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CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:
KILDARE NORTH
This profile is based on the Census
of Population 2006 which took
to be at work and less likely to be
place in the Republic of Ireland on
unemployed or retired than people
26th April 2006.
nationally (see Figure 9).
Key Highlights
ations is above the national average
to the rest of the country. However, there
(see Figure 10).
are a few notable differences:
The average age of the population in
Introduction
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Glossary
3
Demographics
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population aged 65 years and older is
Families
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well below the national average (see
Employment Households and housing Voting and turnout
10
than the national average (see
average and the share of the
12
Figure 11).
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daily
commuting
In
Kildare
people
North
there
are
significantly more households with mortgages
20
than
elsewhere in the State (see Figure 12).
to have left education later and with nationally (see Figure 8 and Table 3).
People in Kildare North are much more likely to own a car and use it for
People in Kildare North are more likely higher qualifications than people
Kildare North people have a much longer commute to work or school
Kildare North is below the national
Figure 2). Education
The share of the Kildare North workforce in professional occup-
In general Kildare North’s profile is similar
CONTENTS
People in Kildare North are more likely
than
the
national
average (see Figure 15).
No liability is accepted to any person arising out of any reliance on the contents of this paper. Nothing herein constitutes professional advice of any kind. This document contains a general summary of developments and is not complete or definitive. It has been prepared for distribution to Members to aid them in their Parliamentary duties. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff.
Introduction This profile is based on Census 2006 Small Area Statistics data published online at www.cso.ie/census/SAPs.htm. The census took place in the Republic of Ireland on 26th April 2006. The Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) used this publicly available information to create profiles for the 43 constituencies used in the 2007 General Election. The profiles cover: demographic characteristics; the make-up of households and families; ethnic diversity; nationality and religion; education and employment profiles; and the state of the constituency’s housing stock. The L&RS has also added some electoral information for each constituency. The variables used were selected from those available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in order to provide a reasonably detailed overview of the constituency. In calculating percentages, constituents who did not provide a response were excluded (unless otherwise indicated). A copy of the census questionnaire is available on the CSO website. The terminology used throughout this profile is, in general, the same as that used by the CSO. The census data does not identify individual people; if certain variables could be used to identify people at the constituency level, this data is combined into larger groups by the CSO to prevent such identification. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. A glossary of terms used by the CSO is provided at the beginning of the profile to give further information on selected variables. This profile and profiles for the other 42 Dáil constituencies may be downloaded from the Oireachtas website (www.oireachtas.ie) – they are accessible from the Dáil Éireann navigation menu. Oireachtas Library & Research Service 2008
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Glossary VARIABLE
DEFINITION
Private household
A private household comprises either one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping arrangements - that is, sharing at least one meal a day or sharing a living room or sitting room.
Permanent private household
This is a private household occupying a permanent dwelling such as a house, flat, apartment or bedsitter.
Usually resident
This includes people enumerated (counted) in the area of their usual residence, together with other people usually resident in that area who were enumerated elsewhere in the State. Usual residents of an area who were not in the State on census night are not included in the figures.
Housing unit
A housing unit is a conventional house, a structurally separate flat or apartment, or a mobile or temporary dwelling, regardless of the number of private households it contains.
Family unit
A family unit is defined as: (1) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple; or (2) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple together with one or more usually resident never-married children (of any age); or (3) one parent together with one or more usually resident never-married children (of any age). Family members have to be usual residents of the relevant household.
Industry
The 2006 Census uses the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE) to code industries. Whatever their occupation, the industry in which a person is engaged is determined by the main economic activity carried out in the local unit in which he or she works. The term “industry” used for Census of Population purposes is not confined to manufacturing industry. Instead, it refers to the “sector of economic activity”. In the case of employees, industrial classification is based on the business or profession of their employer and in the case of self-employed people, on the nature of their own business or profession.
Occupation
The occupation classification used in the census is based on the UK Standard Occupational Classification, with modifications to reflect Irish labour market conditions. The code to which a person’s occupation is classified is determined by the kind of work he or she performs in earning a living, irrespective of where or why it is performed. The nature of the industry, business or service in which the person is working has no bearing upon the classification of the occupation. For example, the occupation “clerk” covers clerks employed in manufacturing industries, commerce, banking, insurance, public administration, professions and other services, etc.
Source: Appendices of various Census 2006 publications The data on industries and occupations is aggregated into a small number of broad level groups. Detailed lists of the industries and occupations that make up these groups are on the Constituency Profiles page of the Oireachtas website. 3
Demographics This section covers: Demographic breakdown (Table 1) Marital status (Figure 1) Age profile (Figure 2) Disability (Figure 3) Nationality (Table 2) Ethnicity (Table 2) Religion (Figure 4) Demographic breakdown Higher population growth than the national average Higher proportion of males than the national average Slightly more Irish speakers than the national average In 2006 2.5% of the Irish population lived in Kildare North. The constituency had a higher population growth between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). There are more males than females in Kildare North, with 102.3 males for every 100 females – this compares to an almost-equal distribution nationally. Slightly more people in Kildare North speak Irish than in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown State
Kildare North
Population 2006
4,239,848
105,186
Population 2002
3,917,203
95,027
Share of total population
100%
2.5%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
10.7%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
102.3
Share with Irish language (Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
43.7%
Marital Status Above average marriage rate People in Kildare North are more likely to be married than the national population (52.4% vs. 48.8%) but less likely to be widowed. They are almost equally likely to be separated/divorced (see Figure 1).
