Howth (from the Old Norse meaning "head" - called in Irish: Binn Éadair) is an area in the Fingal County Council administrative area of County Dublin. Originally just a small fishing village and surrounding rural district, Howth is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside. The only neighbouring district on land is Sutton, also on the Howth peninsula.

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Area Statistics

Area:	10.43 square km
Population:	8196
Population Density:	785 people/km 2

Age

65 & Over :	17.8 %		National 11.0 %
Under 15 :	16.2 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	13.5 %		14.9 %
25 - 34 :	10.7 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	13.6 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	13.3 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	14.8 %		9.6 %

Marital Status

Married :	45.6 %		National 36.9 %
Single :	45.4 %		54.7 %
Separated :	2.3 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.4 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	5.4 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	58.7 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	10.6 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	0.9 %		2.2 %
Bus :	7.0 %		13.2 %
Rail :	21.9 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.9 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

< 15 mins :	29.3 %		National 37.7 %
15 - 29 mins :	16.3 %		30.5 %
30 - 44 mins :	20.0 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	13.7 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	16.7 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	4.0 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Managerial & Technical :	42.6 %		National 26.4 %
Professional :	14.3 %		6.5 %
Non-manual :	14.3 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	8.0 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	5.1 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	1.1 %		4.3 %
Other :	14.8 %		17.6 %

Religion

Catholic :	82.4 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	9.7 %		7.2 %
None :	7.9 %		4.5 %

Housing

House :	89.7 %		National 89.2 %
Apartment :	10.0 %		9.7 %
Bedsit :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	36.0 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.4 %		0.6 %
Primary :	8.6 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.1 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	12.4 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	9.8 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	13.6 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	4.6 %		3.3 %
Masters :	7.0 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.6 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	29.2 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	6.4 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	13.7 %		10.1 %
Science :	5.4 %		5.2 %
Computing :	4.0 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	10.6 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.2 %		2.6 %
Health :	12.2 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	2.0 %		3.2 %
Services :	3.7 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	11.7 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	38.3 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.8 %		1.5 %
Construction :	4.4 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	9.4 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	5.9 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	20.8 %		19.7 %
Other :	20.5 %		17.4 %

Household

Couple with Children :	37.9 %		National 35.2 %
One Person :	19.1 %		22.4 %
Couple without Children :	25.9 %		18.3 %
Single Parent :	8.0 %		10.4 %
Other :	9.2 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	91.9 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	6.4 %		7.1 %
Black :	0.2 %		1.1 %
Asian :	0.6 %		1.3 %
Other :	0.9 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	92.3 %		National 89.8 %
British :	3.7 %		2.7 %
Polish :	0.4 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.0 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	1.9 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	1.7 %		3.5 %

House Age

1961 - 1980 :	41.6 %		National 23.4 %
Before 1919 :	16.0 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	16.9 %		18.0 %
1981 - 2000 :	20.7 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	4.8 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 024 Howth.

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