Community Profile of the Northside and Southside ... · This Community Profile is of the Northside and Southside Regeneration Areas of Limerick city and includes the areas of Southill,

Southill

Galvone B

Southill

Rathbane

BallinacurraWeston

Prospect B

Moyross

Ballynanty

St Mary’s Park

John’s A

Community Profile of theNorthside and Southside Regeneration Areas

of LimericK City

Authors: Maria Barrett, Andy Walker & Maeve O’Leary, Health Service Executive West Area

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1 Introduction v

Acknowledgments v

Map of Limerick Regeneration viAgencies boundaries within Limerick city

Community Profile of the Southside 1Regeneration Area of Limerick city whichincludes:• Map of the Limerick Regeneration 2

Agency Southside Area• Community Profiles of Southhill (Southill is in both

the Rathbane (2) and Galvone B (3) Electoral Divisions) and Ballinacurra Weston

(Prospect B Electoral Division (4)).

2 Community Profile of Southill: 3Rathbane(incl. Carew and Kincora Estates of Southill)

Section A - Population Profile in relation 4to Broad Determinants of Health

Age and Gender 4Nationality 5Deprivation Scores 5Transport: Car Ownership 5Employment 6Education 7Education Linked to Employment 9Housing 10Central Heating 10Access to Computers and Internet 10

Section B - Population Groups 11

Lone Parents 11Early School Leavers 12Disabilities 13Travelling Community 14Young People 14Homeless People 16

Section C - Health and Health Behaviour 17

Deliberate Self-Harm 17Incidence of Cancer 18Births, Age of Mother and Percentage 19Breastfeeding

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3 Community Profile of Southill: 21Galvone B(incl. O’Malley Park and Keyes Park)




Lone Parents 30Early School Leavers 31Disabilities 32Travelling Community 33Young People 33



4 Community Profile of 39Ballinacurra Weston:Prospect B(incl. Crecora, Beechgrove, Weston and Clarina Estates of Ballinacurra Weston)







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Community Profile of the Northside 58Regeneration Area of Limerick City:• Map of the Limerick Regeneration 59

Agency Northside Area

• Community Profiles of Moyross (Ballynanty

Electoral Division (5)) and St Mary’s Park

(John’s A Electoral Division (6))

5 Community Profile of 60Moyross:Ballynanty(incl. Estates of Sarsfiled Gardens, Dalgish Park,

College Avenue, Cliona Park, Whitecross Gardens, Cosgrave park, Castle Park, and Hartigan Villas)







6 Community Profile of 79St Mary’s Park:John’s A (incl. Kings Island, Oliver Plunkett Street, St Brendan’s Street, St Bridget’s Avenue, St Ita’s Street, St Munchin’s Street, St Patrick’s Avenue and St Senan’s Street)


Age and Gender 80Nationality 81Deprivation Scores 81Transport: Car Ownership 81Employment 82Education 84Education Linked to Employment 86Housing 87Central Heating 87Access to computers and Internet 87





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7 Appendix 1 96

Glossary of Terms 97

Information and website addresses 98

This Community Profile is of the Northside and Southside Regeneration Areas of Limerick city andincludes the areas of Southill, Moyross, Ballinacurra Weston and St Mary’s Park.

The community profile has been undertaken by the HSE West as part of the Health Impact Assessmentthat is currently being conducted on various elements of the Limerick Regeneration Project.

A Health Impact Assessment allows us to take a close look at the potential of any project, policy orprogramme to positively or negatively impact the health of the target group in question. By building apicture of potential positive and negative health impacts the correct steps can be made to maximiseopportunities to improve health and protect against health damaging impacts. A community profile allowsus to have a sense of the likely determinants to impact the health of the communities in question e.g.education attainment, levels of employment, number of lone parents etc.

We envisaged that this information is relevant not only to HSE but also to the Limerick RegenerationTeam and statutory, voluntary and community organisations working in these areas and local residentsand community groups. This profile can be a valuable resource to support these organisations in theirservice planning and delivery.

The information in this profile is drawn from various sources but in particular from the Census 2006and other sources of information in this profile which include information from the Health ServiceExecutive, the National Suicide Research Foundation, the National Cancer Registry of Ireland and theHealth Research Board. The data covers demographics, health & health behaviour trends in theregeneration areas and information on issues that have a direct impact on the health of individuals andtheir communities.

We hope that you will find this community profile useful and relevant to you and/or your service.

Regards

Maria BarrettBedelia CollinsLimerick Health Promotion HSE West

Acknowledgments:

We would like to show our appreciation to those who supported us in developing this community profile.Thank you to the HSE West, The National Cancer Registry of Ireland, The National Suicide Research

Foundation, Traveller Health, HSE West, Department of Social Inclusion, HSE West, Des McCafferty, SeniorLecturer and Head of Department of Geography in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. Housing

Social Worker, Limerick City Council, Niall Flaherty, Social Inclusion Unit, Limerick City Council, AllisonCullinan, Management Services, HSE West, Deirdre Mullins Senior Research Officer Primary Care Unit HSE

West, Sláinte Drugs and Alcohol Service, HSE West and Census Office, Dublin.

Introduction

Com

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Prof

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Comm

unity Profile of the Northside and Southside Regeneration A

reas of Limerick City

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This map outlines the boundaries of the two Limerick Regeneration Agencies on the Northside andSouthside of Limerick city.

Map produced by Projects Office - PCCC, Health Service Executive,Holland Road, Plassey, Limerick.

Data Sources: Ordinance Survey Ireland, produced under licence HSE 030601

Southside

Northside

Limerick Regeneration Areas

Community Profile ofSouthside Regeneration Area of

Limerick City

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Comm

unity Profile of the Southside Regeneration Area of Lim

erick City

2

This map outlines the Regeneration Area boundaries and Electoral Divisions in Limerick Southside Regeneration Area.



