Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

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7. Religion, ethnicity and Irish Travellers 39
7.1 Religion, ethnicity and Irish Travellers - nationwide Religion Roman Catholicism remained the predominant faith of Ireland in 2011 as it has done, according to census records, since at least 1881. Roman Catholics represented just under 90 per cent of the population in each of the censuses held from 1881 to 1911. It subsequently rose to a peak in 1961. Ever since then, its proportion of the total population has declined, falling gently in the sixties and seventies then accelerating to a more pronounced drop in the eighties. While the proportion of Catholics continued to decline in 2011, to reach its lowest point at 84 per cent, its congregation, at 3.86 million strong, was the highest since records began. Ethnicity The fastest growing ethnic group since 2006 was “Any other Asian background”, with an annualised growth of 13.3 per cent. The population of the State grew at 1.6 per cent per annum while those with Irish ethnicity increased by just 1.0 per cent. ‘Any other White background’ rose by 7.4 per cent annually while the annual increase for Africans was 7.7 per cent. The largest group in 2011 was “White Irish” with 3,821,995 (85.8%) usual residents. This was followed by “Any other White background” (9.3%), non-Chinese Asian (1.5%) and “African” (1.3%). Irish Travellers (29,495) made up 0.6 per cent of the usually resident population while Chinese (17,832) made up just 0.4 per cent. Those of mixed backgrounds (70,324) constituted 0.9 per cent. Irish Travellers The total number of Irish Travellers enumerated in April 2011 was 29,573 accounting for just over half of one per cent (0.6%) of the total population. The figure represents a 32 per cent increase on 2006 (22,435). The overall structure of the Irish Traveller population is very different to that of the general population. The average age of Irish Travellers was 22.4 compared with 36.1 for the general population, and over half of all Irish Travellers (52.2%) were aged under 20. Irish Traveller males of retirement age and above (65+) numbered only 337 accounting for 2.3 per cent of the total Irish Traveller male population, in stark contrast to the general population where males of retirement age and above accounted for 10.7 per cent of all males. The majority (98.8%) of Irish Travellers were Irish by nationality, with most of the remainder being UK nationals (1.1%). 40
Page 1 and 2: Introduction and highlights County
Page 3 and 4: (i) Introduction
Page 5 and 6: Attendance in each artform Roscommo
Page 7 and 8: 1.1 Town and country - nationwide T
Page 9 and 10: 2. Older & Younger 8
Page 11 and 12: 2.2 Older & younger - Roscommon Gro
Page 13 and 14: The primary school aged population
Page 15 and 16: 3.1 At work - nationwide The labour
Page 17 and 18: Socio economic groups in Roscommon
Page 19 and 20: 4. The roof over our heads 18
Page 21 and 22: 4.2 The roof over our heads - Rosco
Page 23 and 24: The growth in the rented sector is
Page 25 and 26: Households in Roscommon by water su
Page 27 and 28: Car ownership Around 1.36 million o
Page 29 and 30: Rent paid for private accommodation
Page 31 and 32: 5.1 Households and families - natio
Page 33 and 34: Single people The highest proportio
Page 35 and 36: Private households In the census, a
Page 37 and 38: 6.1 Migration and diversity - natio
Page 39: Foreign languages 514,068 Irish res
Page 43 and 44: Ethnicity The proportion of ‘whit
Page 45 and 46: 8.1 Our bill of health - nationwide
Page 47 and 48: Age profile of people with disabili
Page 49 and 50: Disabled people living alone A tota
Page 51 and 52: Health The census results clearly s
Page 53 and 54: 9.1 What we know - nationwide Educa
Page 55 and 56: 9.2 What we know - Roscommon Level
Page 57 and 58: Irish speakers Fifty one per cent o
Page 59 and 60: 10. Door to door 58
Page 61 and 62: 10.2 Door to door - Roscommon Commu
Page 63 and 64: Time leaving home In Roscommon, 8,2
Page 65 and 66: Roscommon - key population statisti
Page 67 and 68: Females (Number) 221 246 Actual cha
Page 69 and 70: Area (sq km) (Number) .. 19.12 022
Page 71 and 72: Males (Number) 101 112 Females (Num
Page 73 and 74: Percentage change since previous ce
Page 75 and 76: Population (Number) 314 353 Males (
Page 77 and 78: Actual change since previous census
Page 79 and 80: 096 Killavackan, Co. Roscommon Popu
Page 81 and 82: Females (Number) 247 338 Actual cha
Page 83: Households and families 82
Page 87: Our bill of health What we know 86
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