Portobello (Irish: Cuan Aoibhinn - meaning 'beautiful harbour') is an area in Dublin 8. Portobello came into existence as a small suburb south of the city of Dublin in the 18th century, centred around Richmond Street. During the following century it was completely developed, transforming an area of private estates and farmland into solid Victorian red-bricked living quarters for the middle classes, and terraced housing bordering the canal for the working classes. Towards the end of the 19th century came an influx of Jews, refugees from pogroms in Eastern Europe, which gave the name "Little Jerusalem" to the area.

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Area Statistics

Area:	0.23 square km
Population:	2369
Population Density:	10285 people/km 2

Age

15 - 24 :	33.0 %		National 14.9 %
Under 15 :	8.5 %		20.4 %
25 - 34 :	28.0 %		17.0 %
35 - 44 :	12.1 %		14.7 %
45 - 54 :	7.0 %		12.3 %
55 - 64 :	4.5 %		9.6 %
65 & Over :	6.8 %		11.0 %

Marital Status

Single :	75.3 %		National 54.7 %
Married :	18.3 %		36.9 %
Separated :	2.0 %		2.5 %
Divorced :	0.9 %		1.4 %
Widowed :	3.5 %		4.5 %

Commuter Type

Walk :	50.8 %		National 17.5 %
Bicycle :	8.8 %		2.2 %
Bus :	18.1 %		13.2 %
Rail :	3.4 %		2.9 %
Motorbike :	0.2 %		0.6 %
Car :	18.7 %		63.7 %

Commute Time

15 - 29 mins :	38.2 %		National 30.5 %
< 15 mins :	25.3 %		37.7 %
30 - 44 mins :	23.9 %		16.6 %
45 - 59 mins :	6.4 %		6.1 %
60 - 89 mins :	4.9 %		6.4 %
> 90 mins :	1.3 %		2.7 %

Social Class

Other :	39.5 %		National 17.6 %
Professional :	9.4 %		6.5 %
Managerial & Technical :	20.6 %		26.4 %
Non-manual :	11.4 %		17.0 %
Skilled-manual :	8.7 %		17.1 %
Semi-skilled :	7.3 %		11.1 %
Unskilled :	3.1 %		4.3 %

Religion

Catholic :	59.9 %		National 88.3 %
Other :	23.3 %		7.2 %
None :	16.8 %		4.5 %

Housing

Apartment :	53.4 %		National 9.7 %
House :	38.9 %		89.2 %
Bedsit :	7.6 %		0.6 %
Mobile home :	0.1 %		0.5 %

Education (Highest Achieved)

Secondary :	23.7 %		National 41.7 %
No formal :	0.3 %		0.6 %
Primary :	11.4 %		18.3 %
Technical or Vocational :	8.3 %		9.0 %
Non-Degree :	11.7 %		11.1 %
Primary Degree :	13.8 %		6.1 %
Professional Qualification :	11.2 %		6.3 %
Postgraduate Cert. or Diploma :	5.9 %		3.3 %
Masters :	11.9 %		3.1 %
Ph.D. :	1.8 %		0.5 %

Third Level Qualification

Social Sciences, Business Law :	28.7 %		National 21.3 %
Education :	5.2 %		7.6 %
Arts & Humanities :	16.2 %		10.1 %
Science :	4.6 %		5.2 %
Computing :	9.5 %		6.8 %
Engineering :	9.0 %		12.5 %
Agricultural & Veterinary :	0.7 %		2.6 %
Health :	8.4 %		12.3 %
Social Services :	1.4 %		3.2 %
Services :	4.1 %		6.2 %
Multiple Subjects :	12.3 %		12.3 %

Employment (by Industry)

Commerce & Trade :	42.0 %		National 29.1 %
Forestry & Fishing :	0.2 %		1.5 %
Construction :	4.6 %		10.2 %
Manufacturing :	6.2 %		15.6 %
Public Service :	6.3 %		6.6 %
Professional Services :	21.1 %		19.7 %
Other :	19.6 %		17.4 %

Household

One Person :	36.6 %		National 22.4 %
Couple without Children :	16.6 %		18.3 %
Couple with Children :	11.3 %		35.2 %
Single Parent :	4.1 %		10.4 %
Other :	31.3 %		13.7 %

Ethnicity

White Irish :	63.1 %		National 89.5 %
White other :	14.8 %		7.1 %
Black :	3.1 %		1.1 %
Asian :	14.7 %		1.3 %
Other :	4.4 %		1.1 %

Nationality

Irish :	65.4 %		National 89.8 %
British :	1.9 %		2.7 %
Polish :	2.4 %		1.5 %
Lithuanian :	0.4 %		0.6 %
Other E.U. :	7.5 %		1.8 %
Rest of the world :	22.4 %		3.5 %

House Age

Before 1919 :	41.8 %		National 11.1 %
1919 - 1960 :	8.3 %		18.0 %
1961 - 1980 :	3.1 %		23.4 %
1981 - 2000 :	22.0 %		29.7 %
After 2001 :	24.6 %		17.9 %

Area Statistics are compiled from the latest Census data for the following DEDs: 123 Merchants Quay E.

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Bus

1. 14
2. 14a
3. 15f
4. 15e
5. 15a
6. 15
7. 15b
8. 16
9. 16a
10. 19a
11. 19
12. 49

1. 49a
2. 54a
3. 65b
4. 65
5. 74
6. 74a
7. 83
8. 122
9. 128
10. 142

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Bikes

1. Station 34
2. Station 43

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