AREA PROFILE FOR COUNTY CARLOW

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Carlow had a population of 54,612, consisting of 27,431 males and 27,181 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 4,345, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 6,409 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 4,117. There were 6,211 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 40,473. MARITAL STATUS Of the 42,463 persons aged 15 years and over, 17,009 were single, 20,587 were married, 1,515 were separated, 1,094 were divorced and 2,258 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 19,436 private households in Carlow in April 2011, of which 4,341 were single person households. Of the 14,281 families in the area, 3,927 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Carlow State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 4,341 22.3 23.7 Couple without children 3,538 18.2 18.9 Couple with children 7,214 37.1 34.9 Lone parent family 2,174 11.2 10.9 Other 2,169 11.2 11.6 Total 19,436 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 93.4 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 4.0 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.8 per cent lived elsewhere in the State while 0.8 per cent lived outside the State twelve months before the census on April 10, 2011.

Non-Irish nationals accounted for 11.1 per cent of the population of Carlow compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (2,278 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (1,231 persons). LANGUAGES 19,972 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 6,901 spoke the language daily. 5,771 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 1,355 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 2,262 speakers. RELIGION There were 47,311 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 4,324 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 2,164 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: CARLOW WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 25,410 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 76.7 per cent (19,502 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 23.3 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 1,129 fishing Of the 17,053 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 489 28.5 per cent were students, 25.8 per cent were looking after the home/family and 30.3 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 2,059

Of the 19,502 workers enumerated in Carlow, 5,465 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 4,385 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Carlow was 15,026 with Transport and 573 commerce and trade being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 681 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 17.4 per Professional services 3,742 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 58.3 per cent attained second level while 24.3 per cent were educated to third level. Other 1,968 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 15,026

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 63.8 per cent of all journeys. 296 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 27 minutes and 26.0 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 7,482 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 2,427, representing 32.4 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

2,156 persons (853 males and 1,303 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. 20.7 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 19,963 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 94.9 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 4.8 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 13,684 dwellings (70.7 per cent) were owner occupied while 5,348 dwellings (27.6 per cent) were rented. 29.1 per cent of House or Bungalow 90.9% 84.7% the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 4.8% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.8 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 4.3% 4.3% 57.6 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 44.2 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 3,202 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 47,613 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 8.8% 20.5% representing 87.2 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 91.2% 79.5% persons nationally. 867 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.