Little Island

Cork, Ireland

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Area Statistics

Area:	9.16 square km
Population:	6555
Population Density:	716 people/km ²

Age
Under 15 :	23.6 %	National 20.4 %
15 - 24 :	12.7 %	14.9 %
25 - 34 :	20.2 %	17.0 %
35 - 44 :	17.3 %	14.7 %
45 - 54 :	10.9 %	12.3 %
55 - 64 :	8.6 %	9.6 %
65 & Over :	6.7 %	11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	52.0 %	National 54.7 %
Married :	41.8 %	36.9 %
Separated :	1.8 %	2.5 %
Divorced :	1.5 %	1.4 %
Widowed :	2.9 %	4.5 %

Commuter Type
Car :	80.6 %	National 63.7 %
Walk :	9.3 %	17.5 %
Bicycle :	0.3 %	2.2 %
Bus :	6.4 %	13.2 %
Rail :	2.8 %	2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.6 %	0.6 %

Commute Time
< 15 mins :	38.9 %	National 37.7 %
15 - 29 mins :	34.1 %	30.5 %
30 - 44 mins :	19.0 %	16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	4.7 %	6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	2.3 %	6.4 %
> 90 mins :	0.9 %	2.7 %

Social Class
Managerial & Technical :	31.5 %	National 26.4 %
Professional :	10.4 %	6.5 %
Non-manual :	16.0 %	17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	13.9 %	17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	11.1 %	11.1 %
Unskilled :	2.8 %	4.3 %
Other :	14.3 %	17.6 %

Religion
Catholic :	90.7 %	National 88.3 %
Other :	5.8 %	7.2 %
None :	3.5 %	4.5 %

Housing
House :	97.4 %	National 89.2 %
Apartment :	2.4 %	9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.0 %	0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %	0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	39.0 %	National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.2 %	0.6 %
Primary :	10.0 %	18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	9.8 %	9.0 %
Non-Degree :	14.4 %	11.1 %
Primary Degree :	8.9 %	6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	8.7 %	6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	4.4 %	3.3 %
Masters :	4.0 %	3.1 %
Ph.D. :	0.7 %	0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	23.4 %	National 21.3 %
Education :	6.2 %	7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	8.2 %	10.1 %
Science :	7.5 %	5.2 %
Computing :	5.6 %	6.8 %
Engineering :	16.6 %	12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.0 %	2.6 %
Health :	9.7 %	12.3 %
Social Services :	3.1 %	3.2 %
Services :	5.1 %	6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.5 %	12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	27.8 %	National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.4 %	1.5 %
Construction :	7.4 %	10.2 %
Manufacturing :	25.6 %	15.6 %
Public Service :	5.9 %	6.6 %
Professional Services :	16.4 %	19.7 %
Other :	16.6 %	17.4 %

Household
Couple with Children :	47.9 %	National 35.2 %
One Person :	13.5 %	22.4 %
Couple without Children :	20.0 %	18.3 %
Single Parent :	8.4 %	10.4 %
Other :	10.3 %	13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	89.5 %	National 89.5 %
White other :	7.0 %	7.1 %
Black :	2.1 %	1.1 %
Asian :	0.7 %	1.3 %
Other :	0.8 %	1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	90.5 %	National 89.8 %
British :	1.9 %	2.7 %
Polish :	3.4 %	1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.3 %	0.6 %
Other E.U. :	0.7 %	1.8 %
Rest of the world :	3.2 %	3.5 %

House Age
1981 - 2000 :	31.0 %	National 29.7 %
Before 1919 :	7.3 %	11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	8.3 %	18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	23.7 %	23.4 %
After 2001 :	29.6 %	17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 081 Caherlag.

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