Southside

Northside

Southside Regeneration Areas

3

Community Profile of SouthillRathbane

(incl. Carew and Kincora Estatesof Southill)

Rathbane (incl. Carew and Kincora Estates of Southill)

4

Age and Gender:

CSO 2006:The estimated total population of Rathbane is 1702.46% of the total estimated population in Rathbane are male and 54% are female.

This Table highlights that there is a large youngpopulation in Rathbane and a small elderly populationliving in Rathbane.

Section APopulation Profile in relation to Broad Determinants of Health

The information that follows is drawn from the following sources:1. National Central Statistics Office (CSO) 2006 Electoral Division (ED) level statistics.

We will be concentrating on the ED of Rathbane (which includes Kincora and Carew Park of Southill)

2. Health Service Executive (HSE West)

3. National Cancer Registry of Ireland (NCRI)

4. National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF)

The following information is broken into 3 sections:

Section A: Highlights determinants of health

Section B: Highlights specific population groups that may be at risk

Section C: Health and Health Behaviour

Age Profile:

Age 0-14 years15-24 years25-44 years45-64 years65+

% Of Population231626269

Table 2.1

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

rew

and

Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

outh

ill)

5

Nationality:

CSO 2006:In Rathbane 97% of the total population was recorded as being white Irish.

Deprivation Scores: Small Area, Health Research Unit

The deprivation of an area is measured on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least disadvantaged and 10 being themost disadvantaged Rathbane rated 10 on the depravation scale indicating that Rathbane is verydisadvantaged.

Transport: Car Ownership

CSO 2006:

Car ownership by Household: Just under half of households in Rathbane have no cars.

Figure 2.1


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Employment:

In Rathbane 41.7% of the population are working. Ofthis percentage of people that are working 53% aremale and 47% are female. Rathbane is lower than theState and Limerick city averages for employment. Ofthose who are looking after their home 98% of thoseare female.

Rathbane is almost twice the Limerick city average andthree times the State average for those who areunable to work.

CSO 2006:Table 2.2

Persons aged 15 years and over

Working %

57.148.4

41.7

Lookingfor firstjob %

0.871.4

0.8

Student%

4.46.8

12.9

Unemployed%

10.312.1

8.53

Lookingafterhome%

11.411.0

12.6

Retired%

11.012.0

10.4

Unable towork%

4.16.9

12.7

Other%

0.31.1

0.1

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick City

Rathbane

Figure 2.2

Figure 2.3

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

rew

and

Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

outh

ill)

7

The majority of females in Rathbane work in the commerce & trade, in the professional services andmanufacturing sectors.

Agriculture,forestry andfishing

4,5993

0

Building &construction

10,50160

2

ManufacturingIndustries

73,9541,220

40

Commerce &Trade

23,52272,989

89

Transport &Communications

25,286356

13

PublicAdministration

43,727299

4

ProfessionalServices

235,8492,270

58

Other

136,5691,590

47

Total

765,7128,787

253

Area

StateLimerickCityRathbane

Education:

CSO 2006:

Persons aged 15 years and over whose full time education has ceased by sex, principaleconomic status and highest level of education completed 2006.

Table 2.5

No Formal Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Men %

0.6

0.4

0.2

Women %

0.5

0.4

0.3

Total population %

0.6

0.4

0.3

CSO 2006: Table 2.3

Persons at work by sex, employment status and industry

Males Employed by type of employment

The majority of males in Rathbane work in the manufacturing, commerce & trade and the transport &communications sectors.

CSO 2006:Table 2.4

Females Employed by type of employment


17,82227

1


145,2731,148

25


165,4422,977

83

Commerce &Trade

20,95912,445

52


60,106861

29


56,627467

11


66,500793

17

Other

129,2311,482

43

Total

850,59210,200

261

GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCityRathbane


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CSO 2006:Table 2.6

Primary Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Men %

18.2

21.1

35.2 (181 people)

Women %

16.7

22.0

36.7 (225 people)

Total population %

17.4

21.6

36.0 (406 people)

Both Limerick city and Rathbane exceeded the State average. Rathbane is twice the State average and 11/2

times the Limerick city average for those who have left school at primary education level.

CSO 2006:Table 2.7

Lower secondary Education (to junior cert or equivalent)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Men %

21.3

24.0

30.0 (155 people)

Women %

18.8

23.8

32.6 (200 people)

Total population %

20.1

23.9

31.5 (355 people)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Men %

5.6

4.9

0.5

Women %

5.9

4.5

0.8

Total population %

5.8

4.7

0.7

Both Limerick city and Rathbane exceeded that the State average. Rathbane is 11/2 times the State averageand almost 11/2 times the Limerick city average for those who have left school at lower secondary educationlevel.

Both table 2.6 and 2.7 highlight the high population of early school leavers in the regeneration areas ofRathbane.

CSO 2006:Table 2.8

Primary Degree

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

rew

and

Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

outh

ill)

9

Education Linked to Employment:

CSO 2006:Table 2.10

Total population (ceased education at primary level)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

At Work%

29.3

25.0

26.6

Looking for First

Job%

0.48

1.0

0

Unemployed%

6.2

9.7

14.2

Not in the Labour

force%

63.9

64.1

59.1

The rate of unemployment for those who have left school at primary education level is over twice thatof the State and almost 11/2 times the Limerick city average.

