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Ballymun

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Area Statistics

Area:	5.42 square km
Population:	15493
Population Density:	2860 people/km ²

Age
Under 15 :	27.3 %		National 20.4 %
15 - 24 :	18.5 %		14.9 %
25 - 34 :	17.8 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	13.4 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	8.0 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	8.1 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	7.0 %		11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	68.5 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	21.1 %		36.9 %
Separated :	5.0 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.7 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	3.9 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type
Walk :	35.5 %		National 17.5 %
Bicycle :	3.3 %		2.2 %
Bus :	27.0 %		13.2 %
Rail :	0.3 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.7 %		0.6 %
Car :	33.1 %		63.7 %

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Commute Time
< 15 mins :	34.3 %		National 37.7 %
15 - 29 mins :	33.7 %		30.5 %
30 - 44 mins :	17.8 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	5.7 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	6.6 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.9 %		2.7 %

Social Class
Other :	34.5 %		National 17.6 %
Professional :	1.2 %		6.5 %
Managerial & Technical :	9.5 %		26.4 %
Non-manual :	15.0 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	16.0 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	16.1 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	7.7 %		4.3 %

Religion
Catholic :	92.7 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	4.3 %		7.2 %
None :	3.0 %		4.5 %

Housing
House :	58.6 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	39.8 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	1.3 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	48.6 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	1.3 %		0.6 %
Primary :	33.2 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.5 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	4.5 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	1.9 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	1.5 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	0.9 %		3.3 %
Masters :	1.3 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	16.7 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	7.4 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	7.6 %		10.1 %
Science :	4.4 %		5.2 %
Computing :	13.0 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	12.7 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.4 %		2.6 %
Health :	6.7 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	7.0 %		3.2 %
Services :	8.1 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	15.9 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	31.6 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Construction :	8.3 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	9.5 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	4.8 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	16.5 %		19.7 %
Other :	29.2 %		17.4 %

Household
Single Parent :	29.8 %		National 10.4 %
One Person :	19.1 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	10.0 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	23.6 %		35.2 %
Other :	17.5 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	92.7 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	4.9 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.6 %		1.1 %
Asian :	0.9 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.9 %		1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	92.4 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.4 %		2.7 %
Polish :	2.1 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.6 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	1.5 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	2.0 %		3.5 %

House Age
1961 - 1980 :	56.4 %		National 23.4 %
Before 1919 :	0.1 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	7.4 %		18.0 %
1981 - 2000 :	7.6 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	28.5 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 015 Ballymun A, 016 Ballymun B, 017 Ballymun C, 018 Ballymun D.

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