AREA PROFILE FOR COUNTY LEITRIM AGE/SEX In April 2011 Leitrim had a population of 31,798, consisting of 16,144 males and 15,654 females. The population of pre-school age (0-4) was 2,456, of primary school going age (5- 12) was 3,602 and of secondary school going age (13-18) was 2,333. There were 4,706 persons aged 65 years and over. The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 23,747. MARITAL STATUS Of the 24,919 persons aged 15 years and over, 9,194 were single, 12,639 were married, 761 were separated, 605 were divorced and 1,720 were widowed. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS There were 12,308 private households in Leitrim in April 2011, of which 3,755 were single person households. Of the 8,180 families in the area, 2,600 were couples with no children. The average number of children per family was 1.4 compared with 1.4 nationally. HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPOSITION Leitrim State No. of households % breakdown % breakdown One Person 3,755 30.5 23.7 Couple without children 2,470 20.1 18.9 Couple with children 4,166 33.8 34.9 Lone parent family 1,115 9.1 10.9 Other 802 6.5 11.6 Total 12,308 100.0 100.0 MIGRATION AND NATIONALITIES 94.3 per cent of the usually resident population aged over 1 lived at the same address one year before the census. A further 2.6 per cent lived elsewhere in the same county, 2.2 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 11.8 per cent of the population of Leitrim compared with a national average figure of 12.0 per cent. UK nationals (1,665 persons) were the largest group, followed by Polish (764 persons). LANGUAGES 12,644 persons could speak the Irish language and of these 4,225 spoke the language daily. 2,497 persons spoke a language other than Irish or English at home and of these 477 could not speak English well or at all. Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 757 speakers. RELIGION There were 27,394 Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 2,293 were adherents of other stated religions (e.g. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox), while 1,696 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: LEITRIM WORKERS BY INDUSTRY Daytime LABOUR FORCE Industry Working There were 15,019 persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of Population these, 79.7 per cent (11,972 persons) were at work. The unemployment rate for this Agriculture, forestry and area was 20.3 per cent compared with a national average rate of 19.0 per cent. 665 fishing Of the 9,900 persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Building and construction 154 23.1 per cent were students, 23.7 per cent were looking after the home/family and 39.5 per cent were retired. Manufacturing 831 Of the 11,972 workers enumerated in Leitrim, 3,771 worked outside the area. The Commerce and trade 1,822 daytime working population (resident and non-resident) of Leitrim was 8,042 with Transport and 261 professional services being the largest industry. communications EDUCATION Public administration 777 Of those aged 15 years and over whose full-time education had ceased, 18.5 per Professional services 2,467 cent were educated to at most primary level only; a further 55.2 per cent attained second level while 26.3 per cent were educated to third level. Other 1,065 SOCIAL CLASS COMPARISON Total 8,042 TRAVEL TO WORK The most popular means of travelling to work was by car (driver) with this mode accounting for 65.4 per cent of all journeys. 131 persons commuted using public transport (bus or rail). The average journey time was 26 minutes and 22.4 per cent of workers faced a commuting time in excess of 30 minutes. DISABILITY AND CARERS 4,289 persons had a disablity in April 2011, of whom 1,718, representing 40.1 per cent of the total, were aged 65 years and over. PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK 1,459 persons (627 males and 832 females) provided regular unpaid personal help This Dwelling Type State for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability. Area 19.6 per cent of these provided care for more than 6 hours per day. Occupied or 12,602 1,705,394 HOUSING, INTERNET AND CARS Usually Occupied 95.8 per cent of households lived in houses or bungalows while a further 3.6 per Of which cent lived in apartments, flats or bedsits. 9,017 dwellings (73.7 per cent) were owner occupied while 3,036 dwellings (24.8 per cent) were rented. 33.7 per cent of House or Bungalow 93.0% 84.7% the dwellings in this area were built in the ten years before the census. The average Flat, Apartment, 3.5% 11.0% number of persons per household was 2.6 compared with 2.7 nationally. Bedsit Not Stated 3.5% 4.3% 51.5 per cent of households had broadband connectivity compared with 63.8 per cent nationally. 43.9 per cent of households had two or more cars. Vacant 5,526 289,451 GENERAL HEALTH Of which In this area 27,584 persons stated they were in very good or good health, Holiday Home 27.0% 20.5% representing 86.7 per cent of total persons. This compares to 88.3 per cent of total Other 73.0% 79.5% persons nationally. 449 persons stated they were in bad or very bad health, representing 1.4 per cent of total persons in this area. Again this compares with 1.5 per cent of total persons nationally. .