CSO 2006:Table 2.11

Total Population (ceased education at lower secondary level)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

At Work%

59.1

47.6

51.5

Looking for First

Job%

1.0

1.9

2.5

Unemployed%

6.9

10.8

14.6

Not in the Labour

force%

32.8

39.5

31.2

There appears to be a correlation between employment and level of education. Those who ceased educationat lower secondary level have a higher employment rate than those who ceased education at primary level.

CSO 2006:Table 2.9

Post Graduate certificate/diploma

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Men %

2.4

1.8

0.3

Women %

4.0

3.0

0.8

Total population %

3.2

2.4

0.7

The level of enrolment in third level education is low in Rathbane.


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Housing:

Permanent private households:

CSO 2006:24.2% (148) of households in Rathbane are owner occupied with a mortgage, 36.9% (224) households haveno mortgage, 6.2% (38) are purchasing from the Local Authority and 26.4% (160) are renting theirhouseholds from the Local Authority.

Central Heating:

CSO 2006:

Percentage of households with CentralHeating:Almost 20% of households in Rathbane do not havecentral heating.

Access to peronal computers (PC) andInternet:

CSO 2006:

Percentage of Households with a PC andInternet Access: The level of access to PC and Internet is low in Limerickcity and Rathbane in comparison to the State. Only 1/3 ofhousehold in Rathbane have a PC. This average is belowthe State and Limerick city average and only 1/4 ofhouseholds in Rathbane have access to the Internet.

Figure 2.4

Figure 2.5

Rath

bane

(inc

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and

Kinc

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Esta

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of S

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Lone Parents:

Rathbane is above the State and Limerick city averagefor percentage of lone parent families. Rathbane istwice the State average and almost 11/2 times theLimerick city average.

Section BPopulation Groups

CSO 2006:Table 2.12

Percentage of Lone parent’s families:

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

No of lone parentfamilies

189,240

3,466

176

% Lone mothers

15.4

23.9

36.2

% Lone fathers

2.5

3.3

2.1

% Totalpopulation oflone parents families

17.9

27.2

38.4

Figure 2.6


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Early School Leavers:(Those who have left education aged 15 years or younger)

Rathbane is above the State and city average for earlyschool leavers. Rathbane is 11/2 times the Limerick cityaverage and almost twice the State average.

CSO 2006:Table 2.13

Number and Percentage of early school leavers by gender and total population:

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Total number of

Early School

Leavers

512,367

7,942

380

Male %

19.6

23.0

35.8

Female %

16.3

21.5

32.0

Total Population %

17.9

22.2

33.7

Figure 2.7

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

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Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

outh

ill)

13

Disabilities:

Rathbane is above the State and Limerick city averagefor percentage of population with disabilities.Rathbane is 11/2 times the State average and justabove the Limerick city average.

The total estimated percentage of people with adisability in Rathbane is 15.3% of the population.

Of this percentage of the population the highestprevalence is in the 45-64 year age group followed bythose aged 65+ years.

It is important to note that the prevalence of childrenaged between 0-14 years with disabilities is 10.3%.

CSO 2006:Table 2.14

Percentage of persons with a disability:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick

City

Rathbane

0-14yrs

8.4

7.4

10.3

15-24yrs

7.3

6.9

5.7

25-44years

19.8

20.2

18.0

45-64yrs

29.1

32.3

44.8

65yrs and

over

35.1

33.0

21.0

Total of

population

9.2

13.1

15.3

Figure 2.8

Figure 2.9

9.2%

13.1%

15.3%


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Travelling Community:

CSO 2006:1% of the Residents in Rathbane are from the Travelling Community.

Housing Social Worker, Limerick City Council:There are two Traveller halting sites in Southill consisting of twenty four families and there are threesettled familiesalso living in Southill.

Young People:

CSO 2006:

Young People:Population Profile: Of those aged between 10-24 years:

Rathbane: There are 392 young people aged 10-24 years (23% of the total population) living in Rathbane.

Young People and Disabilities:The breakdown of age in relation to the CSO figures for young people was 0-14 year’s age group and 15-24years age group.

CSO 2006:Table 2.15

0-14 years:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

No of young people aged

between 0-14 years with a

disability

33,256

512

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% of young people aged between 0-14 years who

have a disability within the total population of

people with disabilities

8.4

7.3

10.3

10.3% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Rathbane are young children aged between 0-14 years of age. This is above the State and Limerick city average for children aged 0-14 years with adisability. There are 86,4449 (20%) young people aged between 0-14 years in the State, of which 4% havea disability. There are 9,371 (18%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Limerick city, of which 5%have a disability. There are 400 (23%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Rathbane, of which 7%have a disability.

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

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Kinc

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15

CSO 2006:

Total Percentage of those aged between 0-24 years who have a disability within thetotal population of people with disabilities in each area.

CSO 2006:Table 2.16

15-24 years:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane



disability

29,047

484

15




7.4

7.0

5.7

5.7 % of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Rathbane are young children aged between 15-24 years of age. This is below the State and Limerick city average. There are 632,732 (15%) young peopleaged between 15-24 years in the State, of which 5% have a disability. There are 9,718 (18%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability. There are 264 (16%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Rathbane, of which 6% have a disability.

16% of the total population of people with disabilitiesliving in Rathbane are young people aged between 0-24years. Rathbane is slightly above the State and cityaverage. 664 (40%) young people aged between 0-24years live in Rathbane and out of this number 6% havea disability.

Figure 2.10


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Almost 50% of children from Rathbane come fromlone parent families. Rathbane is almost 21/2 timesthe State average and almost 11/2 times the Limerickcity average.

Children From Lone Parent Families

CSO 2006Table 2.17

Number and Percentage of children from lone parent families.

