AREA PROFILE FOR TOWN ARDEE LEGAL TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS CO. LOUTH AGE/SEX In April 2011 Ardee had a population of 4,927, consisting of 2,438 males and 2,489 females. The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 394, of primary school going age (5-12) was 489 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 378. There were 668 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 3,742. MARITAL STATUS Of the 3,918 persons aged 15 years and over, 1,668 were single, 1,704 were married, 157 were separated, 127 were divorced and 262 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 1,855 private households in Ardee in April 2011, of which 488 were single person households. Of the 1,287 families in the area, 360 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.3 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Ardee State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 488 26.3 23.7 Couple without children 328 17.7 18.9 Couple with children 624 33.6 34.9 Lone parent family 223 12.0 10.9 Other 192 10.4 11.6 Total 1,855 100.0 100.0 MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 91.6 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 6.1 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 1.5 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 10.2 per cent of the population of Ardee compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. Polish (129 persons) were the largest group, followed by UK nationals (98 persons). LANGUAGES 1,374 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 470 spoke the language daily. 505 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 113 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 128 speakers. RELIGION There were 4,407 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 276 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 142 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: ARDEE LEGAL TOWN AND ITS WORKERS BY INDUSTRY ENVIRONS Daytime Industry Working LABOUR FORCE Population There were 2,403 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, Agriculture, forestry and 70.5 per cent (1,694 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this area 25 fishing was 29.5 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. Building and construction 34 Of the 1,515 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, 22.4 per cent were students, 25.5 per cent were looking after the home/family and Manufacturing 204 36.8 per cent were retired. Commerce and trade 518 Of the 1,694 workers enumerated in Ardee, 775 worked outside the area. The Transport and 27 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Ardee was 1,837 with communications professional services being the largest industry. Public administration 112 EDUCATION Professional services 717 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 21.8 per cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 57.3 per cent attained Other 200 second level while 20.9 per cent were educated to third level. Total 1,837 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 62.1 per cent of all journeys. 41 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 24 minutes and 22.2 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 802 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 340, representing 42.4 per cent PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK of the total, were aged 65 years and over. This Dwelling Type State 182 persons (72 males and 110 females) provided regular unpaid personal help for Area a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. 24.7 Occupied or 1,897 1,705,394 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Usually Occupied HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Of which 93.0 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 6.8 per House or Bungalow 88.4% 84.7% cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 1,198 dwellings (64.7 per cent) were Flat, Apartment, owner occupied while 616 dwellings (33.3 per cent) were rented. 34.7 per cent of 6.4% 11.0% Bedsit the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average number of persons per household was 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Not Stated 5.2% 4.3% Vacant 261 289,451 59.4 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 34.1 per cent of households had two or more cars. Of which GENERAL HEALTH Holiday Home 2.3% 20.5% In this area 4,179 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Other 97.7% 79.5% representing 84.8 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total persons nationally. 117 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 2.4 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally. .