AREA PROFILE FOR COUNTY KILKENNY

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Kilkenny had a population of 95,419, consisting of 47,788 males and 47,631 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 7,501, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 10,962 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 7,843. There were 11,690 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 70,404. MARITAL STATUS Of the 74,219 persons aged 15 years and over, 28,759 were single, 37,503 were married, 2,284 were separated, 1,639 were divorced and 4,034 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 33,679 private households in Kilkenny in April 2011, of which 7,318 were single person households. Of the 25,040 families in the area, 7,075 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Kilkenny State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 7,318 21.7 23.7 Couple without children 6,495 19.3 18.9 Couple with children 13,071 38.8 34.9 Lone parent family 3,451 10.2 10.9 Other 3,344 9.9 11.6 Total 33,679 100.0 100.0

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 3.3 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.8 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 8.8 per cent of the population of Kilkenny compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. UK nationals (2,412 persons) were the largest group, followed by Polish (2,177 persons). LANGUAGES 38,619 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 13,453 spoke the language daily. 7,544 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 1,455 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 2,113 speakers. RELIGION There were 84,448 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 6,048 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 3,863 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: KILKENNY WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 46,265 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 80.6 per cent (37,273 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 19.4 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 2,678 fishing Of the 27,954 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 790 27.6 per cent were students, 25.9 per cent were looking after the home/family and 34.8 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 3,367

Of the 37,273 workers enumerated in Kilkenny, 9,054 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 7,210 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Kilkenny was 27,485 with Transport and 1,078 commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 1,805 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 15.1 per Professional services 7,124 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 58.1 per cent attained second level while 26.8 per cent were educated to third level. Other 3,433 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 27,485

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 64.9 per cent of all journeys. 444 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 24 minutes and 18.8 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 11,939 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 4,309, representing 36.1 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

4,055 persons (1,536 males and 2,519 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. 21.7 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 34,381 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.5 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 4.2 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 25,318 dwellings (75.4 per cent) were owner occupied while 7,863 dwellings (23.4 per cent) were rented. 29.1 per cent of House or Bungalow 92.6% 84.7% the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 4.1% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.8 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.3% 4.3% 59.0 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 48.0 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 4,624 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 85,069 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 8.7% 20.5% representing 89.2 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 91.3% 79.5% persons nationally. 1,324 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.4 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.