Geographical

Area

State

LimerickCity

Rathbane

No ofchildrenfrom loneparentfamilies

311,803

5,822

331

Childrenunder 15years

120,817

2,593

154

Childrenover 15years

130,274

1,984

98

Other(familieswith bothunder andover 15year olds)

60,712

1,245

79

% Childrenof lonemothers

18.1

31.7

46.5

% Childrenof lonefathers

2.8

3.7

1.9

% ofchildrenfrom loneparentfamilies

21.0

35.5

48.4

CSO 2006:Four hundred and six people presented as Homeless in Limerick city in 2007. Of those who presented ashomeless 23 (6%) presented as Homeless from Southill (had Southill as there last known address).

Homeless People:Department of Social Inclusion, Health Service Executive West Area

Figure 2.11

Rath

bane

(inc

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and

Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

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ill)

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Deliberate Self-Harm from 2002-2005:(National Suicide Research Foundation)

Section CHealth and Health Behaviour

Figure 2.12

Table 2.18

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Rathbane

Incidence of Self Harm

per 100,000 population

204

390

580

No of people presenting

-

843

46

No of presentations to

A& E

-

1112

64

The Annual Rate of self harm per 100,000 population forLimerick city was 390 per 100,000 people. The AnnualRate of self harm per 100,000 population for the Statewas 204 per 100,000 people. Limerick city has a higherincidence of self-harm than the State. Limerick city isnearly double the State average in relation to incidenceof self harm.

Rathbane presentations of self-harm per annum exceedsthe State and city. It is almost 3 times the State rateand 11/2 times the city rate and therefore Rathbane hassignificantly higher incidence of self-harm in comparisonto Limerick city and the State.

Annual Rate of Persons Presenting withSelf Harm per 100,000 Population


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Incidence of cancer:

Geographical

Area

Rathbane

Observed

cases

54

Expected

cases MWHB

44

Significance

N

Expected

cases State

49

Significance

N

Invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer for the period 1994-2002

Table 2.19

Rathbane had a higher number of cases of invasive cancers than expected compared to the Mid West areaand the State. Though this was not significantly higher.

Incidence of Cervical Cancer from 1994-2002:

Map 1

Rathbane had a significantly high incidence of cervical cancer during the years of 1994-2002.

Rathbane

Rath

bane

(inc

l. Ca

rew

and

Kinc

ora

Esta

tes

of S

outh

ill)

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Mid West Area:

The total Number of births in the Mid West over this time period was 23,218 births.

Birth weight: 6% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in the Mid West Area were of low birth weight (<2,500g).

Age of Mother: 4% of mothers from Mid West Area who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age.

Breast Feeding: In relation to breastfeeding 49% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit.

Limerick:

The total Number of births in Limerick over this time period was 7,597 births.

Birth weight: 5% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in Limerick were of low birth weight (<2,500g). This figure is similar to the Mid West Area percentage oflow birth weight babies.

Age of Mother: 4% of mothers from Limerick who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20years of age. This percentage is similar to the Mid West Area percentage of mothers less than 20 years of age.

Breast Feeding: In relation to breast feeding 45% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. This percentage is similar to the Mid West Area percentage for initiation rate of breastfeeding.

Total number of Births, Age of Mother andPercentage Breastfeeding over the period from 2004-2007

(PHR Systems, Health Service Executive West)


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Rathbane:

The total Number of births in Rathbane over this time period was 111 births.

Birth weight: 5% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in Rathbane wereof low birth weight (<2,500g). This figure is similar to both the Mid West and Limerick averages.

Age of Mother: 17% of mothers from Rathbane who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. This figure exceeds the Mid West Area and Limerick averages. Rathbane was over 4 times the Mid West and Limerick averages in relation to mothers less than 20 years of age.

Breast Feeding: Rathbane had low initiation rates of breastfeeding between 2004 and 2007. 14% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. This percentage is well below both Limerick and Mid West averages.

Community Profile of SouthillGalvone B

(incl. O’Malley Park & Keyes Park)

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Galvone B (incl. O’M

alley Park and Keyes Park of Southill)

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Age and Gender:

CSO 2006:The estimated total population of Galvone B is 1574.48% of the total estimated population in Galvone B aremale and 52% are female.

This Table highlights that there is a younger populationliving in Galvone B. It also highlights that there is a verysmall elderly population living in Galvone B.



We will be concentrating on the ED of Galvone B (which includes O ’Malley Park and Keyes Park of Southill)








Age Profile:



Table 3.1

Galv

one

B (in

cl. O

’Mal

ley

Park

and

Key

es P

ark

of S

outh

ill)

23

Nationality:

CSO 2006:In Galvone B 92% of the total population was recorded as being white Irish. The percentage of non-Irishborn in Southill is between 4.4 -7.2%.

Deprivation Scores: Small Area, Health Research Unit

CSO 2006:The deprivation of an area is measured on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least disadvantaged and 10 being themost disadvantaged. Galvone B rated 10 on the depravation scale, indicating that Galvone B is verydisadvantaged.


CSO 2006:

Car ownership by Household: Almost 60% of households in Galvone B have no cars.

Figure 3.1



24

Employment

In Galvone B 34.6% of the population are working. Of thispercentage of people that are working 49.6% are male and50.3% are female. The rate of employment in Galvone B isbelow the State and Limerick city average forunemployment.

Galvone B has a higher rate of unemployment compared tothe State and Limerick city average and also is shown tohave a higher percentage of those looking for their firstjob. Galvone B is almost 11/2 times the State and Limerickcity average for unemployment.

Of those who are looking after their home 91.6% of thoseare female.

Galvone B is three times the State average and almosttwice the Limerick city average for those who are unable towork.