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Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over State
Kildare North
5.9%
5.1%
5.2%
3.8%
40.0%
38.8%
48.8%
52.4%
■
Single
■
Married
■
Separated/Divorced
■
Widowed
Age Profile Average age is below the national average Fewer people aged 65 years and older than the national average The average age of the Kildare North population is 32.3 years. This is significantly less than the national average of 35.6 years. Compared to the national figures there are more people in Kildare North aged 19 years or under (29.9% vs. 27.2%) and more people in the age groups 20 to 39 (36.1% vs. 32.7%). This reflects the recent growth in population in the constituency and its development as a commuter region for Dublin. There are proportionally fewer people aged 65 years and over in Kildare North than nationally (5.8% vs. 11.0%). The shares of the population aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 9 are much higher than the share aged 10 to 14, which suggests there may be need to expand school places (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Age profile of population Kildare North
State
Age 85+
0.6%
1.1%
80-84
0.8%
1.5%
1.0%
2.2%
75-79
1.4%
2.8%
70-74
2.0%
3.4%
65-69
3.3%
4.3%
60-64
4.7%
5.3%
55-59
5.9%
5.8%
50-54
6.7%
6.5%
45-49
7.1%
7.7% 8.8%
7.6%
9.3%
8.2%
9.1%
8.8%
8.9%
8.1%
7.2% 6.6%
6.8% 6.5%
7.6%
6.8% 7.1% 10%
8%
8.5% 6%
4%
2%
■
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
8%
40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 05-09 0-04 10%
Kildare North
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Disability Disability rates close to the national average In the 2006 Census 7,913 people in Kildare North indicated that they have a disability – or 7.5% of the population (see Figure 3). This is less than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 31.9% of those aged 65 years and older in Kildare North have a disability – above the national average. A total of 10.7% of those aged 45 to 64 years old in Kildare North have a disability – below the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Kildare North
35%
31.9% 29.5%
30% 25% 20% 15%
12.4%
10.7%
9.3%
10% 5%
3.8%
4.1%
4.6%
4.7%
5.8%
7.5%
5.2%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity Fewer Irish nationals than the national average More ethnic diversity than the national average There are 103,882 people who are usually resident in Kildare North, with 87.9% identifying their nationality as Irish – slightly below the national average (see Table 2). There are proportionally more Polish and Lithuanians nationals in Kildare North than in the State as a whole but proportionally fewer UK nationals. Compared to the national average, Kildare North is less racially and ethnically homogenous with 86.5% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are proportionally more Black or Black Irish and Asian or Asian Irish in Kildare North than nationally (2.7% vs. 2.4%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
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Nationality
State
Kildare North
Ethnicity
State
Kildare North
Irish
88.8%
87.9%
White Irish
87.4%
86.5%
United Kingdom
2.7%
2.3%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.2%
Polish
1.5%
2.5%
Other White
6.9%
8.0%
Lithuanian
0.6%
0.8%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
1.5%
Other EU
1.8%
1.7%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
1.2%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
4.9%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
2.6%
Religion More Catholics than the national average A greater proportion of Kildare North people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole. The shares of people who have another stated religion or have no religion are close to the national averages1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion State
Kildare North
4.4% 1.7%
4.3% 1.3%
7.1%
7.0%
86.8%
■
1
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
87.3%
■
No religion
■
Religion not stated
While the census overall gives a more detailed breakdown of different religions, the CSO does not publish a more detailed breakdown at constituency level - as this may identify certain individuals or families.
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Families This section covers: Family cycle (Figure 5) Family size (Figure 6) Family type (Figure 7)
Family cycle More families with pre-school and early school aged children than the national average
Fewer families with adult children than the national average There are 19,418 family units with children in Kildare North. Figure 5 shows the proportion of these families by family cycle based on the age of the youngest child. In Kildare South a greater proportion of families have pre-school and early school aged children than nationally. The share of families with adult children is less in Kildare North than in the State overall (31.8% vs. 36.4%).
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
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State
■
Kildare North
45% 40%
36.4% 31.8%
35% 30% 25% 20%
18.6% 15.9%
15.6%
17.4%
15%
14.7%
15.1%
17.5%
17.1%
10% 5% 0%
Pre-school
Early school
Pre-adolescent
Adolescent
Adult
Family size Significantly more households with younger children than the national average In Kildare North there are 12,836 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 37.9% of households have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Kildare North 29.1% of these families have one child – below the national average, while 38.6% of these families have two children – above the national average. Approximately 2.5% of such families Kildare North have five or more children compared to a national average of 3.4% for such families (see Figure 6).
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We present data (Figure 6) on families with younger children (i.e. those under 15 years old).The census also includes data on families with children aged 15 years and older but these figures include adult children.
Figure 6: Proportion of families with at least one child under 15 years, by number of children
3.4% 2.5%
5 or more children
8.6% 7.4%
4 children
22.2% 22.4%
3 children
36.0% 38.6%
2 children 29.9% 29.1%
1 child 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Kildare North
Family type Fewer single mother families than the national average Figure 7 shows that in Kildare North there are fewer families with at least one child under 15 years old headed by a single mother; 14.7% compared to 19.7% nationally. Approximately the same percentage of families are headed by single fathers in Kildare North as in the State as a whole (1.4% vs. 1.6%).
