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AGE/SEX In April 2011 Longford had a population of 39,000, consisting of 19,649 males and 19,351 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 3,241, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 4,780 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 3,004. There were 4,883 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 28,407. MARITAL STATUS Of the 29,955 persons aged 15 years and over, 11,507 were single, 14,718 were married, 1,138 were separated, 766 were divorced and 1,826 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 14,453 private households in Longford in April 2011, of which 3,786 were single person households. Of the 10,161 families in the area, 2,881 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.5 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Longford State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 3,786 26.2 23.7 Couple without children 2,710 18.8 18.9 Couple with children 5,016 34.7 34.9 Lone parent family 1,723 11.9 10.9 Other 1,218 8.4 11.6 Total 14,453 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 93.8 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 3.8 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.5 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 0.9 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.

Non-Irish nationals accounted for 14.1 per cent of the population of Longford compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (1,628 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (1,155 persons). LANGUAGES 14,388 persons could speak the and of these 5,106 spoke the language daily. 4,897 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 1,312 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 1,618 speakers. RELIGION There were 34,313 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 3,137 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of , Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 1,087 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: LONGFORD WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 18,433 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 75.3 per cent (13,871 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 24.7 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 850 fishing Of the 11,522 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 252 24.8 per cent were students, 25.9 per cent were looking after the home/family and 34.9 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 2,030

Of the 13,871 workers enumerated in Longford, 3,001 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 2,628 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Longford was 10,724 Transport and 440 with commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 1,093 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 20.4 per Professional services 2,405 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 57.5 per cent attained second level while 22.2 per cent were educated to third level. Other 1,026 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 10,724

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 63.2 per cent of all journeys. 219 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 25 minutes and 20.6 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 5,404 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 1,858, representing 34.4 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

1,688 persons (673 males and 1,015 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. 23.1 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 14,748 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.9 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 3.8 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 9,508 dwellings (66.0 per cent) were owner occupied while 4,692 dwellings (32.6 per cent) were rented. 34.3 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, 3.7% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.7 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.7% 4.3% 51.3 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 38.8 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 4,075 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 33,704 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 7.8% 20.5% representing 86.4 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 92.2% 79.5% persons nationally. 688 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.8 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.