Figure 3.2

Figure 3.3

Working %

57.148.4

34.6


0.871.4

2.9

Student%

4.46.8

8.1

Unemployed%

10.312.1

15.3

Lookingafterhome%

11.411.0

15.0

Retired%

11.012.0

9.9

Unable towork%

4.16.9

12.4

Other%

0.31.1

1.5

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick City

Galvone B

CSO 2006:Table 3.2


Galv

one

B (in

cl. O

’Mal

ley

Park

and

Key

es P

ark

of S

outh

ill)

25

The majority of females in Galvone B work in the commerce & trade, professional services and in theManufacturing sectors.


4,5993

0


10,50160

3


73,9541,220

23

Commerce &Trade

23,52272,989

74


25,286356

4


43,727299

4


235,8492,270

50

Other

136,5691,590

34

Total

765,7128,787

192

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick CityGalvone B


17,82227

2


145,2731,148

23


165,4422,977

57

Commerce &Trade

20,95912,445

39


60,106861

22


56,627467

5


66,500793

19

Other

129,2311,482

11

Total

850,59210,200

178

GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCityGalvone B

CSO 2006:Table 3.3



The majority of males in Galvone B work in the manufacturing, commerce & trade sector, transport &communications & in the building and construction trades.

CSO 2006:Table 3.4




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Education

CSO 2006:


Table 3.5

No Formal Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Men %

0.6

0.4

1.3

Women %

0.5

0.4

1.2

Total population %

0.6

0.4

1.2

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Men %

18.2

21.1

42.0 (196 people)

Women %

16.7

22.0

44.4 (230 people)

Total population %

17.4

21.6

43.2 (426 people)

Galvone B is above the State and Limerick city averages. Galvone B is 21/2 times the State average andtwice the Limerick city average for those who have left school at primary education level.

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Men %

21.3

24.0

30.6 (143 people)

Women %

18.8

23.8

30.6 (159 people)

Total population %

20.1

23.9

30.6 (302 people)

Limerick city and Galvone B exceed the State average. Galvone B is 11/2 times the State average inrelation to those who have ceased education at lower secondary level.

CSO 2006:Table 3.6

Primary Education

CSO 2006:Table 3.7

Lower secondary Education (junior cert or equivalent)

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CSO 2006:Table 3.9


Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Men %

2.4

1.8

0

Women %

4.0

3.0

1.2%

Total population %

3.2

2.4

-

Galvone B has very low percentage of residents enrolment in post graduate studies.

CSO 2006:Table 3.8

Primary Degree

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Men %

5.6

4.9

0.6

Women %

5.9

4.5

1.0

Total population %

5.8

4.7

0.8

Galvone B is well below the average for the State and city in relation to enrolment into third leveleducation.



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Education linked to Employment:

CSO 2006:Table 3.10

Total population (ceased education at primary level)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

At Work%

29.3

25.0

22.7

Looking for First

Job%

0.5

1.0

3.1

Unemployed%

6.2

9.7

17.8

Not in the Labour

force%

63.9

64.1

56.3

CSO 2006:Table 3.11


Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

At Work%

59.1

47.6

43.7

Looking for First

Job%

1.02

1.94

3.64

Unemployed%

6.9

10.8

19.5

Not in the Labour

force%

32.8

39.5

33.1

Almost a quarter of those who have ceased education at primary level are in employment. The level ofunemployment for this group is high (17.8%). It is almost 3 times the State average and almost twice the city average. The number of residents not in the labour force is also high in Galvone B but isbelow State and city averages.

Those who ceased education at lower secondary level appear to have a higher employment rate compared to those who cease education at primary level.

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Housing:


CSO 2006:8% (43) of households in Galvone B are owner occupied with a mortgage, 27% (144) of households have nomortgage, 12.2% (65) of households are purchasing from the Local Authority and 46% (245) are rentingtheir households from the Local Authority.

Central Heating:

CSO 2006:Just over 50% of permanent private households have central heating in Galvone B. This is well below the Stateand Limerick city averages.

Access to personal computers (PC) andInternet:

CSO 2006:

Percentage of Households with a PC andinternet access:Just over a fifth of households have a PC in Galvone B.This is well below the State and Limerick city averages.84% of Households in Galvone B do not have access to the Internet. The level of PC ownership internetaccess is low in Galvone B in comparison to the State andLimerick city.

Figure 3.4

Figure 3.5



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Lone Parents:

Galvone B is above the State and Limerick city averagefor percentage of lone parent families. Galvone B isalmost 3 times the State average and almost twice theLimerick city average.


CSO 2006:Table 3.12

Percentage of lone parent’s families:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

No of lone parentfamilies

189,240

3,466

216

% Lone mothers

15.4

23.9

44.0

% Lone fathers

2.5

3.3

4.7

% Total populationof lone parents families17.9

27.2

48.9

Figure 3.6

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There is a high proportion of early school leavers inGalvone B. Galvone B is nearly 21/2 times the State andalmost twice the Limerick city average.

CSO 2006:Table 3.13


Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Total number of

Early School

Leavers

512,367

7,942

420

Male %

19.6

23.0

42.0

Female %

16.3

21.5

43.2

Total Population

%

17.9

22.2

42.6

Figure 3.7



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Disabilities:

The total estimated percentage of people with adisability in Galvone B is 14.8% of the population.

Of this percentage of the population the highestprevalence is in the 45-64 year age group followed bythose aged 25-44 years.

It is important to note that the prevalence of childrenaged between 0-14 years with disabilities is high.Galvone B is above the State and Limerick city averagefor persons with a disability. Galvone B is over 11/2

times the State average.