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under 15 years old State
Kildare North
1.6%
1.4% 19.7%
78.7%
■
14.7%
83.9%
Single father with children
■
Single mother with children
■
Couples with children
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Education This section covers: Education by age ceased (Figure 8) Education qualifications (Table 3)
Education by age ceased Both men and women have completed education at a later age than the national average Men in Kildare North are more likely to have finished their education at a later age than men in the rest of the country. Approximately 41% of men completed their education at age 17 or below compared to 50% of men in the State as a whole. Nationally 23% of men finished their education aged 21 years or above compared to 30% of Kildare North men. Kildare North women are much less likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (12% vs. 19%) than women in the rest of the State. In addition, they are more likely to have continued their education past the age of 20, with 28% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Kildare North compared to the national average of 24% (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: Males and females aged 15 and over by age education ceased Male
Female
100%
100% 23%
75%
24%
30%
75%
5% 5%
6%
28%
5% 7%
6%
7% 8%
17% 19% 19%
50%
50%
21%
12% 13% 13% 15%
14%
25%
25%
13%
9%
13% 7%
7% 14%
5% 12%
8%
0%
7%
0%
State
10
11%
Kildare North
State
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Kildare North
Qualifications achieved Proportionally fewer males left education at lower secondary level or below than the national average Proportionally more females with third level qualifications than the national average Men in Kildare North are less likely (by 12 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they left education at lower secondary level or below (see Table 3). They are more likely to report that they have a primary or post graduate degree. Women in Kildare North are less likely to have left education at lower secondary level or below than women nationally (27% vs. 36%). In addition, the share of females in Kildare North with some form of third level is 39%, compared to 31% of women nationally.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have completed education MALE State
FEMALE
Kildare North
State
Kildare North
Primary or lower
19%
11%
17%
11%
Lower secondary education
21%
17%
19%
16%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
32%
28%
31%
9%
12%
12%
15%
11%
15%
12%
15%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
8%
7%
9%
Not stated
5%
4%
5%
4%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Non-degree third level Primary degree or equivalent
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Employment This section covers: Economic status (Figure 9) Sector employed (Table 4) Occupation (Figure 10) Journey time to work/school (Figure 11) Method of transport to work/school (Figure 12) Volunteering (Figure 13)
Economic status Proportions of both males and females who are unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability are below average The proportion of men at work highest in the country Figure 9 shows that Kildare North women are much more likely to be at work (by 7.3 percentage points) and less likely to be looking after home/family than Irish women generally. Men in Kildare North are more likely to be at work (74.8% vs. 66.0%) and are less likely to be retired than men nationally. This constituency has the highest proportion of males at work of any Dáil constituency. The proportions of both males and females who are unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability are below average.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over Male
100%
Female 0.6% 2.8% 6.9%
1.0% 4.2% 12.7%
75%
100% 21.8%
19.2%
4.0%
2.8% 6.1%
11.0%
9.8%
3.9%
75%
6.4%
10.5% 10.9%
50%
50%
4.3%
25%
48.5%
12.7% 3.5%
74.8% 66.0%
25%
0%
0%
State
Kildare North
At Work
Unemployed
State
Student
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability Looking after home/family
12
55.8%
Kildare North
Sector employed Proportionally fewer people are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing than the national average Proportionally more employed are in manufacturing, commerce and trade and public administration than the national average The total number of people at work in Kildare North at the time of the census was 53,146. Females made up 42.4% of the Kildare North workforce – close to the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 13.2% of workers in Kildare North were self employed; 2.8 percentage points below the national average. The largest sector in terms of employment, with 15,324 people employed, was the commerce and trade sector (see Table 4). This sector includes shops and wholesalers, financial institutions, real estate firms and other business activities. Workers in Kildare North are more likely (by 1.7 percentage points) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector than workers nationally. People in Kildare North are more likely to work in the manufacturing and public administration sectors than is the case nationally. They are less likely (by 2.3 percentage points) to work in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector than people nationally.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work KILDARE NORTH Total Employed
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1,220
2.3%
4.6%
Building and construction
6,185
11.6%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
7,923
14.9%
13.6%
15,324
28.8%
27.1%
Transport and communications
2,931
5.5%
5.5%
Public administration
3,467
6.5%
5.2%
Health and education
8,486
16.0%
16.5%
Other
7,610
14.3%
16.3%
53,146
100.0%
100.0%
Commerce and trade
Overall
Occupation Proportionally fewer agricultural workers than the national average Proportionally fewer services, construction and manufacturing workers than the national average Proportionally more professional, and managerial and government workers than the national average Kildare North has a lower than average share of its workers in agricultural occupations (1.9% vs. 4.5%). It has a higher than average share of professional and managerial and government workers, by 2.6 and 3.6 percentage points respectively (see Figure 10). Its shares of services, construction and manufacturing workers are below the national average. See Figure 10 overleaf
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Figure 10: Occupations of those at work
Farming, fishing & foresty managers Other agricultural workers
3.7% 1.2% 0.8% 0.7% 11.9% 11.2%
Manufacturing workers 8.8% 8.1%
Building & construction Workers
9.1% 9.5%
Clerical & office workers
9.3%
Managerial & government workers
12.9% 5.7% 5.2%
Transport workers
14.1% 14.0%
Sales workers
17.3%
Professional workers
19.9% 11.1%
Services workers
9.9% 8.3% 7.4%
Other workers
0%
5%
10%
■
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Kildare North
Journey time to work/school Much longer commute than the national average People in Kildare North spend much more time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel time in Kildare North is approximately 34.9 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that less people in Kildare North have short commutes (less than 30 minutes) than the national average. In addition, substantially more people in Kildare North have commutes lasting over one hour than the national average (20.2% vs. 9.1%).
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college 2.7%
Over 90 minutes
6.1% 6.4%
60-90 minutes
14.1% 6.1%
45-60 minutes
8.8% 16.6% 14.6%
30-45 minutes
30.5%
15-30 minutes
25.7% 37.7%
Under 15 minutes
30.8% 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
Kildare North
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school Proportionally more commuters by car as a driver than the national average People in Kildare North are proportionally more likely to travel to work or school by car as a driver and less likely to travel as a car passenger than people nationally (see Figure 12). A total of 88.8% of permanent private households own one or more cars in Kildare North, while the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. People in Kildare North are more likely than average to commute by rail but less likely to walk or use buses.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college 50%
43.6% 40.7%
40% 30% 20%
16.7% 15.1%
15.8% 15.5% 11.9%
10.3%
10.2%
10%
2.0%
2.6%
1.9%
5.1%
8.7%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus or coach
■
State
Train, DART or LUAS
■
Car driver
Car passenger
Other
Kildare North
Volunteering Slightly lower rate of volunteerism than the national average Both men and women in Kildare North are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. In Kildare North 13,078 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Kildare North are slightly less likely to participate in a voluntary organisation than the national population. Nationally 16.4% of people volunteer in some way but this figure is 16.1% in Kildare North. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals volunteer.3 Both men and women in Kildare North are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average.
Figure 13: Share of those aged 15 and over participating in voluntary activity by gender and nature of activity Male
Female
10%
10%
7.4% 7.6%
8% 6%
4.7%
8%
4.3% 3.4%
4%
6.3% 4.6% 4.6% 3.3%
4%
2.8% 1.6%
5.1% 4.4%
3.7% 3.9%
2%
1.3%
3.7%
2%
0%
1.2% 1.1%
0% Social or charitable
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
■ 3
6.7%
6%
State
Social or charitable
■
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
Kildare North
The percentage shares participating in various voluntary activities in Figure 13 do not add up to the overall share of the population aged 15 years or over participating in voluntary activity as some individuals participate in more than one type of activity.
