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CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:
SLIGO-NORTH LEITRIM
This profile is based on the Census
The share of the Sligo-North Leitrim
of Population 2006 which took
workforce that works in the health
place in the Republic of Ireland on
and education sectors is signif-
26th April 2006.
icantly above the national average
(see Figure 10 and Table 4).
Key Highlights
In general Sligo-North Leitrim’s profile is
CONTENTS
much shorter commute to work or
similar to the rest of the country.
school than the national average
However, there are a few notable
Introduction
2
Glossary
3
Demographics
4
Families
8
The average age of the population in
Sligo-North Leitrim is above the
national average as is the share of
the population aged 65 years and
Education
10
Employment
12
Households
and housing
16
Voting and
turnout
20
and are more likely to travel by car
differences:
over (see Figure 2).
In terms of religion, nationality and
Sligo-North Leitrim people have a
(see Figure 11).
Households in Sligo-North Leitrim
are less likely to have access to a
computer or the Internet than
households nationally. Their Internet
access is also less likely to be via
broadband (see Figure 19).
ethnicity Sligo-North Leitrim is more
homogenous than the State as a
whole (see Table 2 and Figure 4).
No liability is accepted to any person arising out of any reliance on the contents of this paper. Nothing herein constitutes professional advice of any kind. This document contains a general
summary of developments and is not complete or definitive. It has been prepared for distribution to Members to aid them in their Parliamentary duties. Authors are available to discuss the
contents of these papers with Members and their staff.
Introduction
This profile is based on Census 2006 Small Area Statistics data published online at www.cso.ie/census/SAPs.htm. The
census took place in the Republic of Ireland on 26th April 2006. The Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) used
this publicly available information to create profiles for the 43 constituencies used in the 2007 General Election. The
profiles cover: demographic characteristics; the make-up of households and families; ethnic diversity; nationality and
religion; education and employment profiles; and the state of the constituency’s housing stock. The L&RS has also added
some electoral information for each constituency.
The variables used were selected from those available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in order to provide a
reasonably detailed overview of the constituency. In calculating percentages, constituents who did not provide a response
were excluded (unless otherwise indicated). A copy of the census questionnaire is available on the CSO website. The
terminology used throughout this profile is, in general, the same as that used by the CSO. The census data does not
identify individual people; if certain variables could be used to identify people at the constituency level, this data is
combined into larger groups by the CSO to prevent such identification. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
A glossary of terms used by the CSO is provided at the beginning of the profile to give further information on selected
variables. This profile and profiles for the other 42 Dáil constituencies may be downloaded from the Oireachtas website
(www.oireachtas.ie) – they are accessible from the Dáil Éireann navigation menu.
Oireachtas Library & Research Service 2008
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Glossary
VARIABLE
DEFINITION
Private household
A private household comprises either one person living alone or a group of people
(not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping
arrangements - that is, sharing at least one meal a day or sharing a living room or
sitting room.
Permanent private household
This is a private household occupying a permanent dwelling such as a house, flat,
apartment or bedsitter.
Usually resident
This includes people enumerated (counted) in the area of their usual residence,
together with other people usually resident in that area who were enumerated
elsewhere in the State. Usual residents of an area who were not in the State on
census night are not included in the figures.
Housing unit
A housing unit is a conventional house, a structurally separate flat or apartment,
or a mobile or temporary dwelling, regardless of the number of private
households it contains.
Family unit
A family unit is defined as:
(1) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple; or
(2) a husband and wife or a cohabiting couple together with one or more usually
resident never-married children (of any age); or
(3) one parent together with one or more usually resident never-married children
(of any age).
Family members have to be usual residents of the relevant household.
Industry
The 2006 Census uses the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities
within the European Communities (NACE) to code industries. Whatever their
occupation, the industry in which a person is engaged is determined by the main
economic activity carried out in the local unit in which he or she works. The term
“industry” used for Census of Population purposes is not confined to
manufacturing industry. Instead, it refers to the “sector of economic activity”. In
the case of employees, industrial classification is based on the business or
profession of their employer and in the case of self-employed people, on the
nature of their own business or profession.
