Cabra

Dublin, Ireland

Cabra (Cabrach in Irish) is a suburb on the northside of Dublin, approximately 2 km north-west of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council. Much of Cabra was built in the 1940s as a building programme for public housing by Dublin Corporation. Before it was built, the area mostly comprised fields and open countryside on the edge of the city in the townland of Grangegorman. Cabra West has many factories in the industrial park and also along Bannow Road, one of the most famous of these being the Batchelors beans factory. Famous people from Cabra include singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy, world champion boxer Steve Collins, author and journalist Gene Kerrigan, actor Michael Gambon, actress and singer Angeline Ball, singer Dickie Rock and WWE Champion Sheamus, real name Stephen Farrelly, who is a fluent Irish speaker.

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Area Statistics

Area:	4.82 square km
Population:	27034
Population Density:	5610 people/km ²

Age
25 - 34 :	18.6 %	National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	16.1 %	20.4 %
15 - 24 :	14.4 %	14.9 %
35 - 44 :	15.3 %	14.7 %
45 - 54 :	12.3 %	12.3 %
55 - 64 :	8.5 %	9.6 %
65 & Over :	15.0 %	11.0 %

Marital Status
Single :	57.8 %	National 54.7 %
Married :	32.4 %	36.9 %
Separated :	2.8 %	2.5 %
Divorced :	1.3 %	1.4 %
Widowed :	5.7 %	4.5 %

Commuter Type
Car :	41.8 %	National 63.7 %
Walk :	23.3 %	17.5 %
Bicycle :	5.9 %	2.2 %
Bus :	24.9 %	13.2 %
Rail :	2.9 %	2.9 %
Motorbike :	1.2 %	0.6 %

Commute Time
15 - 29 mins :	32.5 %	National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	21.8 %	37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	25.2 %	16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	9.9 %	6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	8.7 %	6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.9 %	2.7 %

Social Class
Managerial & Technical :	22.5 %	National 26.4 %
Professional :	6.0 %	6.5 %
Non-manual :	18.6 %	17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	17.5 %	17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	11.7 %	11.1 %
Unskilled :	5.9 %	4.3 %
Other :	17.7 %	17.6 %

Religion
Catholic :	88.2 %	National 88.3 %
Other :	5.4 %	7.2 %
None :	6.5 %	4.5 %

Housing
House :	82.1 %	National 89.2 %
Apartment :	15.8 %	9.7 %
Bedsit :	2.1 %	0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %	0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)
Secondary :	36.8 %	National 41.7 %
No formal :	1.0 %	0.6 %
Primary :	25.6 %	18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	8.2 %	9.0 %
Non-Degree :	8.3 %	11.1 %
Primary Degree :	6.7 %	6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	5.6 %	6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	3.3 %	3.3 %
Masters :	3.9 %	3.1 %
Ph.D. :	0.6 %	0.5 %

Third Level Qualification
Social Sciences, Business Law :	24.5 %	National 21.3 %
Education :	6.2 %	7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	12.4 %	10.1 %
Science :	4.8 %	5.2 %
Computing :	8.2 %	6.8 %
Engineering :	11.2 %	12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.2 %	2.6 %
Health :	9.9 %	12.3 %
Social Services :	3.0 %	3.2 %
Services :	4.9 %	6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.8 %	12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)
Commerce & Trade :	33.6 %	National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.2 %	1.5 %
Construction :	7.1 %	10.2 %
Manufacturing :	10.3 %	15.6 %
Public Service :	10.6 %	6.6 %
Professional Services :	18.7 %	19.7 %
Other :	19.4 %	17.4 %

Household
One Person :	28.2 %	National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	17.7 %	18.3 %
Couple with Children :	25.4 %	35.2 %
Single Parent :	9.7 %	10.4 %
Other :	18.9 %	13.7 %

Ethnicity
White Irish :	88.1 %	National 89.5 %
White other :	8.4 %	7.1 %
Black :	1.0 %	1.1 %
Asian :	1.4 %	1.3 %
Other :	1.1 %	1.1 %

Nationality
Irish :	88.4 %	National 89.8 %
British :	1.2 %	2.7 %
Polish :	2.4 %	1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.7 %	0.6 %
Other E.U. :	3.0 %	1.8 %
Rest of the world :	4.4 %	3.5 %

House Age
1919 - 1960 :	53.7 %	National 18.0 %
Before 1919 :	5.6 %	11.1 %
1961 - 1980 :	10.4 %	23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	20.7 %	29.7 %
After 2001 :	9.5 %	17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 006 Ashtown A, 007 Ashtown B, 031 Cabra East B, 032 Cabra East C, 033 Cabra West A, 034 Cabra West B, 035 Cabra West C, 036 Cabra West D.

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