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Households and Housing This section covers: Household type and size (Figure 14) Occupancy type (Figure 15) Age of housing stock (Figure 16) Type of water supply (Figure 17) Type of sewerage facilities (Figure 18) Access to a computer and the Internet (Figure 19)
Household type and size Householders more likely to live in a house or bungalow than the national average Average household size above the national average There are 33,891 private households in Kildare North with 103,662 people living in them. Households in Kildare North are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (92.0%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in a flat/apartment or bedsit (7.6% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 0.3% of households live in caravans. The average household size is higher in Kildare North than the State. Kildare North has an average of 3.06 people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Kildare North has significantly fewer one and two-person households and more three, four, five and six-person households (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size 28.3%
30%
26.6% 25%
22.4%
20%
18.1%
20.9%
19.4% 16.6%
15.7% 15%
11.6% 9.3%
10%
3.7%
5%
4.3% 1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
4 people
■
State
■
5 people
Kildare North
6 people
7 people
8 or more people
Occupancy type Householders more likely to own homes than the national average Fewer householders own homes outright than the national average A total of 33,784 households in Kildare North live in permanent private dwellings. People in Kildare North are more likely to live in owner-occupied homes (79.2%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Kildare North are far less likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 23.8% of permanent private households own their homes outright in Kildare North compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). Within Kildare North more owner occupiers hold mortgages on their homes 4 than own their homes outright.
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Owner occupiers with mortgages include the ‘owner occupied with mortgage’ and ‘buying from local authority’ groups from Figure 15.
Figure 15: Share of people in permanent private households by type of occupancy 60%
54.5%
50% 40%
39.0% 34.1%
30%
23.8%
20%
9.9%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
4.0%
0.9%
3.5%
9.6%
3.1%
1.5%
3.2%
1.3%
2.8%
0%
Owner occupied with mortgage
Owner occupied no mortgage
Buying from local authority
Rented from Rented from local voluntary authority body
■
State
■
Private rented
Occupied free of rent
Not stated
Kildare North
Age of housing stock Proportionally more new houses than the national average The age of occupied houses in Kildare North reflects the expansion of the area in recent years (see Figure 16). Only 15.3% of occupied houses in Kildare North were built prior to 1970 compared to 37.1% in the State overall. Kildare North has substantially more housing built between 1996 and 2006 than nationally (39.7% vs. 29.0%).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built
25%
17.9%
15.2% 15%
11.1%
5%
15.0% 11.9%
11.4%
10.2%
10%
8.1%
7.7%
11.1%
6.7% 5.2%
4.3%
3.5%
20.1%
19.6%
18.6%
20%
2.3%
0%
Pre 1919
1919 to 1940
1941 to 1960
1961 to 1970
■
State
1971 to 1980
■
1981 to 1990
1991 to 1995
1996 to 2000
2001 or later
Kildare North
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Type of water supply Less likely to source water privately than the national average Figure 17 shows that Kildare North households are more likely to be attached to a public water supply (91.0% vs. 83.5%) and less likely to obtain water through a private source (6.0% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals that permanent private households in Kildare North are more likely to have central heating than the rest of the State (95.3% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply State
9.9%
Kildare North
3.5%
5.4% 3.0% 0.6% 5.3%
3.2% 8.7%
85.7%
74.8%
■
Public main
■
Group scheme with local authority source
■
■
Other private source
■
Group scheme with private source
None or not stated
Types of sewerage facilities Proportionally fewer individual septic tanks than the national average Figure 18 shows that Kildare North households are more likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme (81.5% vs. 67.6%) and less likely to have an individual septic tank (15.1%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage facility
0.1% 2.6%
Other
3.4% 29.5%
Individual septic tank
15.1% 67.6%
Public scheme
81.5% 0%
10%
20%
■
18
30%
40%
State
■
50%
Kildare North
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet More likely to have PC, Internet access and broadband than the national average Households in Kildare North are substantially more likely to have a PC (69.6% vs. 56.6%) and access to the Internet (59.6% vs. 46.7%) than other households in the State. Moreover, this Internet access is also more likely to be via broadband; 29.6% of households in Kildare North had broadband Internet access compared with 20% for the State as a whole in 2006 (see Figure 19).
Figure 19: Computers and access to the Internet - share of households 80%
69.6% 70% 60%
59.6%
56.6% 46.7%
50% 40%
29.6% 30%
20.0% 20% 10% 0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Kildare North
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Voting and Turnout - Election 2007 This section covers: Voting and turnout (Table 5)
Voting and turnout Turnout in the 2007 General Election was below the national average A total of 71,311 people were registered to vote at the last election in Kildare North. The turnout was 45,423 people or 63.7% of those registered to vote – below the national turnout (see Table 5). There appears to be more people on the register than are eligible to vote. If we use census figures to estimate the number of people who were eligible to vote 5 in 2007, we see that there were 0.7% more people on the register than the estimate of the population eligible to vote. This is a problem nationally with the electoral register but appears to be less acute in Kildare North.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007 State
Kildare North
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
71,311
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
45,423
67.0%
63.7%
2,984,822
70,784
4.2%
0.7%
Turnout / register Estimated eligible to vote population 2007 Percentage difference between estimated eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Kildare North returns four TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
Áine Brady (Fianna Fáil) Emmet Stagg (The Labour Party) Michael Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil) Bernard Durkan (Fine Gael) After the publication of the census a Constituency Commission was set up to review the boundaries of the constituencies to be used in the next general election. A number of changes were made to the Kildare North boundaries and these can be viewed on the Constituency Commission’s website www.constituency-commission.ie.
5
20
The estimate is the number of 17 year olds and above from the 2006 Census who hold Irish or UK nationality. This was estimated by using the share of the population in the constituency who declared themselves as Irish or United Kingdom nationals. It does not account for migration or deaths between the time of the census and the 2007 General Election. The “registered to vote” and the “turnout” figures are from the election results available on the Oireachtas website.