Occupation
The occupation classification used in the census is based on the UK Standard
Occupational Classification, with modifications to reflect Irish labour market
conditions.
The code to which a person’s occupation is classified is determined by the kind of
work he or she performs in earning a living, irrespective of where or why it is
performed. The nature of the industry, business or service in which the person is
working has no bearing upon the classification of the occupation. For example,
the occupation “clerk” covers clerks employed in manufacturing industries,
commerce, banking, insurance, public administration, professions and other
services, etc.
Source: Appendices of various Census 2006 publications
The data on industries and occupations is aggregated into a small number of broad level groups. Detailed lists of the industries
and occupations that make up these groups are on the Constituency Profiles page of the Oireachtas website.
3
Demographics
This section covers:
Demographic breakdown (Table 1)
Marital status (Figure 1)
Age profile (Figure 2)
Disability (Figure 3)
Nationality (Table 2)
Ethnicity (Table 2)
Religion (Figure 4)
Demographic breakdown
Lower population growth than the national average
Equal proportions of males and females
Slightly more Irish speakers than the national average
In 2006, 1.7% of the Irish population lived in Sligo-North Leitrim. The constituency had a lower population growth between
2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). There are equal proportions of males and females in Sligo-North
Leitrim. Slightly more people in Sligo-North Leitrim speak Irish than in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown
State
Sligo-North Leitrim
Population 2006
4,239,848
70,852
Population 2002
3,917,203
66,881
Share of total population
100%
1.7%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
5.9%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
100.0
Share with Irish language
(Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
42.5%
Marital Status
Above average marriage rate
People in Sligo-North Leitrim are more likely to be married than the national population (50.1% vs. 48.8%) and are also
more likely to be widowed (see Figure 1).
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Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over
State
Sligo-North Leitrim
5.9%
7.2%
5.2%
4.9%
40.0%
37.8%
48.8%
50.1%
■
Single
■
Married
■
■
Separated/Divorced
Widowed
Age Profile
More people aged 65 years and older than the national average
Fewer people in the 20 to 39 age range than the national average
The average age of the Sligo-North Leitrim population is 37.6 years. This is very similar to the national average of 35.6
years. Figure 2 shows that the share of the population that is aged 19 years or under is very close to the national average
(27.0 % vs. 27.2%). However, there are fewer people in the age groups 20 to 39 (27.6% vs. 32.7%). There are proportionally
more people in the 40 to 59 age groups than the national average (26.8% vs. 24.7%). Sligo-North Leitrim also has a higher
proportion (13.7%) of its population aged 65 years and older than the national average (11.0%).
