Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is one of the largest enclosed urban public parks in Europe, The Phoenix Park is located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre. It measures 707 hectares (1,750 acres), with a walled circumference of 16 km that contains large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues. The park has been home to a herd of wild Fallow deer since the seventeenth century. The name is a corruption of the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water". The park houses a number of places of interest, including: Áras an Uachtaráin, Zoological Gardens, Deerfield Residence (official residence of the United States Ambassador to Ireland) and The Papal Cross.

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Area Statistics

Area:	7.34 square km
Population:	1568
Population Density:	214 people/km 2

Age

25 - 34 :	36.2 %		National 17.0 %
Under 15 :	5.1 %		20.4 %
15 - 24 :	13.3 %		14.9 %
35 - 44 :	12.6 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	5.5 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	5.9 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	21.4 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	65.3 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	20.2 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.6 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	1.8 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	10.1 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Car :	32.1 %		National 63.7 %
Walk :	19.1 %		17.5 %
Bicycle :	6.4 %		2.2 %
Bus :	26.6 %		13.2 %
Rail :	15.1 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.8 %		0.6 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	33.7 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	11.4 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	32.8 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	11.0 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	9.7 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.4 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Other :	29.9 %		National 17.6 %
Professional :	13.1 %		6.5 %
Managerial & Technical :	26.5 %		26.4 %
Non-manual :	12.6 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	6.5 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	8.4 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	2.9 %		4.3 %

Religion

Catholic :	77.8 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	10.8 %		7.2 %
None :	11.3 %		4.5 %

Housing

Apartment :	86.5 %		National 9.7 %
House :	11.4 %		89.2 %
Bedsit :	2.0 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.0 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Primary :	18.9 %		National 18.3 %
No formal :	0.5 %		0.6 %
Secondary :	18.5 %		41.7 %
Technical or Vocational :	6.9 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	8.8 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	16.6 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	13.9 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	5.3 %		3.3 %
Masters :	8.7 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.8 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	28.2 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	2.5 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	11.3 %		10.1 %
Science :	5.2 %		5.2 %
Computing :	6.9 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	13.6 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	1.4 %		2.6 %
Health :	11.4 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	2.2 %		3.2 %
Services :	3.8 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	13.6 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	41.3 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.1 %		1.5 %
Construction :	5.4 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	8.2 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	8.1 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	18.9 %		19.7 %
Other :	18.0 %		17.4 %

Household

One Person :	35.1 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	18.5 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	8.1 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	5.6 %		10.4 %
Other :	32.6 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	76.9 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	15.7 %		7.1 %
Black :	1.8 %		1.1 %
Asian :	3.6 %		1.3 %
Other :	2.0 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	77.1 %		National 89.8 %
British :	2.5 %		2.7 %
Polish :	3.7 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	1.5 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	3.8 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	11.4 %		3.5 %

House Age

1981 - 2000 :	52.1 %		National 29.7 %
Before 1919 :	10.1 %		11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	4.1 %		18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	7.0 %		23.4 %
After 2001 :	26.8 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 079 Phoenix Park.

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