KILDARE NORTH
This profile is based on the Census
of Population 2006 which took
to be at work and less likely to be
place in the Republic of Ireland on
unemployed or retired than people
26th April 2006.
nationally (see Figure 9).
Key Highlights
ations is above the national average
to the rest of the country. However, there
(see Figure 10).
are a few notable differences:
The average age of the population in
Introduction
2
Glossary
3
Demographics
4
population aged 65 years and older is
Families
8
well below the national average (see
Employment Households and housing Voting and turnout
10
than the national average (see
average and the share of the
12
Figure 11).
16
daily
commuting
In
Kildare
people
North
there
are
significantly more households with mortgages
20
than
elsewhere in the State (see Figure 12).
to have left education later and with nationally (see Figure 8 and Table 3).
People in Kildare North are much more likely to own a car and use it for
People in Kildare North are more likely higher qualifications than people
Kildare North people have a much longer commute to work or school
Kildare North is below the national
Figure 2). Education
The share of the Kildare North workforce in professional occup-
In general Kildare North’s profile is similar
CONTENTS
People in Kildare North are more likely
than
the
national
average (see Figure 15).
No liability is accepted to any person arising out of any reliance on the contents of this paper. Nothing herein constitutes professional advice of any kind. This document contains a general summary of developments and is not complete or definitive. It has been prepared for distribution to Members to aid them in their Parliamentary duties. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff.
Introduction This profile is based on Census 2006 Small Area Statistics data published online at www.cso.ie/census/SAPs.htm. The census took place in the Republic of Ireland on 26th April 2006. The Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) used this publicly available information to create profiles for the 43 constituencies used in the 2007 General Election. The profiles cover: demographic characteristics; the make-up of households and families; ethnic diversity; nationality and religion; education and employment profiles; and the state of the constituency’s housing stock. The L&RS has also added some electoral information for each constituency. The variables used were selected from those available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in order to provide a reasonably detailed overview of the constituency. In calculating percentages, constituents who did not provide a response were excluded (unless otherwise indicated). A copy of the census questionnaire is available on the CSO website. The terminology used throughout this profile is, in general, the same as that used by the CSO. The census data does not identify individual people; if certain variables could be used to identify people at the constituency level, this data is combined into larger groups by the CSO to prevent such identification. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. A glossary of terms used by the CSO is provided at the beginning of the profile to give further information on selected variables. This profile and profiles for the other 42 Dáil constituencies may be downloaded from the Oireachtas website (www.oireachtas.ie) – they are accessible from the Dáil Éireann navigation menu. Oireachtas Library & Research Service 2008
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Glossary VARIABLE
DEFINITION
Private household
A private household comprises either one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping arrangements - that is, sharing at least one meal a day or sharing a living room or sitting room.
Permanent private household
This is a private household occupying a permanent dwelling such as a house, flat, apartment or bedsitter.
Usually resident
This includes people enumerated (counted) in the area of their usual residence, together with other people usually resident in that area who were enumerated elsewhere in the State. Usual residents of an area who were not in the State on census night are not included in the figures.
Housing unit
A housing unit is a conventional house, a structurally separate flat or apartment, or a mobile or temporary dwelling, regardless of the number of private households it contains.
Family unit
A family unit is defined as: (1) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple; or (2) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple together with one or more usually resident never-married children (of any age); or (3) one parent together with one or more usually resident never-married children (of any age). Family members have to be usual residents of the relevant household.
Industry
The 2006 Census uses the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE) to code industries. Whatever their occupation, the industry in which a person is engaged is determined by the main economic activity carried out in the local unit in which he or she works. The term “industry” used for Census of Population purposes is not confined to manufacturing industry. Instead, it refers to the “sector of economic activity”. In the case of employees, industrial classification is based on the business or profession of their employer and in the case of self-employed people, on the nature of their own business or profession.
Occupation
The occupation classification used in the census is based on the UK Standard Occupational Classification, with modifications to reflect Irish labour market conditions. The code to which a person’s occupation is classified is determined by the kind of work he or she performs in earning a living, irrespective of where or why it is performed. The nature of the industry, business or service in which the person is working has no bearing upon the classification of the occupation. For example, the occupation “clerk” covers clerks employed in manufacturing industries, commerce, banking, insurance, public administration, professions and other services, etc.
Source: Appendices of various Census 2006 publications The data on industries and occupations is aggregated into a small number of broad level groups. Detailed lists of the industries and occupations that make up these groups are on the Constituency Profiles page of the Oireachtas website. 3
Demographics This section covers: Demographic breakdown (Table 1) Marital status (Figure 1) Age profile (Figure 2) Disability (Figure 3) Nationality (Table 2) Ethnicity (Table 2) Religion (Figure 4) Demographic breakdown Higher population growth than the national average Higher proportion of males than the national average Slightly more Irish speakers than the national average In 2006 2.5% of the Irish population lived in Kildare North. The constituency had a higher population growth between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). There are more males than females in Kildare North, with 102.3 males for every 100 females – this compares to an almost-equal distribution nationally. Slightly more people in Kildare North speak Irish than in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown State
Kildare North
Population 2006
4,239,848
105,186
Population 2002
3,917,203
95,027
Share of total population
100%
2.5%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
10.7%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
102.3
Share with Irish language (Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
43.7%
Marital Status Above average marriage rate People in Kildare North are more likely to be married than the national population (52.4% vs. 48.8%) but less likely to be widowed. They are almost equally likely to be separated/divorced (see Figure 1).
4
Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over State
Kildare North
5.9%
5.1%
5.2%
3.8%
40.0%
38.8%
48.8%
52.4%
■
Single
■
Married
■
Separated/Divorced
■
Widowed
Age Profile Average age is below the national average Fewer people aged 65 years and older than the national average The average age of the Kildare North population is 32.3 years. This is significantly less than the national average of 35.6 years. Compared to the national figures there are more people in Kildare North aged 19 years or under (29.9% vs. 27.2%) and more people in the age groups 20 to 39 (36.1% vs. 32.7%). This reflects the recent growth in population in the constituency and its development as a commuter region for Dublin. There are proportionally fewer people aged 65 years and over in Kildare North than nationally (5.8% vs. 11.0%). The shares of the population aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 9 are much higher than the share aged 10 to 14, which suggests there may be need to expand school places (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Age profile of population Kildare North
State
Age 85+
0.6%
1.1%
80-84
0.8%
1.5%
1.0%
2.2%
75-79
1.4%
2.8%
70-74
2.0%
3.4%
65-69
3.3%
4.3%
60-64
4.7%
5.3%
55-59
5.9%
5.8%
50-54
6.7%
6.5%
45-49
7.1%
7.7% 8.8%
7.6%
9.3%
8.2%
9.1%
8.8%
8.9%
8.1%
7.2% 6.6%
6.8% 6.5%
7.6%
6.8% 7.1% 10%
8%
8.5% 6%
4%
2%
■
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
8%
40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 05-09 0-04 10%
Kildare North
5
Disability Disability rates close to the national average In the 2006 Census 7,913 people in Kildare North indicated that they have a disability – or 7.5% of the population (see Figure 3). This is less than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 31.9% of those aged 65 years and older in Kildare North have a disability – above the national average. A total of 10.7% of those aged 45 to 64 years old in Kildare North have a disability – below the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Kildare North
35%
31.9% 29.5%
30% 25% 20% 15%
12.4%
10.7%
9.3%
10% 5%
3.8%
4.1%
4.6%
4.7%
5.8%
7.5%
5.2%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity Fewer Irish nationals than the national average More ethnic diversity than the national average There are 103,882 people who are usually resident in Kildare North, with 87.9% identifying their nationality as Irish – slightly below the national average (see Table 2). There are proportionally more Polish and Lithuanians nationals in Kildare North than in the State as a whole but proportionally fewer UK nationals. Compared to the national average, Kildare North is less racially and ethnically homogenous with 86.5% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are proportionally more Black or Black Irish and Asian or Asian Irish in Kildare North than nationally (2.7% vs. 2.4%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
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Nationality
State
Kildare North
Ethnicity
State
Kildare North
Irish
88.8%
87.9%
White Irish
87.4%
86.5%
United Kingdom
2.7%
2.3%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.2%
Polish
1.5%
2.5%
Other White
6.9%
8.0%
Lithuanian
0.6%
0.8%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
1.5%
Other EU
1.8%
1.7%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
1.2%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
4.9%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
2.6%
Religion More Catholics than the national average A greater proportion of Kildare North people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole. The shares of people who have another stated religion or have no religion are close to the national averages1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion State
Kildare North
4.4% 1.7%
4.3% 1.3%
7.1%
7.0%
86.8%
■
1
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
87.3%
■
No religion
■
Religion not stated
While the census overall gives a more detailed breakdown of different religions, the CSO does not publish a more detailed breakdown at constituency level - as this may identify certain individuals or families.
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Families This section covers: Family cycle (Figure 5) Family size (Figure 6) Family type (Figure 7)
Family cycle More families with pre-school and early school aged children than the national average
Fewer families with adult children than the national average There are 19,418 family units with children in Kildare North. Figure 5 shows the proportion of these families by family cycle based on the age of the youngest child. In Kildare South a greater proportion of families have pre-school and early school aged children than nationally. The share of families with adult children is less in Kildare North than in the State overall (31.8% vs. 36.4%).
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
■
State
■
Kildare North
45% 40%
36.4% 31.8%
35% 30% 25% 20%
18.6% 15.9%
15.6%
17.4%
15%
14.7%
15.1%
17.5%
17.1%
10% 5% 0%
Pre-school
Early school
Pre-adolescent
Adolescent
Adult
Family size Significantly more households with younger children than the national average In Kildare North there are 12,836 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 37.9% of households have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Kildare North 29.1% of these families have one child – below the national average, while 38.6% of these families have two children – above the national average. Approximately 2.5% of such families Kildare North have five or more children compared to a national average of 3.4% for such families (see Figure 6).
2
8
We present data (Figure 6) on families with younger children (i.e. those under 15 years old).The census also includes data on families with children aged 15 years and older but these figures include adult children.
Figure 6: Proportion of families with at least one child under 15 years, by number of children
3.4% 2.5%
5 or more children
8.6% 7.4%
4 children
22.2% 22.4%
3 children
36.0% 38.6%
2 children 29.9% 29.1%
1 child 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Kildare North
Family type Fewer single mother families than the national average Figure 7 shows that in Kildare North there are fewer families with at least one child under 15 years old headed by a single mother; 14.7% compared to 19.7% nationally. Approximately the same percentage of families are headed by single fathers in Kildare North as in the State as a whole (1.4% vs. 1.6%).