Figure 2: Age profile of population
Sligo-North Leitrim
State
Age
85+
1.6%
1.1%
80-84
2.1%
1.5%
2.8%
2.2%
75-79
3.3%
2.8%
70-74
3.9%
3.4%
65-69
4.7%
4.3%
55-59
6.5%
5.8%
50-54
7.0%
6.5%
7.1%
7.2%
6.8%
7.6%
6.9%
8.2%
6.8%
8.8%
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
7.1%
20-24
6.8%
6.5%
7.2%
6.7%
15-19
6.8%
6.6%
05-09
8.1%
7.1%
10%
60-64
6.1%
5.3%
8%
0-04
6.5%
6%
4%
2%
■
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
10-14
8%
10%
Sligo-North Leitrim
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Disability
Overall disability rate above the national average
In the 2006 Census 7,234 people in Sligo-North Leitrim indicated that they had a disability or 10.2% of the population (see
Figure 3). This is higher than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 28.5% of those aged 65 years and older in SligoNorth Leitrim have a disability, while 12.2% of 45 to 64 year-olds in Sligo-North Leitrim have a disability. These figures are
less than the national averages for these age groups. However, the age distribution of the constituency pushes the overall
disability rate above the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Sligo-North Leitrim
35%
29.5%
30%
28.5%
25%
20%
15%
12.4%
5%
12.2%
9.3%
10%
3.8%
4.1%
4.6%
4.9%
5.8%
10.2%
6.6%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity
More Irish nationals than the national average
Less ethnic diversity than the national average
There are 69,696 people who are usually resident in Sligo-North Leitrim, with 90.7% identifying their nationality as Irish –
slightly above the national average. Residents of Sligo-North Leitrim are less likely to hold non-EU citizenship (see Table
2). There are proportional fewer Polish and Lithuanian nationals in Sligo-North Leitrim than in the State as a whole but
proportionally more UK nationals. Compared to the national average, Sligo-North Leitrim is more racially and ethnically
homogenous with 89.8% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are
proportionally fewer Black or Black Irish and Asian or Asian Irish in Sligo-North Leitrim than nationally (1.1% vs. 2.4%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
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Nationality
State
Sligo-North
Leitrim
Ethnicity
State
Sligo-North
Leitrim
Irish
88.8%
90.7%
White Irish
87.4%
89.8%
United Kingdom
2.7%
3.8%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.5%
Polish
1.5%
1.2%
Other White
6.9%
6.3%
Lithuanian
0.6%
0.3%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
0.3%
Other EU
1.8%
1.3%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
0.8%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
2.7%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
2.4%
Religion
More Catholics than the national average
Fewer people who have no religion than the national average
A greater proportion of Sligo-North Leitrim people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole and
people from Sligo-North Leitrim are slightly less likely to define themselves as having no religion1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion
State
Sligo-North Leitrim
4.4% 1.7%
3.8% 1.2%
7.1%
6.9%
86.8%
■
1
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
88.0%
■
No religion
■
Religion not stated
While the census overall gives a more detailed breakdown of different religions, the CSO does not publish a more detailed breakdown at constituency
level - as this may identify certain individuals or families.
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Families
This section covers:
Family cycle (Figure 5)
Family size (Figure 6)
Family type (Figure 7)
Family cycle
Fewer families with pre-school age children than the national average
More families with adolescents than the national average
There are 12,170 family units with children in Sligo-North Leitrim. Figure 5 shows the proportion of these families by family
cycle based on the age of the youngest child. In Sligo-North Leitrim 14.3% of families have children at pre-school level –
below the national average. There are proportionally more families with adolescents in Sligo-North Leitrim than in the
State overall (19.6% vs. 17.5%).
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
■
State
■
Sligo-North Leitrim
45%
40%
36.4%
36.6%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15.9%
14.3%
15.6%
15.0%
15%
14.7%
14.5%
17.5%
19.6%
10%
5%
0%
Pre-school
Early school
Pre-adolescent
Adolescent
Adult
Family size
Fewer households with younger children than the national average
In Sligo-North Leitrim there are 7,357 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 29.2% of
households have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Sligo-North Leitrim
28.2% of these families have one child, with 34.6% having two children. Both these figures are below the national
averages (see Figure 6). Approximately 37.2% of these families in Sligo-North Leitrim have three children or more
compared to 34.2% of such families nationally.
2
8
We present data (Figure 6) on families with younger children (i.e. those under 15 years old).The census also includes data on families with children
aged 15 years and older but these figures include adult children.
Figure 6: Proportion of families with at least one child under 15 years,
by number of children
5 or more
children
3.4%
4.1%
8.6%
9.6%
4 children
22.2%
23.5%
3 children
36.0%
34.6%
2 children
29.9%
28.2%
1 child
0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Sligo-North Leitrim
Family type
Fewer single mother families than the national average
Figure 7 shows that in Sligo-North Leitrim there are fewer families with at least one child under 15 years old headed by
a single mother; 16.9% compared to 19.7% nationally. Approximately the same percentage of families are headed by
single fathers in Sligo-North Leitrim as in the State as a whole (1.4% vs. 1.6%).
