 per cent were looking after the home/family and Manufacturing 1,401 36.1 per cent were retired. Commerce and trade 2,723
Of the 9,874 workers enumerated in Ennis, 3,426 worked outside the area. The Transport and 423 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Ennis was 10,064 with communications professional services being the largest industry. Public administration 867
EDUCATION Professional services 2,890 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 12.0 per cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 53.7 per cent attained Other 1,368 second level while 34.2 per cent were educated to third level. Total 10,064 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON
TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 69.3 per cent of all journeys. 151 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 20 minutes and 15.9 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 3,438 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 1,156, representing 33.6 per PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. This Dwelling Type State 1,094 persons (405 males and 689 females) provided regular unpaid personal help Area for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. Occupied or 10,090 1,705,394 22.1 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Usually Occupied HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Of which 91.2 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 8.8 per House or Bungalow 86.4% 84.7% cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 6,170 dwellings (63.6 per cent) were Flat, Apartment, owner occupied while 3,398 dwellings (35.0 per cent) were rented. 28.0 per cent of 8.4% 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 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Not Stated 5.1% 4.3% Vacant 1,483 289,451 64.3 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 38.4 per cent of households had two or more cars. Of which GENERAL HEALTH Holiday Home 3.2% 20.5% In this area 22,140 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Other 96.8% 79.5% representing 87.3 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total persons nationally. 486 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.9 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.