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under 15 years old State
Kildare North
1.6%
1.4% 19.7%
78.7%
■
14.7%
83.9%
Single father with children
■
Single mother with children
■
Couples with children
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Education This section covers: Education by age ceased (Figure 8) Education qualifications (Table 3)
Education by age ceased Both men and women have completed education at a later age than the national average Men in Kildare North are more likely to have finished their education at a later age than men in the rest of the country. Approximately 41% of men completed their education at age 17 or below compared to 50% of men in the State as a whole. Nationally 23% of men finished their education aged 21 years or above compared to 30% of Kildare North men. Kildare North women are much less likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (12% vs. 19%) than women in the rest of the State. In addition, they are more likely to have continued their education past the age of 20, with 28% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Kildare North compared to the national average of 24% (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: Males and females aged 15 and over by age education ceased Male
Female
100%
100% 23%
75%
24%
30%
75%
5% 5%
6%
28%
5% 7%
6%
7% 8%
17% 19% 19%
50%
50%
21%
12% 13% 13% 15%
14%
25%
25%
13%
9%
13% 7%
7% 14%
5% 12%
8%
0%
7%
0%
State
10
11%
Kildare North
State
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Kildare North
Qualifications achieved Proportionally fewer males left education at lower secondary level or below than the national average Proportionally more females with third level qualifications than the national average Men in Kildare North are less likely (by 12 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they left education at lower secondary level or below (see Table 3). They are more likely to report that they have a primary or post graduate degree. Women in Kildare North are less likely to have left education at lower secondary level or below than women nationally (27% vs. 36%). In addition, the share of females in Kildare North with some form of third level is 39%, compared to 31% of women nationally.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have completed education MALE State
FEMALE
Kildare North
State
Kildare North
Primary or lower
19%
11%
17%
11%
Lower secondary education
21%
17%
19%
16%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
32%
28%
31%
9%
12%
12%
15%
11%
15%
12%
15%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
8%
7%
9%
Not stated
5%
4%
5%
4%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Non-degree third level Primary degree or equivalent
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Employment This section covers: Economic status (Figure 9) Sector employed (Table 4) Occupation (Figure 10) Journey time to work/school (Figure 11) Method of transport to work/school (Figure 12) Volunteering (Figure 13)
Economic status Proportions of both males and females who are unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability are below average The proportion of men at work highest in the country Figure 9 shows that Kildare North women are much more likely to be at work (by 7.3 percentage points) and less likely to be looking after home/family than Irish women generally. Men in Kildare North are more likely to be at work (74.8% vs. 66.0%) and are less likely to be retired than men nationally. This constituency has the highest proportion of males at work of any Dáil constituency. The proportions of both males and females who are unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability are below average.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over Male
100%
Female 0.6% 2.8% 6.9%
1.0% 4.2% 12.7%
75%
100% 21.8%
19.2%
4.0%
2.8% 6.1%
11.0%
9.8%
3.9%
75%
6.4%
10.5% 10.9%
50%
50%
4.3%
25%
48.5%
12.7% 3.5%
74.8% 66.0%
25%
0%
0%
State
Kildare North
At Work
Unemployed
State
Student
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability Looking after home/family
12
55.8%
Kildare North
Sector employed Proportionally fewer people are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing than the national average Proportionally more employed are in manufacturing, commerce and trade and public administration than the national average The total number of people at work in Kildare North at the time of the census was 53,146. Females made up 42.4% of the Kildare North workforce – close to the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 13.2% of workers in Kildare North were self employed; 2.8 percentage points below the national average. The largest sector in terms of employment, with 15,324 people employed, was the commerce and trade sector (see Table 4). This sector includes shops and wholesalers, financial institutions, real estate firms and other business activities. Workers in Kildare North are more likely (by 1.7 percentage points) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector than workers nationally. People in Kildare North are more likely to work in the manufacturing and public administration sectors than is the case nationally. They are less likely (by 2.3 percentage points) to work in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector than people nationally.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work KILDARE NORTH Total Employed
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1,220
2.3%
4.6%
Building and construction
6,185
11.6%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
7,923
14.9%
13.6%
15,324
28.8%
27.1%
Transport and communications
2,931
5.5%
5.5%
Public administration
3,467
6.5%
5.2%
Health and education
8,486
16.0%
16.5%
Other
7,610
14.3%
16.3%
53,146
100.0%
100.0%
Commerce and trade
Overall
Occupation Proportionally fewer agricultural workers than the national average Proportionally fewer services, construction and manufacturing workers than the national average Proportionally more professional, and managerial and government workers than the national average Kildare North has a lower than average share of its workers in agricultural occupations (1.9% vs. 4.5%). It has a higher than average share of professional and managerial and government workers, by 2.6 and 3.6 percentage points respectively (see Figure 10). Its shares of services, construction and manufacturing workers are below the national average. See Figure 10 overleaf
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Figure 10: Occupations of those at work
Farming, fishing & foresty managers Other agricultural workers
3.7% 1.2% 0.8% 0.7% 11.9% 11.2%
Manufacturing workers 8.8% 8.1%
Building & construction Workers
9.1% 9.5%
Clerical & office workers
9.3%
Managerial & government workers
12.9% 5.7% 5.2%
Transport workers
14.1% 14.0%
Sales workers
17.3%
Professional workers
19.9% 11.1%
Services workers
9.9% 8.3% 7.4%
Other workers
0%
5%
10%
■
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Kildare North
Journey time to work/school Much longer commute than the national average People in Kildare North spend much more time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel time in Kildare North is approximately 34.9 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that less people in Kildare North have short commutes (less than 30 minutes) than the national average. In addition, substantially more people in Kildare North have commutes lasting over one hour than the national average (20.2% vs. 9.1%).
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college 2.7%
Over 90 minutes
6.1% 6.4%
60-90 minutes
14.1% 6.1%
45-60 minutes
8.8% 16.6% 14.6%
30-45 minutes
30.5%
15-30 minutes
25.7% 37.7%
Under 15 minutes
30.8% 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
Kildare North
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school Proportionally more commuters by car as a driver than the national average People in Kildare North are proportionally more likely to travel to work or school by car as a driver and less likely to travel as a car passenger than people nationally (see Figure 12). A total of 88.8% of permanent private households own one or more cars in Kildare North, while the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. People in Kildare North are more likely than average to commute by rail but less likely to walk or use buses.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college 50%
43.6% 40.7%
40% 30% 20%
16.7% 15.1%
15.8% 15.5% 11.9%
10.3%
10.2%
10%
2.0%
2.6%
1.9%
5.1%
8.7%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus or coach
■
State
Train, DART or LUAS
■
Car driver
Car passenger
Other
Kildare North
Volunteering Slightly lower rate of volunteerism than the national average Both men and women in Kildare North are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. In Kildare North 13,078 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Kildare North are slightly less likely to participate in a voluntary organisation than the national population. Nationally 16.4% of people volunteer in some way but this figure is 16.1% in Kildare North. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals volunteer.3 Both men and women in Kildare North are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average.
Figure 13: Share of those aged 15 and over participating in voluntary activity by gender and nature of activity Male
Female
10%
10%
7.4% 7.6%
8% 6%
4.7%
8%
4.3% 3.4%
4%
6.3% 4.6% 4.6% 3.3%
4%
2.8% 1.6%
5.1% 4.4%
3.7% 3.9%
2%
1.3%
3.7%
2%
0%
1.2% 1.1%
0% Social or charitable
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
■ 3
6.7%
6%
State
Social or charitable
■
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
Kildare North
The percentage shares participating in various voluntary activities in Figure 13 do not add up to the overall share of the population aged 15 years or over participating in voluntary activity as some individuals participate in more than one type of activity.