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under
15 years old
State
Sligo-North Leitrim
1.6%
1.4%
16.9%
19.7%
78.7%
■
81.7%
Single father with children
■
Single mother with children
■
Couples with children
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Education
This section covers:
Education by age ceased (Figure 8)
Education qualifications (Table 3)
Education by age ceased
Men more likely to have finished their education earlier
than the national average
Women are less likely to have left education at age 15 or below than the national average
Men in Sligo-North Leitrim are more likely to have finished their education at an earlier age than men in the rest of the
country. Approximately 54% of men completed their education at age 17 or below compared to 50% of men in the State as
a whole. Nationally 23% of men finished their education aged 21 years or above compared to 19% of Sligo-North Leitrim men.
Sligo-North Leitrim women are less likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (17% vs. 19%) than women
in the rest of the State. In addition, they are as likely to have continued their education past the age of 20, with 24% of women
completing education aged 21 years or above in Sligo-North Leitrim, the same as the national average (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: Males and females aged 15 and over by age education ceased
Male
Female
100%
100%
19%
23%
75%
4%
5%
5%
5%
75%
24%
24%
5%
6%
7%
7%
19%
21%
13%
13%
17%
17%
50%
50%
12%
12%
17%
15%
25%
25%
16%
14%
0%
13%
7%
6%
12%
11%
State
Sligo-North
Leitrim
0%
State
10
13%
9%
9%
Sligo-North
Leitrim
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Qualifications achieved
Proportionally more males left education at lower secondary level or below than the national average
Proportionally more females with non-degree third level qualifications than the national average
Men in Sligo-North Leitrim are more likely (by five percentage points) than men nationally to report that they have left
education at lower secondary or below (see Table 3). They are less likely to report that they have a primary or postgraduate degree. On average, the education level of Irish females is above that of Irish males. In Sligo-North Leitrim this
is true at third level; the share of females with some form of third level education is 32%, compared to 23% of males.
Women in Sligo-North Leitrim are more likely to have non-degree third level qualifications than women nationally.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have
completed education
MALE
State
FEMALE
Sligo-North
Leitrim
State
Sligo-North
Leitrim
Primary or lower
19%
22%
17%
17%
Lower secondary education
21%
23%
19%
18%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
28%
28%
28%
9%
9%
12%
14%
11%
9%
12%
11%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
5%
7%
7%
Not stated
5%
4%
5%
5%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Non-degree third level
Primary degree or equivalent
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Employment
This section covers:
Economic status (Figure 9)
Sector employed (Table 4)
Occupation (Figure 10)
Journey time to work/school (Figure 11)
Method of transport to work/school (Figure 12)
Volunteering (Figure 13)
Economic status
Proportionally fewer women looking after home/family than the national average
Proportionally more retired people than the national average
Figure 9 shows that Sligo-North Leitrim women are as likely to be at work as women nationally. They are less likely to be
looking after home/family (by two percentage points) and more likely to be retired or studying than Irish women generally.
Sligo-North Leitrim men are less likely to be at work (by 3.3 percentage points) and more likely to be retired than men
nationally.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over
Male
100%
Female
1.0%
1.4%
4.2%
5.2%
12.7%
75%
100%
21.8%
19.8%
4.0%
4.5%
10.5%
12.1%
10.9%
11.9%
50%
4.3%
3.2%
25%
48.5%
48.6%
14.9%
9.8%
75%
9.7%
6.4%
6.1%
50%
66.0%
62.7%
25%
0%
0%
State
Sligo-North
Leitrim
At Work
Unemployed
State
Student
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
Looking after home/family
12
Sligo-North
Leitrim
Sector employed
Proportionally more people are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing than the national average
Proportionally more employed in health and education, and manufacturing than the national average
Proportionally fewer employed in commerce and trade than the national average
The total number of people at work in Sligo-North Leitrim at the time of the census was 31,563. Females made up 44.1%
of the Sligo-North Leitrim workforce – above the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 18.2% of workers in Sligo-North
Leitrim were self employed; 2.2 percentage points higher than the national average.
