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Area Profile for Town Ballymahon Co. Longford AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN BALLYMAHON CO. LONGFORD AGE/SEX In April 2011 Ballymahon had a population of 1,563, consisting of 786 males and 777 females. The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 150, of primary school going age (5-12) was 204 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 93. There were 156 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 1,129. MARITAL STATUS Of the 1,171 persons aged 15 years and over, 487 were single, 498 were married, 73 were separated, 39 were divorced and 74 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 586 private households in Ballymahon in April 2011, of which 161 were single person households. Of the 400 families in the area, 118 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Ballymahon State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 161 27.5 23.7 Couple without children 108 18.4 18.9 Couple with children 156 26.6 34.9 Lone parent family 94 16.0 10.9 Other 67 11.4 11.6 Total 586 100.0 100.0 MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 88.4 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 5.7 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 3.3 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 2.6 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011. Non-Irish nationals accounted for 27.6 per cent of the population of Ballymahon compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (248 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (52 persons). LANGUAGES 467 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 186 spoke the language daily. 363 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 150 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 223 speakers. RELIGION There were 1,387 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 101 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 52 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: BALLYMAHON WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 758 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Population 69.3 per cent (525 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area was Agriculture, forestry and 30.7 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 5 fishing Of the 413 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 22.8 Building and construction 5 per cent were students, 26.6 per cent were looking after the home/family and 33.9 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 15 Of the 525 workers enumerated in Ballymahon, 292 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 182 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Ballymahon was 508 with Transport and 10 professional services being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 9 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 18.9 per Professional services 198 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 59.0 per cent attained second level while 22.1 per cent were educated to third level. Other 84 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 508 TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 60.6 per cent of all journeys. 5 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 22 minutes and 13.2 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 223 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 71, representing 31.8 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK 57 persons (24 males and 33 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. 28.1 Area per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 603 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 90.3 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 9.7 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 199 dwellings (34.0 per cent) were owner occupied while 379 dwellings (64.7 per cent) were rented. 49.0 per cent of the House or Bungalow 87.4% 84.7% dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 9.3% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.3% 4.3% 54.1 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 27.0 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 297 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 1,324 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 0.3% 20.5% representing 84.7 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 99.7% 79.5% persons nationally. 26 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.7 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally. .
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