Profile-Kildare South - Houses of the Oireachtas
CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:
KILDARE SOUTH
This profile is based on the Census
of Population 2006 which took
workforce
place in the Republic of Ireland on
education sector is below the
26th April 2006.
national average (see Table 4).
Key Highlights
Introduction
2
differences:
Glossary
3
Demographics
4
Families
8
Education Employment
10 12
Voting and turnout
16
and
in
professional
More people in Kildare South have a much longer commute to work
Kildare South had much higher average between 2002 and 2006 (see Table 1).
or school than nationally (see Figure 11).
In
Kildare
South
there
are
significantly more households with People in Kildare South are more
mortgages
likely to be at work than the national average. The employment
Households and housing
health
national average (see Figure 10).
population growth than the national
the
occupations is well below the
similar to the rest of the country. However, there are a few notable
in
The share of the Kildare South workforce
In general Kildare South’s profile is
CONTENTS
The share of the Kildare South
rate for men is particularly high (see Figure 9).
then
the
national
average (see Figure 15).
Kildare South households are more likely to live in housing built after 2001 than people nationally (see
20
Figure 16).
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 Substantially higher population growth than the national average Higher proportion of males than the national average Slightly fewer Irish speakers than the national average In 2006 1.9 % of the Irish population lived in Kildare South. The constituency had a substantially higher population growth between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). There are more males than females in Kildare South with 102.1 males for every 100 females – this compares to an almost-equal distribution nationally. Slightly fewer people in Kildare South speak Irish than in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown State
Kildare South
Population 2006
4,239,848
81,149
Population 2002
3,917,203
68,917
Share of total population
100%
1.9%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
17.7%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
102.1
Share with Irish language (Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
38.7%
Marital Status Above average marriage rate People in Kildare South are more likely to be married than the national population (52.6% vs. 48.8%) and are slightly more likely to be separated/divorced (see Figure 1).
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Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over State
Kildare South
5.9%
5.6%
5.2%
5.2%
40.0%
36.7%
48.8%
52.6%
■
Single
■
Married
■
■
Separated/Divorced
Widowed
Age Profile Average age is lower than the national average More people aged 19 years or under than the national average The average age of the Kildare South population is 33.4 years. This is below the national average of 35.6 years. Compared to the national figures there are more people in Kildare South aged 14 years or under (23.6% vs. 20.4%) and in the age groups 30 to 39 (18.1% vs. 15.8%). 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 (8.3% 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 a need to expand school places (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Age profile of population Kildare South
State
Age 85+
0.8%
1.1%
80-84
1.1%
1.5%
75-79
1.5%
2.2%
2.1%
2.8%
70-74
2.8%
3.4%
65-69 60-64
3.9%
4.3%
55-59
5.0%
5.3%
50-54
5.3%
5.8%
45-49
6.2%
6.5% 7.1%
8.6% 35-39
7.6%
30-34
9.5%
8.2%
8.7% 25-29
8.8%
20-24
7.1%
8.1%
10-14
8.1%
6.8%
05-09
8.7% 0-04
7.1% 8%
15-19
6.4% 6.8%
6.8% 6.5%
10%
40-44
7.4%
6%
4%
2%
■
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
Kildare South
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Disability Disability rates of those aged 65 years and over above the national average In the 2006 Census 7,073 people in Kildare South indicated that they have a disability – or 8.7% of the population (see Figure 3). This is lower than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 32% of those aged 65 years and older in Kildare South have a disability – above the national average. The disability rates for the other age groups are in line with the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Kildare South
35%
31.8% 29.5%
30% 25% 20% 15%
12.4%
12.6% 9.3%
10% 5%
3.8%
3.8%
4.6%
5.0%
5.8%
8.7%
5.7%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity More Irish nationals than the national average Less ethnic diversity than the national average There are 80,448 people who are usually resident in Kildare South, with 90.5% identifying their nationality as Irish – slightly above the national average (see Table 2). There are proportionally more Polish nationals in Kildare South than in the State as a whole but proportionally fewer Lithuanians or Britons. Compared to the national average, Kildare South is more racially and ethnically homogenous with 89.2% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are proportionally fewer Asian or Asian Irish in Kildare South than nationally (0.6% vs. 1.3%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
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Nationality
State
Kildare South
Ethnicity
State
Kildare South
Irish
88.8%
90.5%
White Irish
87.4%
89.2%
United Kingdom
2.7%
2.1%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.4%
Polish
1.5%
1.8%
Other White
6.9%
6.0%
Lithuanian
0.6%
0.3%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
1.2%
Other EU
1.8%
1.5%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
0.6%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
3.9%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
2.6%
Religion More Catholics than the national average Fewer people who have no religion than the national average A greater proportion of Kildare South people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole and people from Kildare South are less likely to define themselves as having another stated religion or as having no religion1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion State
Kildare South
4.4% 1.7%
2.9% 1.4%
7.1%
6.3%
86.8%
■
1
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
89.3%
■
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 Fewer families with adult children than the national average More families with pre-school and early school aged children than the national average There are 15,594 family units with children in Kildare South. 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 proportion of families with adult children is smaller in Kildare South than in the State overall (31.6% vs. 36.4%). In addition, there are proportionally fewer families with adolescents in Kildare South than in the State overall.
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
■
State
■
Kildare South
45% 40%
36.4%
35%
31.6%
30% 25% 20%
18.5% 15.9%
18.0% 15.6%
15%
14.7%
15.4%
17.5%
16.6%
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 South there are 10,373 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 38.3% of households have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Kildare South 31.8% of these families have one child, with 37.4% having two children. These figures are above the national average. Approximately 30.7% of these families in Kildare South have three or more children compared to 34.4% of such families nationally (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% 2.9%
5 or more children
8.6% 7.4%
4 children
22.2% 20.4%
3 children
36.0% 37.4%
2 children 29.9% 31.8%
1 child 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Kildare South
Family type Proportion of single parent families close to national average Figure 7 shows that proportion of single parent families is close to the national average. The share of families with at least one child under 15 years old that are headed by single mothers in Kildare South is 19.6%, almost the same as the national average.
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under 15 years old State
Kildare South
1.6%
1.5% 19.7%
19.6%
78.7%
■
79.0%
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 Men more likely to have finished their education earlier than the national average
Women are less likely to have left education at age 15 or below than the national average Men in Kildare South are more likely to have finished their education at an earlier age than men in the rest of the country. Approximately 53% 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 19% of Kildare South men. Kildare South women are slightly less likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (18% vs. 19%) than women in the rest of the State. However, they are also less likely to have continued their education past the age of 20, with 20% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Kildare South 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% 19%
23%
75%
24%
5% 5%
5% 5%
75%
5% 5%
8%
7% 18%
17%
19%
50%
21%
50%
14%
12%
13%
15%
13%
14%
7%
8%
12%
10%
State
Kildare South
17%
15%
25%
25% 9%
10%
14%
12%
0%
0%
State
10
20%
Kildare South
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Qualifications achieved Proportionally more males left education at lower secondary level than the national average Proportionally more females with secondary and technical qualifications than the national average Men in Kildare South are more likely (by 4 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they left education at lower secondary level (see Table 3). They are less likely to report that they have a primary or post graduate degree. On average, the education level of Irish females is above that of Irish males. In Kildare South this is true at third level; the share of females with some form of third level education is 28%, compared to 22% of males. Women in Kildare South are more likely to have secondary and technical qualifications than women nationally.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have completed education MALE State
FEMALE
Kildare South
State
Kildare South
Primary or lower
19%
18%
17%
16%
Lower secondary education
21%
25%
19%
21%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
30%
28%
30%
9%
9%
12%
12%
11%
9%
12%
10%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
4%
7%
6%
Not stated
5%
5%
5%
5%
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 Proportionally more people at work than the national average Proportionally fewer students and retirees than the national average Figure 9 shows that Kildare South women are more likely to be at work (by 3.3 percentage points) and are also more likely to be working in the home (by 1.3 percentage points) than Irish women generally. Men in Kildare South are more likely to be at work (72.1% vs. 66.0%) than men nationally. People in Kildare South are less likely to be students or be retired than people nationally.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over Male
100%
75%
Female
1.0%
1.0%
4.2%
4.1%
12.7%
10.1%
100% 21.8%
23.1%
4.0%
4.1%
10.5%
7.9%
7.3%
9.8%
75%
5.5%
6.4%
10.9%
50%
50%
4.3%
25%
48.5%
4.7%
72.1%
66.0%
25%
0%
51.8%
0%
State
Kildare South
At Work
Unemployed
State
Student
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability Looking after home/family
12
8.4%
Kildare South
Sector employed Proportionally more people employed in manufacturing, construction, and public administration than the national average
Proportionally fewer employed in commerce and trade, and health and education than the national average The total number of people at work in Kildare South at the time of the census was 38,435. Females made up 41.6% of the Kildare South workforce – below the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 14.8% of workers in Kildare South were self employed; 1.2 percentage points below the national average. The largest sector in terms of employment, with 10,048 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 South are less likely (by one percentage point) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector than workers nationally. They are also less likely to work in the health and education sector. People in Kildare South are more likely to work in the manufacturing, construction and public administration sectors than is the case nationally.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work KILDARE SOUTH Total Employed
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1,828
4.8%
4.6%
Building and construction
4,796
12.5%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
5,602
14.6%
13.6%
10,048
26.1%
27.1%
Transport and communications
1,923
5.0%
5.5%
Public administration
2,719
7.1%
5.2%
Health and education
5,001
13.0%
16.5%
Other
6,518
17.0%
16.3%
38,435
100.0%
100.0%
Commerce and trade
Overall
Occupation Proportionally more manufacturing, construction and services workers than the national average Proportionally fewer professional, sales and agricultural workers than the national average Kildare South has a lower than average share of its workers in professional occupations (13.8% vs. 17.3%). It also has lower than average shares of workers in agricultural and sales occupations. Its shares of manufacturing, construction and services workers are above the national average, by 1.5, 1.1 and 1.4 percentage points respectively (see Figure 10). See Figure 10 overleaf
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Figure 10: Occupations of those at work
Farming, fishing & foresty managers
3.7% 2.9% 0.8% 1.7%
Other agricultural workers
11.9%
Manufacturing workers
13.4% 8.8% 9.7%
Building & construction Workers
9.1% 8.6%
Clerical & office workers
9.3% 9.0%
Managerial & government workers 5.7% 5.9%
Transport workers
14.1% 13.2%
Sales workers
17.3%
Professional workers
13.8% 11.1% 12.5%
Services workers 8.3% 9.2%
Other workers
0%
5%
10%
■
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Kildare South
Journey time to work/school Longer commutes than the national average People in Kildare South spend more time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel time in Kildare South is approximately 30.3 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that fewer people in Kildare South have short commutes (less than 30 minutes) than the national average. In addition, substantially more people in Kildare South have commutes lasting over one hour than the national average (15.6% vs. 9.1%).
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college 2.7%
Over 90 minutes
6.3% 6.4%
60-90 minutes
9.3% 6.1% 5.3%
45-60 minutes
16.6%
30-45 minutes
12.7% 30.5% 29.5%
15-30 minutes
37.7% 36.9%
Under 15 minutes 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
Kildare South
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school Proportionally more commuters by car than the national average People in Kildare South are proportionally more likely to travel to work or school by car, either as a passenger or as a driver, and less likely to travel by public transport than people nationally (see Figure 12). Indeed 84.7% of permanent private households own one or more cars in Kildare South, while the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. The proportion of people who commute by rail is slightly higher in Kildare South than nationally.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college
50%
40.7%
43.1%
40% 30% 20%
15.8%
16.7% 18.1%
13.9%
11.9%
10.3% 11.3%
8.5%
10%
2.0%
2.6%
1.6%
3.5%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus or coach
■
Train, DART or LUAS
State
■
Car driver
Car passenger
Other
Kildare South
Volunteering Lower rate of volunteerism than the national average Both men and women in Kildare South are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. In Kildare South 9,568 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Kildare South are 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 15.4% in Kildare South. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals volunteer.3 Both men and women in Kildare South are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. The share of men who volunteer to sporting organisations is the same as 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% 7.4%
8%
8%
6.7% 6.4% 6%
4.7%
6%
4.3% 3.4%
4%
3.7% 3.5% 1.6%
2%
1.3%
0%
1.2% 0.9%
0% Social or charitable
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
■ 3
4.6% 4.4% 3.3% 3.4%
4%
2.8%
2%
5.1% 4.8%
State
Social or charitable
■
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
Kildare South
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 close to the national average There are 27,066 private households in Kildare South with 79,936 people living in them. Households in Kildare South are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (92.4%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in a flat/apartment or bedsit (6.5% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 1% of households live in caravans. Overall the average household size is higher in Kildare South than in the State. Kildare South has an average of 2.95 people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Kildare South has fewer one-person households and slightly more three and fourperson households (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size 28.3% 28.1%
30% 25% 20%
22.4% 18.1%
17.6%
19.6%
18.8% 16.6%
15%
9.3%
10%
10.3%
3.7%
5%
3.9% 1.0%
1.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
4 people
■
State
■
5 people
6 people
7 people
8 or more people
Kildare South
Occupancy type Householders more likely to own homes than the national average Fewer householders own homes outright than the national average A total of 26,794 households in Kildare South live in permanent private dwellings. People in Kildare South are more likely to be live in owner-occupied homes (77.8%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Kildare South are less likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 28.9% of permanent private households own their homes outright in Kildare South compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). In addition, within Kildare South more owner occupiers hold mortgages on their homes4 than own their homes outright.
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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 47.0%
50%
39.0%
40%
34.1% 28.9%
30%
20%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
9.9% 6.1%
1.9%
3.5%
7.0%
3.2%
1.5%
3.2%
2.1%
3.7%
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 South
Age of housing stock Proportionally more very new houses than the national average The age of occupied houses in Kildare South reflects the age of houses generally in the country. The exception to this is very new housing (see Figure 16). Kildare South has substantially more housing built between 2001 and 2006 (27.2% vs. 17.9%).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built 30%
27.2%
25% 20%
17.9% 15.2% 14.4%
15%
11.9%
11.1% 10%
14.0%
10.2% 7.6%
8.0%
7.7%
8.1%
5.3%
11.1%
10.9% 6.7% 6.0%
6.5%
5% 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 South
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Type of water supply Less likely to source water privately than the national average Figure 17 shows that Kildare South households are slightly more likely to be attached to a public water supply (86.2% vs. 83.5%) and less likely to obtain water through a private source (10.0% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals that permanent private households in Kildare South are slightly more likely to have central heating than the rest of the State (91.0% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply State
9.9%
Kildare South
3.5%
8.4% 3.7% 1.6% 6.9%
3.2% 8.7%
79.3%
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 more individual septic tanks than the national average Figure 18 shows that Kildare South households are less likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme (63.9% vs. 67.6%) and slightly more likely to have an individual septic tank (30.4%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage facility
0.2% 2.6%
Other
5.5% 29.5%
Individual septic tank
30.4% 67.6%
Public scheme
63.9% 0%
10%
20%
30%
■
18
State
40%
■
50%
Kildare South
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet More likely to have PC than the national average Households in Kildare South are more likely to have a PC (58.2% vs. 56.6%) than other households in the State. The share of households with access to the Internet is the same as the national average. However, this Internet access is less likely to be via broadband; 16.3% of households in Kildare South 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
60%
56.6%
58.2% 46.7%
50%
46.7%
40% 30%
20.0% 20%
16.3%
10% 0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Kildare South
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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 56,670 people were registered to vote at the last election in Kildare South. The turnout was 34,938 people or 61.7% 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 2.2% 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 South.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007 State
Kildare South
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
56,670
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
34,938
67.0%
61.7%
2,984,822
55,476
4.2%
2.2%
Turnout / register Estimated eligible to vote population 2007 Percentage difference between estimated eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Kildare South returns three TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
Seán Ó Fearghail (Fianna Fáil) Seán Power (Fianna Fáil) Jack Wall (The Labour Party)
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 South 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 SOUTH
This profile is based on the Census
of Population 2006 which took
workforce
place in the Republic of Ireland on
education sector is below the
26th April 2006.
national average (see Table 4).
Key Highlights
Introduction
2
differences:
Glossary
3
Demographics
4
Families
8
Education Employment
10 12
Voting and turnout
16
and
in
professional
More people in Kildare South have a much longer commute to work
Kildare South had much higher average between 2002 and 2006 (see Table 1).
or school than nationally (see Figure 11).
In
Kildare
South
there
are
significantly more households with People in Kildare South are more
mortgages
likely to be at work than the national average. The employment
Households and housing
health
national average (see Figure 10).
population growth than the national
the
occupations is well below the
similar to the rest of the country. However, there are a few notable
in
The share of the Kildare South workforce
In general Kildare South’s profile is
CONTENTS
The share of the Kildare South
rate for men is particularly high (see Figure 9).
then
the
national
average (see Figure 15).
Kildare South households are more likely to live in housing built after 2001 than people nationally (see
20
Figure 16).
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 Substantially higher population growth than the national average Higher proportion of males than the national average Slightly fewer Irish speakers than the national average In 2006 1.9 % of the Irish population lived in Kildare South. The constituency had a substantially higher population growth between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). There are more males than females in Kildare South with 102.1 males for every 100 females – this compares to an almost-equal distribution nationally. Slightly fewer people in Kildare South speak Irish than in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown State
Kildare South
Population 2006
4,239,848
81,149
Population 2002
3,917,203
68,917
Share of total population
100%
1.9%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
17.7%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
102.1
Share with Irish language (Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
38.7%
Marital Status Above average marriage rate People in Kildare South are more likely to be married than the national population (52.6% vs. 48.8%) and are slightly more likely to be separated/divorced (see Figure 1).
4
Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over State
Kildare South
5.9%
5.6%
5.2%
5.2%
40.0%
36.7%
48.8%
52.6%
■
Single
■
Married
■
■
Separated/Divorced
Widowed
Age Profile Average age is lower than the national average More people aged 19 years or under than the national average The average age of the Kildare South population is 33.4 years. This is below the national average of 35.6 years. Compared to the national figures there are more people in Kildare South aged 14 years or under (23.6% vs. 20.4%) and in the age groups 30 to 39 (18.1% vs. 15.8%). 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 (8.3% 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 a need to expand school places (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Age profile of population Kildare South
State
Age 85+
0.8%
1.1%
80-84
1.1%
1.5%
75-79
1.5%
2.2%
2.1%
2.8%
70-74
2.8%
3.4%
65-69 60-64
3.9%
4.3%
55-59
5.0%
5.3%
50-54
5.3%
5.8%
45-49
6.2%
6.5% 7.1%
8.6% 35-39
7.6%
30-34
9.5%
8.2%
8.7% 25-29
8.8%
20-24
7.1%
8.1%
10-14
8.1%
6.8%
05-09
8.7% 0-04
7.1% 8%
15-19
6.4% 6.8%
6.8% 6.5%
10%
40-44
7.4%
6%
4%
2%
■
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
Kildare South
5
Disability Disability rates of those aged 65 years and over above the national average In the 2006 Census 7,073 people in Kildare South indicated that they have a disability – or 8.7% of the population (see Figure 3). This is lower than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 32% of those aged 65 years and older in Kildare South have a disability – above the national average. The disability rates for the other age groups are in line with the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Kildare South
35%
31.8% 29.5%
30% 25% 20% 15%
12.4%
12.6% 9.3%
10% 5%
3.8%
3.8%
4.6%
5.0%
5.8%
8.7%
5.7%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity More Irish nationals than the national average Less ethnic diversity than the national average There are 80,448 people who are usually resident in Kildare South, with 90.5% identifying their nationality as Irish – slightly above the national average (see Table 2). There are proportionally more Polish nationals in Kildare South than in the State as a whole but proportionally fewer Lithuanians or Britons. Compared to the national average, Kildare South is more racially and ethnically homogenous with 89.2% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are proportionally fewer Asian or Asian Irish in Kildare South than nationally (0.6% vs. 1.3%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
6
Nationality
State
Kildare South
Ethnicity
State
Kildare South
Irish
88.8%
90.5%
White Irish
87.4%
89.2%
United Kingdom
2.7%
2.1%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.4%
Polish
1.5%
1.8%
Other White
6.9%
6.0%
Lithuanian
0.6%
0.3%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
1.2%
Other EU
1.8%
1.5%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
0.6%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
3.9%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
2.6%
Religion More Catholics than the national average Fewer people who have no religion than the national average A greater proportion of Kildare South people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole and people from Kildare South are less likely to define themselves as having another stated religion or as having no religion1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion State
Kildare South
4.4% 1.7%
2.9% 1.4%
7.1%
6.3%
86.8%
■
1
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
89.3%
■
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 Fewer families with adult children than the national average More families with pre-school and early school aged children than the national average There are 15,594 family units with children in Kildare South. 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 proportion of families with adult children is smaller in Kildare South than in the State overall (31.6% vs. 36.4%). In addition, there are proportionally fewer families with adolescents in Kildare South than in the State overall.
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
■
State
■
Kildare South
45% 40%
36.4%
35%
31.6%
30% 25% 20%
18.5% 15.9%
18.0% 15.6%
15%
14.7%
15.4%
17.5%
16.6%
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 South there are 10,373 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 38.3% of households have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Kildare South 31.8% of these families have one child, with 37.4% having two children. These figures are above the national average. Approximately 30.7% of these families in Kildare South have three or more children compared to 34.4% of such families nationally (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% 2.9%
5 or more children
8.6% 7.4%
4 children
22.2% 20.4%
3 children
36.0% 37.4%
2 children 29.9% 31.8%
1 child 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Kildare South
Family type Proportion of single parent families close to national average Figure 7 shows that proportion of single parent families is close to the national average. The share of families with at least one child under 15 years old that are headed by single mothers in Kildare South is 19.6%, almost the same as the national average.
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under 15 years old State
Kildare South
1.6%
1.5% 19.7%
19.6%
78.7%
■
79.0%
Single father with children
■
Single mother with children
■
Couples with children
9
Education This section covers: Education by age ceased (Figure 8) Education qualifications (Table 3)
Education by age ceased Men more likely to have finished their education earlier than the national average
Women are less likely to have left education at age 15 or below than the national average Men in Kildare South are more likely to have finished their education at an earlier age than men in the rest of the country. Approximately 53% 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 19% of Kildare South men. Kildare South women are slightly less likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (18% vs. 19%) than women in the rest of the State. However, they are also less likely to have continued their education past the age of 20, with 20% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Kildare South 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% 19%
23%
75%
24%
5% 5%
5% 5%
75%
5% 5%
8%
7% 18%
17%
19%
50%
21%
50%
14%
12%
13%
15%
13%
14%
7%
8%
12%
10%
State
Kildare South
17%
15%
25%
25% 9%
10%
14%
12%
0%
0%
State
10
20%
Kildare South
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Qualifications achieved Proportionally more males left education at lower secondary level than the national average Proportionally more females with secondary and technical qualifications than the national average Men in Kildare South are more likely (by 4 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they left education at lower secondary level (see Table 3). They are less likely to report that they have a primary or post graduate degree. On average, the education level of Irish females is above that of Irish males. In Kildare South this is true at third level; the share of females with some form of third level education is 28%, compared to 22% of males. Women in Kildare South are more likely to have secondary and technical qualifications than women nationally.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have completed education MALE State
FEMALE
Kildare South
State
Kildare South
Primary or lower
19%
18%
17%
16%
Lower secondary education
21%
25%
19%
21%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
30%
28%
30%
9%
9%
12%
12%
11%
9%
12%
10%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
4%
7%
6%
Not stated
5%
5%
5%
5%
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 Proportionally more people at work than the national average Proportionally fewer students and retirees than the national average Figure 9 shows that Kildare South women are more likely to be at work (by 3.3 percentage points) and are also more likely to be working in the home (by 1.3 percentage points) than Irish women generally. Men in Kildare South are more likely to be at work (72.1% vs. 66.0%) than men nationally. People in Kildare South are less likely to be students or be retired than people nationally.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over Male
100%
75%
Female
1.0%
1.0%
4.2%
4.1%
12.7%
10.1%
100% 21.8%
23.1%
4.0%
4.1%
10.5%
7.9%
7.3%
9.8%
75%
5.5%
6.4%
10.9%
50%
50%
4.3%
25%
48.5%
4.7%
72.1%
66.0%
25%
0%
51.8%
0%
State
Kildare South
At Work
Unemployed
State
Student
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability Looking after home/family
12
8.4%
Kildare South
Sector employed Proportionally more people employed in manufacturing, construction, and public administration than the national average
