Harold's Cross (Irish: Cros Araild, meaning "Harold's Cross") is an urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin. Harold's Cross has a number of shops and businesses and an active credit union. Harold's Cross Park, a small well maintained city park, occupies the site of the original village green. One explanation of the origin of the name Harold's Cross is that it is derived from the name given to a gallows, which had been placed where the current Harold's Cross Park is situated.

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Area Statistics

Area:	0.67 square km
Population:	2898
Population Density:	4316 people/km 2

Age

25 - 34 :	32.9 %		National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	7.6 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	19.2 %		14.9 %
35 - 44 :	10.7 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	8.9 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	8.1 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	12.7 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	71.9 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	20.7 %		36.9 %
Separated :	1.7 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	0.9 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	4.8 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	34.3 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	34.0 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	10.2 %		2.2 %
Bus :	18.5 %		13.2 %
Rail :	2.2 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.9 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	35.7 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	14.2 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	35.3 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	9.8 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	4.1 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.0 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	25.7 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	12.1 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	16.8 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	11.4 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	7.7 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	3.2 %		4.3 %
Other :	23.0 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	81.6 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	8.0 %		7.2 %
None :	10.3 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	68.0 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	29.3 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	2.7 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	23.2 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.5 %		0.6 %
Primary :	15.1 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	4.7 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	9.8 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	18.9 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	11.7 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	6.3 %		3.3 %
Masters :	8.8 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.0 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	31.4 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	4.9 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	12.6 %		10.1 %
Science :	6.6 %		5.2 %
Computing :	8.2 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	7.4 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.9 %		2.6 %
Health :	8.9 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	1.7 %		3.2 %
Services :	3.8 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.6 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	45.4 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Construction :	4.9 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	6.0 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	7.5 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	17.8 %		19.7 %
Other :	18.3 %		17.4 %

Household

Other :	33.5 %		National 13.7 %
One Person :	31.7 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	16.2 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	13.0 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	5.6 %		10.4 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	85.4 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	9.5 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.9 %		1.1 %
Asian :	2.2 %		1.3 %
Other :	1.9 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	85.8 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.5 %		2.7 %
Polish :	2.0 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	4.2 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	6.2 %		3.5 %

House Age

1981 - 2000 :	42.0 %		National 29.7 %
Before 1919 :	10.7 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	25.3 %		18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	18.6 %		23.4 %
After 2001 :	3.4 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 113 Kimmage C.

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