AREA PROFILE FOR COUNTY LIMERICK

AGE/SEX In April 2011 Limerick had a population of 134,703, consisting of 67,868 males and 66,835 females.

The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 10,475, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 14,716 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 10,593. There were 15,792 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 100,797. MARITAL STATUS Of the 105,870 persons aged 15 years and over, 42,882 were single, 52,312 were married, 2,996 were separated, 1,984 were divorced and 5,696 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 47,282 private households in Limerick in April 2011, of which 10,586 were single person households. Of the 34,386 families in the area, 9,849 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Limerick State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 10,586 22.4 23.7 Couple without children 8,990 19.0 18.9 Couple with children 18,148 38.4 34.9 Lone parent family 4,317 9.1 10.9 Other 5,241 11.1 11.6 Total 47,282 100.0 100.0

MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 93.7 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 4.1 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.4 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 8.7 per cent of the population of Limerick compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (3,518 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (2,864 persons). LANGUAGES 60,319 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 18,643 spoke the language daily. 11,480 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 2,162 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 3,519 speakers. RELIGION There were 121,307 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 7,022 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 5,006 persons indicated that they had no religion.

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THIS AREA: LIMERICK WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 63,765 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 82.5 per cent (52,622 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 17.5 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 3,163 fishing Of the 42,105 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 1,273 32.9 per cent were students, 23.7 per cent were looking after the home/family and 31.5 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 8,665

Of the 52,622 workers enumerated in Limerick, 15,891 worked outside the area. Commerce and trade 7,640 The daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Limerick was 39,014 Transport and 2,189 with professional services being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 1,253 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 15.0 per Professional services 11,213 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 55.6 per cent attained second level while 29.3 per cent were educated to third level. Other 3,618 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 39,014

TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 69.3 per cent of all journeys. 677 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 24 minutes and 20.4 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 16,978 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 5,853, representing 34.5 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK

5,629 persons (2,154 males and 3,475 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. 22.0 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 48,634 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.2 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 4.4 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 36,045 dwellings (76.5 per cent) were owner occupied while 10,486 dwellings (22.3 per cent) were rented. 28.2 per cent House or Bungalow 92.0% 84.7% of the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The Flat, Apartment, 4.6% 11.0% average number of persons per household was 2.8 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.5% 4.3% 59.5 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 51.8 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 6,841 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 120,357 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 6.5% 20.5% representing 89.3 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 93.5% 79.5% persons nationally. 1,758 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.3 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally.