Ballyfermot (Irish: Baile Formaid) is a suburb in the city of Dublin, located 7 kilometres due west from the city centre, and to the south of the Phoenix Park. The River Liffey lies to the north, and the Grand Canal, now a recreational waterway, borders the south. Ballyfermot is designated as postal district Dublin 10. Ballyfermot derives its name from the Old Irish for Dermot's Town, Baile Formaid. It was named for a local chieftain, Dermot Mac Giolla Mocholmog, who lived here around the turn of the first millennium. The area is now a centre of national commercial distribution, with easy access to the national trunk roads.

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Area Statistics

Area:	2.72 square km
Population:	3034
Population Density:	1117 people/km 2

Age

25 - 34 :	29.4 %		National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	13.2 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	11.3 %		14.9 %
35 - 44 :	15.2 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	9.3 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	6.4 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	15.1 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	63.0 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	25.5 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.8 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.9 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	6.7 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	49.2 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	15.8 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	4.0 %		2.2 %
Bus :	28.7 %		13.2 %
Rail :	0.8 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.6 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	32.2 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	20.2 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	26.7 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	11.4 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	8.5 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.0 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	33.5 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	11.5 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	14.2 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	11.4 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	9.3 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	3.2 %		4.3 %
Other :	16.8 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	83.6 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	7.0 %		7.2 %
None :	9.5 %		4.5 %

Housing

Apartment :	54.0 %		National 9.7 %
House :	45.2 %		89.2 %
Bedsit :	0.8 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	27.5 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Primary :	13.9 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	7.6 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	10.9 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	12.7 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	12.9 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	5.8 %		3.3 %
Masters :	7.1 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.3 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	25.4 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	4.6 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	12.8 %		10.1 %
Science :	4.8 %		5.2 %
Computing :	6.5 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	10.8 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.6 %		2.6 %
Health :	14.7 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	2.5 %		3.2 %
Services :	3.0 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	14.3 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	37.6 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.3 %		1.5 %
Construction :	5.3 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	11.2 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	7.4 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	25.2 %		19.7 %
Other :	13.1 %		17.4 %

Household

One Person :	36.1 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	21.8 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	14.5 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	9.3 %		10.4 %
Other :	18.3 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	81.9 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	10.4 %		7.1 %
Black :	1.2 %		1.1 %
Asian :	4.6 %		1.3 %
Other :	1.9 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	82.5 %		National 89.8 %
British :	3.0 %		2.7 %
Polish :	2.7 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.9 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	2.9 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	8.1 %		3.5 %

House Age

1981 - 2000 :	37.8 %		National 29.7 %
Before 1919 :	11.4 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	8.1 %		18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	12.8 %		23.4 %
After 2001 :	29.8 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 094 Chapelizod.

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2. 26
3. 76
4. 76a
5. 76b
6. 78a
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8. 79
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