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Households and Housing This section covers: Household type and size (Figure 14) Occupancy type (Figure 15) Age of housing stock (Figure 16) Type of water supply (Figure 17) Type of sewerage facilities (Figure 18) Access to a computer and the Internet (Figure 19)
Household type and size Householders more likely to live in a house or bungalow than the national average Average household size above the national average There are 33,891 private households in Kildare North with 103,662 people living in them. Households in Kildare North are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (92.0%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in a flat/apartment or bedsit (7.6% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 0.3% of households live in caravans. The average household size is higher in Kildare North than the State. Kildare North has an average of 3.06 people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Kildare North has significantly fewer one and two-person households and more three, four, five and six-person households (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size 28.3%
30%
26.6% 25%
22.4%
20%
18.1%
20.9%
19.4% 16.6%
15.7% 15%
11.6% 9.3%
10%
3.7%
5%
4.3% 1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
4 people
■
State
■
5 people
Kildare North
6 people
7 people
8 or more people
Occupancy type Householders more likely to own homes than the national average Fewer householders own homes outright than the national average A total of 33,784 households in Kildare North live in permanent private dwellings. People in Kildare North are more likely to live in owner-occupied homes (79.2%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Kildare North are far less likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 23.8% of permanent private households own their homes outright in Kildare North compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). Within Kildare North more owner occupiers hold mortgages on their homes 4 than own their homes outright.
4
16
Owner occupiers with mortgages include the ‘owner occupied with mortgage’ and ‘buying from local authority’ groups from Figure 15.
Figure 15: Share of people in permanent private households by type of occupancy 60%
54.5%
50% 40%
39.0% 34.1%
30%
23.8%
20%
9.9%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
4.0%
0.9%
3.5%
9.6%
3.1%
1.5%
3.2%
1.3%
2.8%
0%
Owner occupied with mortgage
Owner occupied no mortgage
Buying from local authority
Rented from Rented from local voluntary authority body
■
State
■
Private rented
Occupied free of rent
Not stated
Kildare North
Age of housing stock Proportionally more new houses than the national average The age of occupied houses in Kildare North reflects the expansion of the area in recent years (see Figure 16). Only 15.3% of occupied houses in Kildare North were built prior to 1970 compared to 37.1% in the State overall. Kildare North has substantially more housing built between 1996 and 2006 than nationally (39.7% vs. 29.0%).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built
25%
17.9%
15.2% 15%
11.1%
5%
15.0% 11.9%
11.4%
10.2%
10%
8.1%
7.7%
11.1%
6.7% 5.2%
4.3%
3.5%
20.1%
19.6%
18.6%
20%
2.3%
0%
Pre 1919
1919 to 1940
1941 to 1960
1961 to 1970
■
State
1971 to 1980
■
1981 to 1990
1991 to 1995
1996 to 2000
2001 or later
Kildare North
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Type of water supply Less likely to source water privately than the national average Figure 17 shows that Kildare North households are more likely to be attached to a public water supply (91.0% vs. 83.5%) and less likely to obtain water through a private source (6.0% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals that permanent private households in Kildare North are more likely to have central heating than the rest of the State (95.3% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply State
9.9%
Kildare North
3.5%
5.4% 3.0% 0.6% 5.3%
3.2% 8.7%
85.7%
74.8%
■
Public main
■
Group scheme with local authority source
■
■
Other private source
■
Group scheme with private source
None or not stated
Types of sewerage facilities Proportionally fewer individual septic tanks than the national average Figure 18 shows that Kildare North households are more likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme (81.5% vs. 67.6%) and less likely to have an individual septic tank (15.1%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage facility
0.1% 2.6%
Other
3.4% 29.5%
Individual septic tank
15.1% 67.6%
Public scheme
81.5% 0%
10%
20%
■
18
30%
40%
State
■
50%
Kildare North
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet More likely to have PC, Internet access and broadband than the national average Households in Kildare North are substantially more likely to have a PC (69.6% vs. 56.6%) and access to the Internet (59.6% vs. 46.7%) than other households in the State. Moreover, this Internet access is also more likely to be via broadband; 29.6% of households in Kildare North had broadband Internet access compared with 20% for the State as a whole in 2006 (see Figure 19).
Figure 19: Computers and access to the Internet - share of households 80%
69.6% 70% 60%
59.6%
56.6% 46.7%
50% 40%
29.6% 30%
20.0% 20% 10% 0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Kildare North
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Voting and Turnout - Election 2007 This section covers: Voting and turnout (Table 5)
Voting and turnout Turnout in the 2007 General Election was below the national average A total of 71,311 people were registered to vote at the last election in Kildare North. The turnout was 45,423 people or 63.7% of those registered to vote – below the national turnout (see Table 5). There appears to be more people on the register than are eligible to vote. If we use census figures to estimate the number of people who were eligible to vote 5 in 2007, we see that there were 0.7% more people on the register than the estimate of the population eligible to vote. This is a problem nationally with the electoral register but appears to be less acute in Kildare North.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007 State
Kildare North
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
71,311
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
45,423
67.0%
63.7%
2,984,822
70,784
4.2%
0.7%
Turnout / register Estimated eligible to vote population 2007 Percentage difference between estimated eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Kildare North returns four TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
Áine Brady (Fianna Fáil) Emmet Stagg (The Labour Party) Michael Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil) Bernard Durkan (Fine Gael) After the publication of the census a Constituency Commission was set up to review the boundaries of the constituencies to be used in the next general election. A number of changes were made to the Kildare North boundaries and these can be viewed on the Constituency Commission’s website www.constituency-commission.ie.
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20
The estimate is the number of 17 year olds and above from the 2006 Census who hold Irish or UK nationality. This was estimated by using the share of the population in the constituency who declared themselves as Irish or United Kingdom nationals. It does not account for migration or deaths between the time of the census and the 2007 General Election. The “registered to vote” and the “turnout” figures are from the election results available on the Oireachtas website.
