Profile-Dublin Mid-West - Houses of the Oireachtas

CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:
DUBLIN MID-WEST
This profile is based on the Census
The share of families with pre-school
of Population 2006 which took
age children is above average in
place in the Republic of Ireland on
Dublin Mid-West and there are
26th April 2006.
proportionally more households with
children than nationally (see Figures
Key Highlights
The profile reveals that Dublin Mid-West
CONTENTS
has a number of notable differences
5 and 6).
likely to be at work than the national
compared to the State as a whole. These
Introduction
2
Glossary
3
Demographics
4
Families
8
Education
10
The average age of the population in
Dublin Mid-West is below the
Households
and housing
Voting and
turnout
12
homogenous than the State as a
Dublin Mid-West people have a
much longer commute to work or
school than the national average
In terms of religion, nationality and
whole (see Table 2 and Figure 4).
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men is particularly high (see Figure 9).
national average (see Figure 2).
ethnicity Dublin Mid-West is less
Employment
average. The employment rate for
include:
People in Dublin Mid-West are more
(see Figure 11).
Households in Dublin Mid-West are
more likely to have access to a
computer or the Internet than
households nationally (see Figure 19).
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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.
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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
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Slightly lower population growth than the national average
Ratio of males and females close to the national average
Fewer Irish speakers than the national average
In 2006 2.3% of the Irish population lived in Dublin Mid-West. The constituency had a slightly lower population growth
between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1). The ratio of males to females in Dublin Mid-West is
close to the national average, with 99.9 males for every 100 females. Fewer people in Dublin Mid-West speak Irish than
in the country as a whole.
Table 1: Demographic breakdown
State
Dublin Mid-West
Population 2006
4,239,848
99,459
Population 2002
3,917,203
93,793
Share of total population
100%
2.3%
Population growth 2002-2006
8.2%
6.0%
Ratio of males to 100 females
100.1
99.9
Share with Irish language
(Population aged 3 or above)
40.8%
34.3%
Marital Status
People in Dublin Mid-West are almost as likely to be married as the national population (48.3% vs. 48.8%). However, they
are more likely to be separated/divorced and much less likely to be widowed (see Figure 1).
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Due to a geographical coding error the original published data on Dublin Mid-West were revised in September 2008. This profile uses the revised data.
Its figures will not match figures in Census documents published before September 2008.
Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over
State
Dublin Mid-West
3.5%
5.9%
6.0%
5.2%
42.2%
40.0%
48.3%
48.8%
■
■
Single
■
Married
Separated/Divorced
■
Widowed
Age Profile
More people aged 19 years or under than the national average
Many more people in the 20 to 39 age range than the national average
The average age of the Dublin Mid-West population is 31.7 years. This is well below the national average of 35.6 years.
Compared to the national figures there are proportionally more people in Dublin Mid-West aged 19 years or under (30.0%
vs. 27.2%) and many more people in the age groups 20 to 39 (38.0% vs. 32.7%). The share of the population in the age
groups 0 to 4 years is higher than the share in the age group 5 to 9 years suggesting a need to increase primary school
places. Figure 2 also shows that the share of the population aged 65 years and older is much lower in Dublin Mid-West
than the national average (5.5% vs. 11.1%).
Figure 2: Age profile of population
Dublin Mid-West
State
Age
85+
0.4%
1.1%
80-84
0.6%
1.5%
75-79
0.9%
2.2%
1.4%
2.8%
70-74
2.2%
3.4%
65-69
3.0%
4.3%
60-64
4.5%
5.3%
55-59
50-54
5.4%
5.8%
45-49
6.3%
6.5%
7.1%
40-44
7.2%
35-39
8.6%
7.6%
10.1%
8.2%
8.8%
8.1%
8%
05-09
8.9%
7.1%
10%
10-14
7.5%
6.8%
6%
4%
■
2%
State
0%
■
2%
4%
6%
8%
20-24
15-19
7.1%
6.5%
6.8%
6.5%
12%
30-34
10.5% 25-29
8.8%
10%
0-04
12%
Dublin Mid-West
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Disability
Overall disability rate below the national average
In the 2006 Census 8,287 people in Dublin Mid-West indicated that they have a disability or 8.3% of the population (see Figure
3). This is below the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 32% of those aged 65 years and older in Dublin Mid-West have a
disability, while 14.3% of those aged 45 to 64 years old in Dublin Mid-West have a disability. These figures are above the national
average for these age groups. Indeed, almost all the age specific disability rates in Dublin Mid-West are above the national
average. However, the age distribution of the constituency means that the overall rate is lower than the national average.
Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group
■
State
■
Dublin Mid-West
35%
29.5%
30%
32.0%
25%
20%
14.3%
15%
12.4%
9.3%
10%
5%
3.8%
4.0%
4.6%
4.8%
5.8%
8.3%
5.8%
0%
0-14 yrs
15-24 yrs
25-44 yrs
45-64 yrs
65 yrs & over
All ages
Nationality and ethnicity
Fewer Irish nationals than the national average
More ethnic diversity than the national average
There are 98,285 people who are usually resident in Dublin Mid-West, with 85.7% identifying their nationality as Irish –
below the national average (see Table 2). A total of 8.0% of residents of Dublin Mid-West to hold non-EU citizenship (or
did not state their citizenship). Compared to the national average, Dublin Mid-West is less racially and ethnically
homogenous with 81.7% of individuals identifying themselves as White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are
proportionally more Black or Black Irish and Asian or Asian Irish in Dublin Mid-West than nationally (6.5% vs. 2.4%).
Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity
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Nationality
State
Dublin
Mid-West
Ethnicity
State
Dublin
Mid-West
Irish
88.8%
85.7%
White Irish
87.4%
81.7%
United Kingdom
2.7%
1.6%
White Irish Traveller
0.5%
0.8%
Polish
1.5%
2.0%
Other White
6.9%
7.3%
Lithuanian
0.6%
1.3%
Black or Black Irish
1.1%
3.7%
Other EU
1.8%
1.5%
Asian or Asian Irish
1.3%
2.8%
Non-EU / Not stated
4.5%
8.0%
Other / Not stated
2.8%
3.7%
Religion
Fewer Catholics than the national average
More people who have another stated religion than the national average
A smaller proportion of Dublin Mid-West people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole and people
from Dublin Mid-West are more likely to define themselves as having another stated religion1 (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion
State
Dublin Mid-West
4.4% 1.7%
4.2% 2.3%
7.1%
10.1%
86.8%
■
2
Catholic
■
Other stated religion
83.4%
■
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 adult children than the national average
More families with pre-school age children than the national average
There are 18,988 family units with children in Dublin Mid-West. Figure 5 shows the proportion of these families by family
cycle based on the age of the youngest child. In Dublin Mid-West 19.5% of families have children at pre-school level – well
above the national average. The proportion of families with adult children is smaller in Dublin Mid-West than in the State
overall (33.3% vs. 36.4%). In addition, there are fewer families with adolescents in Dublin Mid-West than in the State overall.
Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle
■
State
■
Dublin Mid-West
45%
40%
36.4%
33.3%
35%
30%
25%
20%
19.5%
15.9%
15.6%
17.2%
15%
17.5%
14.7%
14.3%
15.7%
10%
5%
0%
Pre-school
Early school
Pre-adolescent
Adolescent
Adult
Family size
Significantly more households with younger children than the national average
In Dublin Mid-West there are 12,537 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.3 This means that 39.0% of
households have families with children aged under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. Overall, 33.3%
of these families have one child in Dublin Mid-West compared to a national average of 29.9%. Approximately 10.3% of
these families in Dublin Mid-West have four or more children – a little below than national average of 12.0% for such
families (see Figure 6).
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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%
3.0%
8.6%
7.3%
4 children
22.2%
3 children
19.9%
36.0%
36.4%
2 children
29.9%
1 child
33.3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
■
State
20%
■
25%
30%
35%
40%
Dublin Mid-West
Family type
More single mother families than the national average
Figure 7 shows that in Dublin Mid-West there are more families with at least one child aged under 15 years headed by a
single mother; 25.9% compared to 19.7% nationally. Approximately the same percentage of families are headed by single
fathers in Dublin Mid-West as in the State as a whole (1.8% vs. 1.6%).
Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under
15 years old
State
Dublin Mid-West
1.6%
1.8%
19.7%
25.9%
78.7%
■
72.3%
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
Fewer male school-leavers aged under 15 years than the
national average
Women are more likely to have left education at age 15 or below than the national average
There is little substantial difference between the profile of the age men ceased education in Dublin Mid-West and men
nationally. The only large difference is that men in Dublin Mid-West are not as likely to have left education at age 14 or
below (by 3 percentage points). Dublin Mid-West women are more likely to have finished their education aged 15 years
or under (21% vs. 19%) than women in the rest of the State. In addition, they are less likely to have continued their
education past the age of 20, with 21% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Dublin Mid-West
compared to the national average of 24% (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: Males and females aged 15 and over by age education ceased
Male
Female
100%
75%
100%
23%
22%
5%
5%
5%
5%
17%
18%
24%
75%
5%
7%
21%
5%
7%
19%
19%
50%
50%
12%
14%
13%
15%
16%
25%
9%
14%
25%
13%
9%
7%
8%
11%
12%
13%
State
Dublin Mid-West
0%
0%
State
10
13%
15%
Dublin Mid-West
Under 15yrs
15yrs
16yrs
17yrs
18yrs
19yrs
20yrs
21yrs & over
Qualifications achieved
Proportionally fewer males left education at primary level or below than the national average
Proportionally more females with secondary and technical qualifications than the national average
Men in Dublin Mid-West are less likely (by 5 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they have left education
at primary level or below (see Table 3). The same proportion of men as the national average have a primary or post
graduate degree. The profile of the highest education achieved by women in Dublin Mid-West is very similar to the national
profile. Females in Dublin Mid-West are slightly less likely to have left education at primary level or below and slightly more
likely to have secondary education and/or a technical qualification than the national average. They are also slightly less
likely to have a primary degree.
Table 3:
Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have
completed education
MALE
State
FEMALE
Dublin
Mid-West
State
Dublin
Mid-West
Primary or lower
19%
14%
17%
16%
Lower secondary education
21%
21%
19%
20%
Upper secondary and/or technical
29%
32%
28%
29%
9%
10%
12%
12%
11%
11%
12%
11%
Post-graduate or PhD
6%
6%
7%
7%
Not stated
5%
5%
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 more people at work than the national average
Proportionally more people unemployed than the national average
Figure 9 shows that both men and women in Dublin Mid-West are more likely to be at work than men and women
nationally by substantial margins. In addition, the share of unemployed people is above average. There is a smaller
proportion of retired people in the constituency than nationally.
Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over
Male
100%
Female
1.0%
0.8%
4.2%
3.5%
6.9%
12.7%
100%
21.8%
18.0%
4.0%
4.4%
6.3%
8.7%
75%
9.8%
7.7%
75%
6.4%
10.5%
10.9%
50%
25%
State
25%
48.5%
Dublin Mid-West
At Work
Unemployed
0%
Student
State
Retired/Other
Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
Looking after home/family
12
6.0%
72.4%
66.0%
0%
50%
4.3%
10.1%
55.2%
Dublin Mid-West
Sector employed
Proportionally fewer employed in agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and health and education than the national
average
Proportionally more employed in the transport, ‘other’ and commerce and trade sectors than the national average
The total number of people at work in Dublin Mid-West at the time of the census was 48,882. Females made up 43.7% of
the Dublin Mid-West workforce – above the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 9.6% of workers in Dublin Mid-West were
self employed; 6.4 percentage points below the national average.
The largest sector in terms of employment, with 15,418 people employed, was the commerce and trade sector (see Table
4). This sector includes shops and wholesalers, financial institutions, real estate firms and other business activities.
Workers in Dublin Mid-West are more likely (by 4.4 percentage points) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector
than workers nationally. In addition, they are also more likely than average to be working in the transport and
communications and ‘other’ sectors. The ‘other’ sector includes recreational, cultural and sporting activities, as well as
hairdressing and other personal services. People in Dublin Mid-West are proportionally less likely to work in agriculture,
forestry and fishing than is the case nationally. They are also proportionally less likely to work in the construction,
manufacturing, and health and education sectors.
Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work
DUBLIN MID-WEST
Total Employed
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
STATE
Sector Share %
Sector Share %
213
0.4%
4.6%
Building and construction
4,796
9.8%
11.1%
Manufacturing industries
6,061
12.4%
13.6%
15,418
31.5%
27.1%
Transport and communications
3,634
7.4%
5.5%
Public administration
3,179
6.5%
5.2%
Health and education
6,793
13.9%
16.5%
Other
8,788
18.0%
16.3%
48,882
100.0%
100.0%
Commerce and trade
Overall
Occupation
Proportionally fewer agricultural workers than the national average
Proportionally fewer construction and professional workers than the national average
Proportionally more transport, clerical, and managerial and government workers than the national average
As expected with an urban constituency, Dublin Mid-West has a much lower than average share of its workers in
agricultural occupations (0.3% vs. 4.5%). It has lower than average share of workers in construction and professional
occupations. Its shares of workers in clerical, managerial and government, and transport occupations are above 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%
0.2%
0.8%
0.1%
Other agricultural workers
11.9%
11.5%
Manufacturing workers
8.8%
Building &
construction Workers
7.0%
9.1%
Clerical & office workers
10.5%
9.3%
Managerial &
government workers
11.1%
5.7%
Transport workers
8.6%
14.1%
14.3%
Sales workers
17.3%
Professional workers
15.3%
11.1%
11.5%
Services workers
8.3%
Other workers
9.9%
0%
5%
■
10%
State
■
15%
20%
25%
Dublin Mid-West
Journey time to work/school
Longer commute than the national average
People in Dublin Mid-West spend more time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel
time in Dublin Mid-West is approximately 33.7 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that fewer
people in Dublin Mid-West have short commutes (less than 15 minutes) than the national average. Over 25% of people in
Dublin Mid-West have commutes lasting more than 45 minutes compared to 15.2% of people nationally
Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college
2.7%
3.4%
Over 90 minutes
6.4%
60-90 minutes
11.8%
6.1%
45-60 minutes
10.1%
16.6%
30-45 minutes
21.1%
30.5%
29.1%
15-30 minutes
37.7%
Under 15 minutes
24.5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
■
14
State
20%
■
25%
Dublin Mid-West
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Method of transport to work/school
Proportionally more commuters by public transport than the national average
People in Dublin Mid-West are more likely to travel to work or school by car (as a driver) and use public transport, and are
less likely to travel as a car passenger than people nationally (see Figure 12). A total of 83.7% of permanent private
households own a car in Dublin Mid-West, compared to 80.3% of households nationally. People in Dublin Mid-West are
slightly more likely than the national average to walk to work or school.
Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college
50%
40.7% 42.2%
40%
30%
20%
17.3%
15.8% 17.1%
16.7%
12.7%
11.9%
10.3%
10%
2.6%
2.0%
2.0%
7.5%
1.2%
0%
On foot
Bicycle
Bus, minibus
or coach
■
State
Train, DART
or LUAS
■
Car driver
Car
passenger
Other
Dublin Mid-West
Volunteering
Lower rate of volunteerism than the national average
Both men and women are less likely to volunteer to all types of organisations than the national average
In Dublin Mid-West 9,378 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Dublin Mid-West are
less likely to participate in a voluntary organisation than the national population. Nationally 16.4% of people volunteer in
some way but this figure is 12.2% in Dublin Mid-West. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals
volunteer.4 Both men and women in Dublin Mid-West are less likely than men and women nationally to volunteer to all
types of voluntary organisations.
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%
8%
6%
4%
8%
5.3%
6%
4.7%
3.4%
3.7%
3.4%
3.7%
4.6%
3.3%
1.2%
2%
0%
3.8%
0.9%
0%
Social or
charitable
Religious
group or
church
Sporting
Political or
cultural
Any other
voluntary
activity
■
4
5.1%
2.2%
1.6% 1.1%
2%
4.9%
4%
2.9%
2.6%
6.7%
State
Social or
charitable
■
Religious
group or
church
Sporting
Political or
cultural
Any other
voluntary
activity
Dublin Mid-West
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 well above the national average
There are 32,145 private households in Dublin Mid-West with 97,601 people living in them. Households in Dublin Mid-West
are more likely to live in a house or bungalow (91.2%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in
a flat/apartment or bedsit (8.1% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 0.6% of households live in caravans. The average household
size is higher in Dublin Mid-West than in the State overall. Dublin Mid-West has an average of 3.04 people per household
compared to an average of 2.81 people nationally. Dublin Mid-West has substantially fewer one and two-person
households and more households with three or more people (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Proportion of households by size
28.3%
30%
26.9%
25%
22.4%
20.5%
20%
18.1%
19.8%
16.6%
16.0%
15%
10.7%
9.3%
10%
3.7% 4.1%
5%
1.0% 1.2%
0.5%
0.8%
0%
1 person
2 people
3 people
■
4 people
State
■
5 people
6 people
Dublin Mid-West
7 people
8 or more
people
Occupancy type
Householders almost as likely to own homes as the national average
Fewer householders own homes outright than the national average
A total of 31,946 households in Dublin Mid-West live in permanent private dwellings. People in Dublin Mid-West are about
as likely to live in owner-occupied homes (74.5%) as people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Dublin Mid-West
are less likely to own their houses outright than the national average. A total of 19.8% of permanent private households
own their homes outright in Dublin Mid-West compared to 34.1% nationally. Within Dublin Mid-West more owner occupiers
hold mortgages on their homes3 than own their homes outright (see Figure 15).
