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Area Statistics

Area:	0.78 square km
Population:	2289
Population Density:	2953 people/km ²

Age
25 - 34 :	17.9 %		National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	16.3 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	16.2 %		14.9 %
35 - 44 :	13.4 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	9.6 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	10.4 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	16.3 %		11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	56.4 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	29.6 %		36.9 %
Separated :	4.5 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	2.0 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	7.5 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type
Car :	45.0 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	40.4 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	2.2 %		2.2 %
Bus :	11.5 %		13.2 %
Rail :	0.5 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.4 %		0.6 %

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Commute Time
15 - 29 mins :	41.5 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	35.7 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	17.5 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	2.9 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	1.6 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.8 %		2.7 %

Social Class
Other :	29.0 %		National 17.6 %
Professional :	2.1 %		6.5 %
Managerial & Technical :	7.9 %		26.4 %
Non-manual :	11.8 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	19.0 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	19.2 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	11.0 %		4.3 %

Religion
Catholic :	90.2 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	4.9 %		7.2 %
None :	4.9 %		4.5 %

Housing
House :	77.0 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	22.1 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.6 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.2 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	41.2 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.9 %		0.6 %
Primary :	34.2 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	10.3 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	5.5 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	2.7 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	1.8 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	1.7 %		3.3 %
Masters :	1.4 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	0.2 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	20.9 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	5.9 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	17.3 %		10.1 %
Science :	6.3 %		5.2 %
Computing :	7.9 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	12.2 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	2.0 %		2.6 %
Health :	7.1 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	5.9 %		3.2 %
Services :	5.9 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	8.7 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	26.2 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.5 %		1.5 %
Construction :	16.7 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	16.0 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	2.1 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	12.3 %		19.7 %
Other :	26.2 %		17.4 %

Household
One Person :	35.5 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	13.0 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	18.9 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	16.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	16.6 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	81.7 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	12.8 %		7.1 %
Black :	3.4 %		1.1 %
Asian :	0.5 %		1.3 %
Other :	1.6 %		1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	82.8 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.8 %		2.7 %
Polish :	6.0 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.9 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	4.7 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	3.7 %		3.5 %

House Age
1919 - 1960 :	34.9 %		National 18.0 %
Before 1919 :	23.1 %		11.1 %
1961 - 1980 :	16.5 %		23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	13.6 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	11.9 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 011 Blackpool A, 024 Farranferris A.

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