CSO 2006:Table 3.14

Percentage of persons with a Disability:

Geographical

area

State

Limerick

City

Galvone B

0-14yrs

8.4

7.4

15.3

15-24yrs

7.3

6.9

7.3

25-44 years

19.8

20.2

19.2

45-64 yrs

29.1

32.3

41

65yrs and

over

35.1

33.0

17

Total of

population

9.2

13.1

14.8

Figure 3.8

Figure 3.9

9.2%

13.1%14.8%

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CSO 2006:3% of the Residents in Galvone B are from the Travelling Community.

Housing Social Worker, Limerick City Council:There are two Traveller halting sites in Southill consisting of twenty four families and there are threesettled families also living in Southill.

Young People:

CSO 2006:


Galvone B: There are 430 young people aged 10-24 years (27.3% of the total population of Galvone B).


CSO 2006:Table 3.15

0-14 years:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B



disability

33,256

512

36




8.4

7.3

15.3

15.3% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Galvone B are young children aged between0-14 years of age. This is above the State and Limerick city average for children aged 0-14 years with adisability. Galvone B is almost twice the State and twice the Limerick city average. There are 86,4449 (20%) young people aged between 0-14 years in the State, of which 4% have a disability. Thereare 9,371 (18%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability.There are 457 (29%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Galvone B, of which 8% have a disability.



34

CSO 2006:Table 3.16

15-24 years:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B



disability

29,047

484

17


who have a disability within the total populationof people with disabilities

7.4

7.0

7.3

7.26% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Galvone B are young people aged between15-24 years of age. There are 632,732 (15%) young people aged between 15-24 years in the State, of which5% have a disability, there are 9,718 (18%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Limerick city, ofwhich 5% have a disability, There are 275 (17%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Galvone B, ofwhich 6% have a disability.

22.5% of the total population of people withdisabilities living in Galvone B are young people agedbetween 0-24 years. It is 11/2 times the city averageand almost 11/2 times the State average.

732 (47%) young people aged between 0-24 years livein Galvone B and out of this number 7.2% have adisability.

Figure 3.10

CSO 2006:


15.77%14.29%

22.56%

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B (in

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Galvone B is above the State and city average for thenumber of children from lone parent homes. Galvone B is11/2 times the city average and almost 3 times the Stateaverage with almost 60% of children from lone parentsliving in Galvone B.


CSO 2006:Table 3.17

Number and Percentage of children from lone parent families

GeographicalArea

State

LimerickCity

Galvone B


311,803

5,822

408


120,817

2,593

238


130,274

1,984

70


60,712

1,245

100


18.1

31.7

52.3


2.8

3.7

5.0


21.0

35.5

57.3

Figure 3.11



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Table 3.18

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Galvone B

Incidence of Self Harmper 100,000 population

204

390

593


-

843

48


A& E

-

1,112

65

The Annual Rate of self harm per 100,000 populationfor Limerick city was 390 per 100,000 people. TheAnnual Rate of self harm per 100,000 population forthe State was 204 per 100,000 people. Limerick cityhas a higher incidence of self-harm than the State.Limerick city is nearly double the State average.

Galvone B presentations of self-harm per annum ishigher than the State and city. It is almost 3 times theState rate and 11/2 times the city rate and thereforeGalvone B has significantly higher incidence of self-harm in relation to Limerick city and the State.

Figure 3.12

204

390

593


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Invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer for the period 1994-2002:

Table 3.19

Galvone B had a significantly high number of cases of lung cancer between the years 1994-2004compared to the Mid-West rates.

Incidence of Cancer:

GeographicalArea

Galvone B

Observed

cases

45

Expected

cases MWHB

33

Significance

N

Expected

cases State

36

Significance

N

Galvone B had a higher number of cases of invasive cancers than expected compared to the Mid West areaand the State. But this was not significantly higher.

Incidence of Lung Cancer 1994-2002

Map 1

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Galvone B



38

Mid West Area:





Limerick:


Birth weight: 5% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in Limerick were of low birth weight (<2,500g). This figure is similar to the Mid West Area percentage for low birth weight babies.

Age of Mother: 4% of mothers from Limerick who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20years of age. This percentage is similar to the State percentage of mothers less than 20 years of age.


Galvone B:

The total Number of births in Galvone B over this time period was 162 births.

Birth weight: Babies (8%) born to mothers living in Galvone B between 2004 and 2007 tended to have a lower birth weight (<2,500g) when compared to both Limerick and the Mid West Area.

Age of Mother: 16% of mothers from Galvone B who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. This figure exceeds the Mid West and Limerick averages. Galvone B is 4 times the Mid West and Limerick averages.

Breast Feeding: Galvone B had a low initiation rate of breastfeeding between 2004 and 2007. 4% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. This figure is well belowboth Limerick and Mid West averages.



Community Profile ofBallinacurra Weston

Prospect B(incl. Crecora, Beechgrove,

Weston and Clarina Estates ofBallinacurra Weston)

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Prospect B (incl. Crecora, Beechgrove, Weston and Clarina Estates of Ballinacurra W

eston)

40

Age and Gender:



We will be concentrating on the ED of Prospect B (which includes Crecora, Beechgrove, Weston and Clarina estates of Ballinacurra Weston)








Age Profile:



CSO 2006:The estimated total population of Prospect B is 1026.47% of the total estimated population in Prospect B are male and 53% are female.

This table highlights that there is a young populationliving in Prospect B.

Table 4.1

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Nationality:

CSO 2006:In Prospect B 94.3% of the total population was recorded as being white Irish.

Deprivation Scores: (Small Area Health Promotion Foundation)

In the CSO the deprivation of an area is measured on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least disadvantaged and10 being the most disadvantaged. Prospect B rated 10 on the depravation score indicating that Prospect Bis very disadvantaged.