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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
60%
52.7%
50%
40%
39.0%
34.1%
30%
19.8%
20%
7.2%
10%
1.6%
9.9%
9.0%
3.5%
2.0%
8.9%
3.3%
1.5%
3.2%
0.7%
3.7%
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
Dublin Mid-West
Age of housing stock
Proportionally more houses built between 1971 and 2000 than the national average
The age of occupied houses in Dublin Mid-West reflects its development as a suburb of Dublin. Dublin Mid-West has
substantially less pre-1960 housing stock than the national average (6.6% vs. 29.0%). Over half the housing stock in Dublin
Mid-West was built between 1971 and 1995 with a further 32.0% built after 1996 (see Figure 16).
Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built
25%
20.8%
20%
17.9%
18.1%
15.2%
15%
14.1%
12.2%
11.9%
11.1%
10.2%
10%
10.3%
8.1%
7.7%
17.9%
11.1%
6.7%
4.6%
5%
1.0%
1.0%
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
Dublin Mid-West
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Type of water supply
Less likely to source water privately than the national average
Figure 17 shows that Dublin Mid-West households are more likely to be attached to a public water supply (94.9% vs.
83.5%) and less likely to obtain water through a private source (1.3% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals
that permanent private households in Dublin Mid-West are more likely to have central heating than the rest of the State
(97.4% vs. 90.4%).
Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply
State
9.9%
Dublin Mid-West
3.5%
0.2%
3.1%
1.1%
3.9%
3.2%
8.7%
74.8%
■
Public main
■
91.8%
Group scheme with local authority source
■
Other private source
■
■
Group scheme with private source
None or not stated
Types of sewerage facilities
Proportionally fewer individual septic tanks than the national average
Figure 18 shows that Dublin Mid-West households are more likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme
(96.3% vs. 67.6%) and less likely to have an individual septic tank (3.1%) than households nationally (29.5%).
Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities
0.3%
No sewerage
facility
0.1%
2.6%
Other
0.5%
29.5%
Individual
septic tank
3.1%
67.6%
Public scheme
96.3%
0%
10%
20%
30%
■
18
State
40%
■
50%
60%
Dublin Mid-West
70%
80%
90%
100%
Access to a computer and the Internet
More likely to have PC, Internet access and broadband than the national average
Households in Dublin Mid-West are more likely to have a PC (64.4% vs. 56.6%) and access to the Internet (54% vs.
46.7%) than other households in the State. Moreover, this Internet access is much more likely to be via broadband;
32.3% of households in Dublin Mid-West 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
64.4%
60%
56.6%
54.0%
46.7%
50%
40%
32.3%
30%
20.0%
20%
10%
0%
% with PC
% with Internet access
■
State
■
% with broadband
Dublin Mid-West
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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 below the
national average
A total of 61,347 people were registered to vote at the last election in Dublin Mid-West. The turnout was 37,658 people or
61.4% of those registered to vote – below the national turnout (see Table 5). There appears to be fewer people on the
register than are eligible to vote. If we use census figures to estimate the number of people who were eligible to vote6 in
2007, we see that there were 5.0% fewer people on the register than the estimate of the population eligible to vote. This
could mean that the register in Dublin Mid-West excludes people who are eligible to vote. However, due to factors such as
the number of students in the area (who could be registered elsewhere) this might not be the case. Most other
constituencies have more people on the register than are estimated to be eligible to vote.
Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007
State
Dublin Mid-West
Registered to vote 2007
3,110,914
61,347
Voter turnout 2007
2,085,245
37,658
67.0%
61.4%
2,984,822
64,594
4.2%
-5.0%
Turnout / register
Estimated eligible to vote population 2007
Percentage difference between estimated
eligible to vote and those registered to vote
Dublin Mid-West returns four TDs to Dáil Éireann and in 2007 they were:
John Curran (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Harney (Progressive Democrats)
Joanna Tuffy (The Labour Party)
Paul Gogarty (Green Party – Comhaontas Glas)
Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael), who ran for election in this constituency, became a Senator in the 23rd Seanad.
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. No changes were recommended for Dublin Mid-West.
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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.