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Area Profile for County Wexford AREA PROFILE FOR COUNTY WEXFORD AGE/SEX In April 2011 Wexford had a population of 145,320, consisting of 71,909 males and 73,411 females. The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 11,539, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 17,405 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 11,570. There were 18,367 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 106,478. MARITAL STATUS Of the 112,256 persons aged 15 years and over, 42,710 were single, 55,723 were married, 4,305 were separated, 3,132 were divorced and 6,386 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 52,652 private households in Wexford in April 2011, of which 12,210 were single person households. Of the 39,189 families in the area, 11,499 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Wexford State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 12,210 23.2 23.7 Couple without children 10,538 20.0 18.9 Couple with children 18,958 36.0 34.9 Lone parent family 6,147 11.7 10.9 Other 4,799 9.1 11.6 Total 52,652 100.0 100.0 MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 94.2 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 3.9 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.2 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 0.7 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011. Non-Irish nationals accounted for 9.4 per cent of the population of Wexford compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. UK nationals (4,604 persons) were the largest group, followed by Polish (4,010 persons). LANGUAGES 50,936 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 19,008 spoke the language daily. 11,257 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 2,497 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 3,905 speakers. RELIGION There were 127,842 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 9,659 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 6,204 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: WEXFORD WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 67,477 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 76.0 per cent (51,307 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 24.0 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 3,315 fishing Of the 44,779 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 1,213 23.0 per cent were students, 28.9 per cent were looking after the home/family and 34.7 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 4,660 Of the 51,307 workers enumerated in Wexford, 7,236 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 10,047 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Wexford was 37,668 with Transport and 1,804 commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 2,219 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 19.1 per Professional services 8,931 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 59.2 per cent attained second level while 21.6 per cent were educated to third level. Other 5,479 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 37,668 TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 64.2 per cent of all journeys. 642 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 25 minutes and 21.4 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 20,134 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 6,791, representing 33.7 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK 5,763 persons (2,167 males and 3,596 females) provided regular unpaid personal This Dwelling Type State help for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or Area disability. 24.8 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 53,814 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.5 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 3.9 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 38,526 dwellings (73.6 per cent) were owner occupied while 13,257 dwellings (25.3 per cent) were rented. 33.5 per cent House or Bungalow 92.6% 84.7% of the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The Flat, Apartment, 3.8% 11.0% average number of persons per household was 2.7 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.6% 4.3% 56.5 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 44.4 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 14,329 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 128,280 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 48.3% 20.5% representing 88.3 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 51.7% 79.5% persons nationally. 2,368 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.6 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally. .
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