Proportionally fewer employed in commerce and trade, and health and education than the national average The total number of people at work in Kildare South at the time of the census was 38,435. Females made up 41.6% of the Kildare South workforce – below the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 14.8% of workers in Kildare South were self employed; 1.2 percentage points below the national average. The largest sector in terms of employment, with 10,048 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 South are less likely (by one percentage point) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector than workers nationally. They are also less likely to work in the health and education sector. People in Kildare South are more likely to work in the manufacturing, construction and public administration sectors than is the case nationally.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work KILDARE SOUTH Total Employed
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1,828
4.8%
4.6%
Building and construction
4,796
12.5%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
5,602
14.6%
13.6%
10,048
26.1%
27.1%
Transport and communications
1,923
5.0%
5.5%
Public administration
2,719
7.1%
5.2%
Health and education
5,001
13.0%
16.5%
Other
6,518
17.0%
16.3%
38,435
100.0%
100.0%
Commerce and trade
Overall
Occupation Proportionally more manufacturing, construction and services workers than the national average Proportionally fewer professional, sales and agricultural workers than the national average Kildare South has a lower than average share of its workers in professional occupations (13.8% vs. 17.3%). It also has lower than average shares of workers in agricultural and sales occupations. Its shares of manufacturing, construction and services workers are above the national average, by 1.5, 1.1 and 1.4 percentage points respectively (see Figure 10). See Figure 10 overleaf
13
Figure 10: Occupations of those at work
Farming, fishing & foresty managers
3.7% 2.9% 0.8% 1.7%
Other agricultural workers
11.9%
Manufacturing workers
13.4% 8.8% 9.7%
Building & construction Workers
9.1% 8.6%
Clerical & office workers
9.3% 9.0%
Managerial & government workers 5.7% 5.9%
Transport workers
14.1% 13.2%
Sales workers
17.3%
Professional workers
13.8% 11.1% 12.5%
Services workers 8.3% 9.2%
Other workers
0%
5%
10%
■
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Kildare South
Journey time to work/school Longer commutes than the national average People in Kildare South spend more time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel time in Kildare South is approximately 30.3 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that fewer people in Kildare South have short commutes (less than 30 minutes) than the national average. In addition, substantially more people in Kildare South have commutes lasting over one hour than the national average (15.6% vs. 9.1%).
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college 2.7%
Over 90 minutes
6.3% 6.4%
60-90 minutes
9.3% 6.1% 5.3%
45-60 minutes
16.6%
30-45 minutes
12.7% 30.5% 29.5%
15-30 minutes
37.7% 36.9%
Under 15 minutes 0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
Kildare South
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school Proportionally more commuters by car than the national average People in Kildare South are proportionally more likely to travel to work or school by car, either as a passenger or as a driver, and less likely to travel by public transport than people nationally (see Figure 12). Indeed 84.7% of permanent private households own one or more cars in Kildare South, while the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. The proportion of people who commute by rail is slightly higher in Kildare South than nationally.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college
50%
40.7%
43.1%
40% 30% 20%
15.8%
16.7% 18.1%
13.9%
11.9%
10.3% 11.3%
8.5%
10%
2.0%
2.6%
1.6%
3.5%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus or coach
■
Train, DART or LUAS
State
■
Car driver
Car passenger
Other
Kildare South
Volunteering Lower rate of volunteerism than the national average Both men and women in Kildare South are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. In Kildare South 9,568 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Kildare South are 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 15.4% in Kildare South. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals volunteer.3 Both men and women in Kildare South are less likely to volunteer to social or charitable and religious organisations than the national average. The share of men who volunteer to sporting organisations is the same as 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% 7.4%
8%
8%
6.7% 6.4% 6%
4.7%
6%
4.3% 3.4%
4%
3.7% 3.5% 1.6%
2%
1.3%
0%
1.2% 0.9%
0% Social or charitable
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
■ 3
4.6% 4.4% 3.3% 3.4%
4%
2.8%
2%
5.1% 4.8%
State
Social or charitable
■
Religious group or church
Sporting
Political or cultural
Any other voluntary activity
Kildare South
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 close to the national average There are 27,066 private households in Kildare South with 79,936 people living in them. Households in Kildare South are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (92.4%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in a flat/apartment or bedsit (6.5% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 1% of households live in caravans. Overall the average household size is higher in Kildare South than in the State. Kildare South has an average of 2.95 people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Kildare South has fewer one-person households and slightly more three and fourperson households (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size 28.3% 28.1%
30% 25% 20%
22.4% 18.1%
17.6%
19.6%
18.8% 16.6%
15%
9.3%
10%
10.3%
3.7%
5%
3.9% 1.0%
1.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
4 people
■
State
■
5 people
6 people
7 people
8 or more people
Kildare South
Occupancy type Householders more likely to own homes than the national average Fewer householders own homes outright than the national average A total of 26,794 households in Kildare South live in permanent private dwellings. People in Kildare South are more likely to be live in owner-occupied homes (77.8%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Kildare South are less likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 28.9% of permanent private households own their homes outright in Kildare South compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). In addition, within Kildare South more owner occupiers hold mortgages on their homes4 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 47.0%
50%
39.0%
40%
34.1% 28.9%
30%
20%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
9.9% 6.1%
1.9%
3.5%
7.0%
3.2%
1.5%
3.2%
2.1%
3.7%
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 South
Age of housing stock Proportionally more very new houses than the national average The age of occupied houses in Kildare South reflects the age of houses generally in the country. The exception to this is very new housing (see Figure 16). Kildare South has substantially more housing built between 2001 and 2006 (27.2% vs. 17.9%).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built 30%
27.2%
25% 20%
17.9% 15.2% 14.4%
15%
11.9%
11.1% 10%
14.0%
10.2% 7.6%
8.0%
7.7%
8.1%
5.3%
11.1%
10.9% 6.7% 6.0%
6.5%
5% 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 South
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Type of water supply Less likely to source water privately than the national average Figure 17 shows that Kildare South households are slightly more likely to be attached to a public water supply (86.2% vs. 83.5%) and less likely to obtain water through a private source (10.0% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals that permanent private households in Kildare South are slightly more likely to have central heating than the rest of the State (91.0% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply State
9.9%
Kildare South
3.5%
8.4% 3.7% 1.6% 6.9%
3.2% 8.7%
79.3%
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 more individual septic tanks than the national average Figure 18 shows that Kildare South households are less likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme (63.9% vs. 67.6%) and slightly more likely to have an individual septic tank (30.4%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage facility
0.2% 2.6%
Other
5.5% 29.5%
Individual septic tank
30.4% 67.6%
Public scheme
63.9% 0%
10%
20%
30%
■
18
State
40%
■
50%
Kildare South
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet More likely to have PC than the national average Households in Kildare South are more likely to have a PC (58.2% vs. 56.6%) than other households in the State. The share of households with access to the Internet is the same as the national average. However, this Internet access is less likely to be via broadband; 16.3% of households in Kildare South 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
60%
56.6%
58.2% 46.7%
50%
46.7%
40% 30%
20.0% 20%
16.3%
10% 0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Kildare South
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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 56,670 people were registered to vote at the last election in Kildare South. The turnout was 34,938 people or 61.7% 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 2.2% 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 South.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007 State
Kildare South
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
56,670
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
34,938
67.0%
61.7%
2,984,822
55,476
4.2%
2.2%
Turnout / register Estimated eligible to vote population 2007 Percentage difference between estimated eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Kildare South returns three TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
Seán Ó Fearghail (Fianna Fáil) Seán Power (Fianna Fáil) Jack Wall (The Labour Party)
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 South boundaries and these can be viewed on the Constituency Commission’s website www.constituency-commission.ie.
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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.