Transport: Car Ownership:

CSO 2006:

Car ownership by Household:There are over 60% of households in Prospect B who donot have a car.

Figure 4.1


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Employment:

In Prospect B 35.7% of the population are working. Ofthis percentage of people that are working 51.8% arefemale and 48.1% are male. Prospect B is below the Stateand Limerick city averages for employment. Of those wholook after their home 97.1% are female. The CSO resultsindicate that 10.7% of the population are unable to work.Prospect B is lower than the Limerick city average forunemployment and is similiar to the State average.

Prospect B is over 21/2 times the State average andover 11/2 times the Limerick city average for those whoare unable to work.

Figure 4.2

Figure 4.3

Working %

57.148.4

35.7


0.871.4

1.7

Student%

4.46.8

14.8

Unemployed%

10.312.1

9.1

Lookingafterhome%

11.411.0

13.7

Retired%

11.012.0

13.1

Unable towork%

4.16.9

10.7

Other%

0.31.1

0.9

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick City

Prospect B

CSO 2006:Table 4.2


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pect

B (i

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The majority of females in Prospect B work in the commerce & trade sector, in the professional services andin the Manufacturing sector.


4,5993

0


10,50160

0


73,9541,220

18

Commerce &Trade

23,52272,989

45

Transport &Communicat-ions

25,286356

3

PublicAdministrat-ion

43,727299

4


235,8492,270

30

Other

136,5691,590

21

Total

765,7128,787

117

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick CityProspect B

CSO 2006:Table 4.3



The majority of males in Prospect B work in the manufacturing, commerce & trade and in the professionalservices sectors.

CSO 2006:Table 4.4



17,82227

0


145,2731,148

12


165,4422,977

28

Commerce &Trade

20,95912,445

28


60,106861

8


56,627467

3


66,500793

22

Other

129,2311,482

21

Total

850,59210,200

122

GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCity

Prospect B


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CSO 2006:


Table 4.5

No Formal Education

Education:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Men %

0.6

0.4

0.3

Women %

0.5

0.4

1.6

Total population %

0.6

0.4

1.0

CSO 2006:Table 4.6

Primary Level Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Men %

18.2

21.1

44.5 (142 people)

Women %

16.7

22.0

40.3 (143 people)

Total population %

17.4

21.6

42.3 (285 people)

Prospect B is above the State and Limerick city averages. Prospect B is 21/2 times the State average andtwice the Limerick city average in relation to those who have ceased education at primary level.

CSO 2006:Table 4.7

Lower secondary Education (junior cert or equivalent)

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Men %

21.3

24.1

29.4 (94 people)

Women %

18.8

23.8

26.2 (93 people)

Total population %

20.1

23.9

27.7 (187 people)

Prospect B is above the Limerick city average and the State average. Prospect B is almost 11/2 times theState average for those who have ceased education at lower secondary level.

Pros

pect

B (i

ncl.

Crec

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Bee

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Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Men %

2.4

1.8

0.6

Women %

4

3

1.9

Total population %

3.2

2.4

1.33

Prospect B has very low levels of enrolment into post graduate courses compared to Limerick city andState.

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Men %

5.6

4.9

1.2

Women %

5.9

4.5

0.8

Total population %

5.8

4.7

1.0

Prospect B is below the State and city average in relation to proportion of individuals enrolment inthird Level education.

CSO 2006:Table 4.8

Primary Degree

CSO 2006:Table 4.9



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CSO 2006:Table 4.10

Persons over 15 years who ceased education at primary level and employment situation.

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

At Work %

29.3

25.0

25.2

Looking for First

Job%

0.48

1.0

0.3

Unemployed

%

6.2

9.7

15

Not in the Labour

force%

63.9

64.1

59.2

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

At Work %

59.1

47.6

39.5

Looking for First

Job%

1.0

1.9

3.2

Unemployed

%

7.0

10.8

25.8

Not in the Labour

force%

32.8

39.5

31.5

It is estimated that 25.2% of those who have ceased education at primary level are in employment.Limerick city is above the State average for unemployment. Prospect B is over twice the State average. There is almost 60% of residents that are not in the workforce but Prospect B is below theState average and Limerick city average for those not in the workforce.

CSO 2006:Table 4.11

Lower secondary education

There appears to be a corrolation between employment and level of education. Those who ceasededucation at lower secondary level seem to have a higher employment rate compared to those who ceaseeducation at primary level. 40% of those who ceased education at lower secondary level are inemployment, compared to 25% of those who ceased at primary level. But Prospect B is still below theState and Limerick city averages for employment. Prospect B level of unemployment is almost 4 timesthe State average and almost 21/2 times the Limerick city average.

Education linked to Employment:

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B (i

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Access to personal computers (PC) andInternet

CSO 2006:Prospect B level of access to internet and PC’s is poor.Just over one fifth of households in Prospect B have aPC and only a quarter of households in Prospect B haveaccess to the Internet.

Figure 4.5

Housing:

Private Households:

CSO 2006:18.4% (70) of households in Prospect B are owner occupied with a mortgage. 36.6% (139) of householdshave no mortgage. 5.8% (22) are purchasing their households from the local authority. 26.9% (102) arerenting from the Local Authority.

Central Heating:

CSO 2006:63.5 % of households in Prospect B have central heating. Leaving over a third of households with nocentral heating.

Figure 4.4


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Lone Parents:

Prospect B exceeds the State and Limerick cityaverages in relation to lone parent families. Prospect Bis 21/2 times the State average 13/4 the Limerick cityaverage.