The largest sector in terms of employment, with 7,158 people employed, was the health and education sectors (see Table
4). Workers in Sligo-North Leitrim are far less likely (by 6.9 percentage points) to be employed in the commerce and trade
sector than workers nationally. This sector includes shops and wholesalers, financial institutions, real estate firms and
other business activities. People in Sligo-North Leitrim are proportionally more likely to work in agriculture, forestry and
fishing than is the case nationally. They are also proportionally more likely to work in the health and education, and
manufacturing sectors.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work
SLIGO-NORTH LEITRIM
Total Employed
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2,199
7.0%
4.6%
Building and construction
3,758
11.9%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
4,419
14.0%
13.6%
Commerce and trade
6,377
20.2%
27.1%
Transport and communications
1,241
3.9%
5.5%
Public administration
2,079
6.6%
5.2%
Health and education
7,158
22.7%
16.5%
Other
4,332
13.7%
16.3%
31,563
100.0%
100.0%
Overall
Occupation
Proportionally more agricultural workers than the national average
Proportionally more services and professional workers than the national average
Proportionally fewer sales, clerical, and ‘other’ workers than the national average
As expected with a rural constituency, Sligo-North Leitrim has a higher than average share of its workers in agricultural
occupations (6.7% vs. 4.5%). It also has higher than average shares of workers in services and professional occupations,
by 1.7 percentage points in both cases. Its shares of sales, clerical and other workers are below the national average (see
Figure 10).
See Figure 10 overleaf
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Figure 10: Occupations of those at work
Farming, fishing &
foresty managers
3.7%
6.0%
0.8%
0.7%
Other agricultural workers
11.9%
11.7%
Manufacturing workers
8.8%
9.7%
Building &
construction Workers
9.1%
Clerical & office workers
7.9%
9.3%
8.6%
Managerial &
government workers
5.7%
5.0%
Transport workers
14.1%
Sales workers
12.0%
17.3%
Professional workers
19.0%
11.1%
Services workers
12.8%
8.3%
Other workers
6.6%
0%
5%
■
10%
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Sligo-North Leitrim
Journey time to work/school
Much shorter commute than the national average
People in Sligo-North Leitrim spend substantially less time travelling to work or school than the national average. The
average travel time in Sligo-North Leitrim is approximately 20.4 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11
shows that more people in Sligo-North Leitrim have short commutes (less than 15 minutes) than the national average. In
addition, substantially fewer people in Sligo-North Leitrim have commutes lasting over 45 minutes than the national
average (6.6% vs. 15.2%).
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college
2.7%
1.2%
Over 90 minutes
6.4%
60-90 minutes
2.1%
6.1%
45-60 minutes
3.3%
16.6%
30-45 minutes
13.5%
30.5%
15-30 minutes
33.7%
37.7%
Under 15 minutes
46.2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
30%
Sligo-North Leitrim
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school
Proportionally more commuters by car than the national average
People in Sligo-North Leitrim are proportionally more likely to travel to work or school by car, either as a passenger or as
a driver, and less likely to travel by public transport than people nationally (see Figure 12). A total of 82.1% of permanent
private households own one or more cars in Sligo-North Leitrim, while the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. People
in Sligo-North Leitrim are less likely than the national average to walk or cycle to work or school.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college
50%
44.0%
40.7%
40%
30%
20%
15.8%
16.7% 17.9%
13.7%
10.3% 12.2%
11.9% 11.0%
10%
2.0%
2.6%
1.0%
0.2%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus
or coach
■
State
Train, DART
or LUAS
■
Car driver
Car
passenger
Other
Sligo-North Leitrim
Volunteering
Higher rate of volunteerism than the national average
Volunteering to social and charitable and religious organisations above the national average
In Sligo-North Leitrim 10,315 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Sligo-North Leitrim
are slightly more likely to participate in a voluntary organisation than the national population. Nationally 16.4% of people
volunteer in some way but this figure is 18.2% in Sligo-North Leitrim. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to
which individuals volunteer.3 People in Sligo-North Leitrim are more likely to volunteer to social and charitable and
religious organisations than people nationally.
