View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Research Papers in Economics National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis NIRSA Working Paper Series No. 17 October 2001 Fingal County Profile Prepared for FINGAL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD By Jim Walsh, Joe Brady and Chris Mannion NIRSA National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland i Report for Fingal County Development Board, Oct., 2001 Fingal County Profile Prepared for FINGAL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD By THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS (NIRSA) NUI MAYNOOTH i Report for Fingal County Development Board, Oct., 2001 Foreword This Report is divided into two parts the main or first part is the written text divided into eight chapters. Part two is an accompanying Book of Maps, which have been bound separately for easy reference. Part One Chapter 1 introduces the aims of the report and outlines the role Dublin City has on both a regional and national level. Chapter 2 has a brief description of the physical landscape together with some pertinent facts required by the Shared Vision Project. The distribution and location of the physical heritage of Fingal with regard to Sites & Monuments, National Heritage Areas and Special Areas of Conservation are also detailed in this chapter. Chapter 3 is a Classification of socio-economic areas in Fingal and County Dublin or Greater Dublin Area using primarily data from the 1996 Census of Population. In addition ‘a typology’of part of Fingal and the Greater Dublin Area is given using the census of population statistics. Chapter 4 has 3 main categories and is devoted to describing the tourism, retail and industry. Chapter 5 is a summary of the infrastructure of County Fingal with sections on transport, environmental infrastructure, housing, IT, and energy. Chapter 6 is devoted to Public Service Provision and is divided into health, education & training and safety & security. Chapter 7 includes sections on culture and recreation. Chapter 8 is devoted to local development. Summary of emerging issues. Appendices i Report for Fingal County Development Board, Oct., 2001 FINGAL COUNTY PROFILE.............................................................................................................. I FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................... I LIST OF MAPS................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................... VI 1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1 1.1 FINGAL COUNTY PROFILE ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 DUBLIN REGIONAL & NATIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................................1 2.PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................................................6 2.1 PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE ...................................................................................................................6 2.2 PHYSICAL HERITAGE ......................................................................................................................6 3. SOCIO – ECONOMIC PROFILE....................................................................................................7 3.1 DEMOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................7 3.1.1 Population Density & Change ...............................................................................................9 3.1.2 Population Growth...............................................................................................................11 3.1.3 Age Profiles..........................................................................................................................11 3.1.4 Dependency ratios ...............................................................................................................12 3.2 THE LABOUR FORCE.....................................................................................................................13 3.2.1 Change in Numbers at Work................................................................................................13 3.2.2 Persons at Work by Sector...................................................................................................13 3.2.3 Unemployment Rate .............................................................................................................15 3.3 SOCIAL EXCLUSION ......................................................................................................................16 3.3.1 Long term Unemployment....................................................................................................16 3.3.2 Lone Parent Families...........................................................................................................16 3.3.3 Elderly Persons Living Alone ..............................................................................................16 3.3.4 Immigrants...........................................................................................................................17 3.3.5 Travellers.............................................................................................................................18 3.3.6 Childcare Places..................................................................................................................18 3.4 EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................19 3.4.1 Levels of Education..............................................................................................................19 3.4.2 Social Classes ......................................................................................................................20 3.5 A CLASSIFICATION OF SOCIAL AREAS IN THE GREATER DUBLIN AREA ......................................21 3.5.1 Factor 1: Social Status.........................................................................................................22 3.5.2 Factor 2 - Family Areas.......................................................................................................22 3.5.3 Factor 3 – Youth and Maturity.............................................................................................23 3.6 A TYPOLOGY OF SOCIAL AREAS IN THE GREATER DUBLIN AREA.................................................24 4. ECONOMIC SECTORS..................................................................................................................27 4.1 RETAILING....................................................................................................................................27 4.2 TOURISM ......................................................................................................................................29 4.2.1 Dublin Region ......................................................................................................................29 4.2.2 Fingal Tourism.....................................................................................................................35 4.3 INDUSTRY.....................................................................................................................................37 4.3.1 Fingal County Enterprise Board..........................................................................................37 4.3.2 IDA Companies....................................................................................................................37 4.3.3 Enterprise Ireland Companies.............................................................................................37 4.3.4 Industrial Land.....................................................................................................................38 4.3.5 Craft Centres and Enterprise Centres..................................................................................38 5. INFRASTRUCTURE.......................................................................................................................39 5.1 TRANSPORT ..................................................................................................................................39 ii Report for Fingal County Development Board, Oct., 2001 5.1.1 Roads ...................................................................................................................................39 5.1.2 Rail Services.........................................................................................................................43 5.1.3 Dublin Bus ...........................................................................................................................45 5.1.4 Dublin Airport......................................................................................................................46 5.1.5. Dublin Port .........................................................................................................................49 5.1.6. Bus Eireann.........................................................................................................................52