Figure 13: Share of those aged 15 and over participating in voluntary activity by
gender and nature of activity
Male
Female
10%
10%
7.4% 7.5%
8%
8%
6.7%
6%
4.7%
6%
5.2%
3.4%
4%
3.7%
6.2%
4.6%
3.3% 3.6%
4%
1.6% 1.9%
5.2%
5.1%
4.5%
4.1%
2%
1.2% 1.3%
2%
0%
0%
Social or
charitable
Religious
group or
church
Sporting
Political or
cultural
■
3
7.3%
Any other
voluntary
activity
State
Social or
charitable
■
Religious
group or
church
Sporting
Political or
cultural
Any other
voluntary
activity
Sligo-North Leitrim
The percentage shares participating in various voluntary activities in Figure 13 do not add up to the overall share of the population aged 15 years or
over participating in voluntary activity as some individuals participate in more than one type of activity.
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Households and Housing
This section covers:
Household type and size (Figure 14)
Occupancy type (Figure 15)
Age of housing stock (Figure 16)
Type of water supply (Figure 17)
Type of sewerage facilities (Figure 18)
Access to a computer and the Internet (Figure 19)
Household type and size
Householders more likely to live in a house or bungalow than the national average
Average household size below the national average
There are 25,192 private households in Sligo-North Leitrim with 67,994 people living in them. Households in Sligo-North
Leitrim are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (94.1%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely
to live in a flat/apartment or bedsit (5.1% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 0.7% of households live in caravans. Overall the
average household size is smaller in Sligo-North Leitrim than in the State. Sligo-North Leitrim has an average of 2.70
people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Sligo-North Leitrim has slightly fewer two, three
and four-person households and more one-person households (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size
28.3% 27.9%
30%
26.2%
25%
22.4%
20%
18.1%
17.3%
16.6%
14.7%
15%
9.3%
10%
8.7%
3.7%
5%
3.7%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
■
4 people
State
■
5 people
6 people
7 people
Sligo-North Leitrim
8 or more
people
Occupancy type
Householders more likely to own homes than the national average
More householders own homes outright than the national average
A total of 25,013 households in Sligo-North Leitrim live in permanent private dwellings. People in Sligo-North Leitrim are
more likely to live in owner-occupied homes (76.9%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Owner occupiers in SligoNorth Leitrim are more likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 40.6% of permanent private
households own their homes outright in Sligo-North Leitrim compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). Within SligoNorth Leitrim more owner occupiers own their homes outright than hold mortgages on their homes.4
4
16
Owner occupiers with mortgages include the ‘owner occupied with mortgage’ and ‘buying from local authority’ groups from Figure 15.
Figure 15: Share of people in permanent private households by type of occupancy
50%
40%
40.6%
39.0%
35.0%
34.1%
30%
20%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
9.9%
7.4%
3.5%
1.3%
8.1%
3.5%
1.5%
1.6%
3.2%
2.6%
0%
Owner
occupied
with
mortgage
Owner
occupied no
mortgage
Buying from
local
authority
■
Private
rented
Rented from Rented from
voluntary
local
body
authority
State
■
Occupied
free of rent
Not
stated
Sligo-North Leitrim
Age of housing stock
Proportionally more pre-1940 houses than the national average
The age of occupied houses in Sligo-North Leitrim is slightly different to the age of houses generally in the country (see
Figure 16). Sligo-North Leitrim has more pre-1940 housing stock than the national average (23.1% vs. 18.8%) and SligoNorth Leitrim has less housing built between 1941 and 1970 (15.0% vs. 18.3%).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built
25%
20%
17.9% 17.3%
15.2%
13.4%
15%
13.5%
10%
13.4%
11.9%
11.1%
9.7%
10.2%
9.3%
11.1% 11.2%
8.1%
7.7%
6.7% 6.5%
5.7%
5%
0%
Pre 1919
1919 to
1940
1941 to
1960
1961 to
1970
■
State
1971 to
1980
■
1981 to
1990
1991 to
1995
1996 to
2000
2001 or
later
Sligo-North Leitrim
17
Type of water supply
Slightly more likely to source water privately than the national average
Figure 17 shows that Sligo-North Leitrim households are slightly less likely to be attached to a public water supply (81.5%
vs. 83.5%) and slightly more likely to obtain water through a private source (15.3% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not
shown) reveals that permanent private households in Sligo-North Leitrim are less likely to have central heating than the
rest of the State (88.8% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply
State
9.9%
Sligo-North Leitrim
3.5%
8.3%
3.2%
7.0%
3.2%
8.7%
17.9%
63.6%
74.8%
■
Public main
■
Group scheme with local authority source
■
Other private source
■
■
Group scheme with private source
None or not stated
Types of sewerage facilities
Proportionally more individual septic tanks than the national average
Figure 18 shows that Sligo-North Leitrim households are less likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme
(46.8% vs. 67.6%) and more likely to have an individual septic tank (49.2%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage
facility
0.7%
2.6%
Other
3.3%
29.5%
Individual
septic tank
49.2%
67.6%
Public scheme
46.8%
0%
10%
20%
■
18
30%
State
40%
■
50%
60%
Sligo-North Leitrim
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet
Less likely to have PC, Internet access and broadband than the national average
Households in Sligo-North Leitrim are slightly less likely to have a PC (53.3% vs. 56.6%) and access to the Internet (43.1%
vs. 46.7%) than other households in the State. Moreover, Internet access is much less likely to be via broadband; 11.1%
of households in Sligo-North Leitrim had broadband Internet access compared with 20% for the State as a whole in 2006
(see Figure 19).
Figure 19: Computers and access to the Internet - share of households
60%
56.6%
53.3%
46.7%
50%
43.1%
40%
30%
20.0%
20%
11.1%
10%
0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Sligo-North Leitrim
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Voting and Turnout - Election 2007
This section covers:
Voting and turnout (Table 5)
Voting and turnout
Turnout in the 2007 General Election was above the
national average
A total of 57,517 people were registered to vote at the last election in Sligo-North Leitrim. The turnout was 40,330 people
or 70.1% of those registered to vote – above the national turnout (see Table 5). There appears to be more people on the
register than are eligible to vote. If we use census figures to estimate the number of people who were eligible to vote5 in
2007, we see that there were 11.2% more people on the register than the estimate of the population eligible to vote. This
is a problem nationally with the electoral register but appears to be more acute in Sligo-North Leitrim.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007
State
Sligo-North Leitrim
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
57,517
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
40,330
67.0%
70.1%
2,984,822
51,740
4.2%
11.2%
Turnout / register
Estimated eligible to vote population 2007
Percentage difference between estimated
eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Sligo-North Leitrim returns three TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fáil)
John Perry (Fine Gael)
Jimmy Devins (Fianna Fáil)
After the publication of the census a Constituency Commission was set up to review the boundaries of the constituencies
to be used in the next general election. A number of changes were made to the Sligo-North Leitrim boundaries and these
can be viewed on the Constituency Commission’s website www.constituency-commission.ie.
5
20
The estimate is the number of 17 year olds and above from the 2006 Census who hold Irish or UK nationality. This was estimated by using the share of
the population in the constituency who declared themselves as Irish or United Kingdom nationals. It does not account for migration or deaths between
the time of the census and the 2007 General Election. The “registered to vote” and the “turnout” figures are from the election results available on the
Oireachtas website.