CSO 2006:Table 4.12

Number and percentage of lone parent’s families:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

No of lone parent

families

189,240

3,466

124

% Lone mothers

15.4

23.9

43.0

% Lone fathers

2.5

3.3

5.0

% Total population of loneparents families

17.9

27.2

48.0

Figure 4.6

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B (i

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CSO 2006:Prospect B is well above the State and Limerick cityaverages in relation to early school leaving. Prospect Bis twice the Limerick city average and 21/2 times theState average.

CSO 2006:Table 4.13


GeographicalArea

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

Total number of

Early School

Leavers

512,367

7,942

312

Male %

19.6

23.0

49.0

Female %

16.3

21.5

43.7

Total Population%

17.9

22.2

46.3

Figure 4.7


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Disabilities:

Prospect B exceeds the State and Limerick city averages for persons with a disability. Prospect B is over twice the State average and 11/2 times the Limerick city average. The total estimatedpercentage of people with a disability in Prospect B is19.9% of the population. Of this percentage of thepopulation the highest prevalence is with the 45-64age group.

CSO 2006:Table 4.14

Percentage of persons with a Disability:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B

0-14 yrs

8.4

7.4

11.7

15-24 yrs

7.3

6.9

5.3

25-44 years

19.8

20.2

17.5

45-64 yrs

29.1

32.3

36.5

65 yrs and

over

35.1

33.0

28.7

Total of

population

9.2

13.1

19.9

Figure 4.8

Figure 4.9

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B (i

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Young People:

CSO 2006:


Prospect B: There are 254 young people aged 10-24 years (24.7% of the total population) living in Prospect B


CSO 2006:Table 4.15

0-14 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B



disability

33,256

512

24




8.4

7.3

11.7

11.7% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in prospect B are young children aged between0-14 years of age. This is above the State and Limerick city average for children aged 0-14 years with adisability. There are 864,449 (20%) young people aged between 0-14 years in the State, of which 4% have a disability. There are 9,371 (18%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability. There are 260 (25%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Prospect B, of which 9%have a disability.


CSO 2006:1% of the Residents in Prospect B are from the Travelling Community.


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CSO 2006:Table 4.16

15-24 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B



disability

29,047

484

11




7.4

7.0

5.4

5.36 % of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in prospect B are young children agedbetween 15-24 years of age. This is below the State and Limerick city average. There are 632,732 (15%) young people aged between 15-24 years in the state, of which 5% have a disability. There are 9,718 (18%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability. Thereare 161 (16%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Prospect B, of which 7% have a disability.

17% of the total population of people withdisabilities living in Prospect B are young peopleaged between 0-24 years. Prospect B is above theState and city average.

There are 421 (41%) young people aged between 0-24 years living in Prospect B, of which thisnumber 8% have a disability.

CSO 2006:


Figure 4.10

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pect

B (i

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Four hundred and six people presented as Homeless in Limerick City in 2007.

Of those who presented as homeless, 10 (2.5%) presented as homeless from Ballinacurra Weston (hadBallinacurra Weston as their last known address).

Homeless People:Department of Social Inclusion, Health Service Executive West Area

Almost 60% of children living in Prospect B comefrom lone parent families. Prospect B is abovethe State and Limerick city averages of childrenfrom lone parent families. Prospect B is almost 3times the State average and over 11/2 times theLimerick city average.

Percentage of Lone parent’s families:

CSO 2006:Table 4.17


GeographicalArea

State

LimerickCity

Prospect B


311,803

5,822

235


120,817

2,593

115


130,274

1,984

49


60,712

1,245

71


18.1

31.7

54.3


2.8

3.7

3.9


21.0

35.5

58.3

Figure 4.11


eston)

54

Annual Rate of self harm per 100,000 population forLimerick city was 390 per 100,000 people. Annual Rateof self harm per 100,000 population for the State was204 per 100,000 people. Limerick city has a higherincidence of self-harm than the State. Limerick city isnearly double the State average.

Prospect B presentations of self-harm per annum ishigher than the State and city. It is over 3 times theState rate and over 11/2 times the city rate. Prospect Bhas significantly higher incidence of self harm in relationto Limerick city and the State.



Table 4.18

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Prospect B


204

390

658


-

843

30


A& E

-

1112

40

Figure 4.12

204

390

658


Pros

pect

B (i

ncl.

Crec

ora,

Bee

chgr

ove,

Wes

ton

and

Clar

ina

Esta

tes

of B

allin

acur

ra W

esto

n)

55

Prospect B had a significantly high number of cancer cases between the years 1994-2002 compared tothe Mid West rate.


Geographical

Area

Prospect B

Observed

cases

46

Expected

cases MWHB

30

Significance

H

Expected

cases State

33

Significance

N

Occurrence of all Cancers

Map 1

Incidence of cancer: Invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer for theperiod 1994-2002

Table 4.19

Prospect B had a higher number of cases of invasive cancers than expected compared to the Mid Westarea and the State. This was significantly higher than the MWHB rate but not significantly higher thanthe State rate.

Ballynanty

Ballincurra B

ProspectB


eston)

56

Mid West Area:





Limerick:


Birth weight: 5% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in Limerick were of low birth weight (<2,500g). This figure is similar to the Mid West Area percentage for low birth weigh babies.





Pros

pect

B (i

ncl.

Crec

ora,

Bee

chgr

ove,

Wes

ton

and

Clar

ina

Esta

tes

of B

allin

acur

ra W

esto

n)

57

Prospect B:

The total Number of births in Prospect B over this time period was 69 births.

Birth weight: 10% of babies born to mothers living in Prospect B were of low birth weight. This percentage is higher that both the Mid West and Limerick percentages for low birth weight babies.

Age of Mother: In relation to age of mother 9% of mothers from Prospect B who had babies between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. Prospect B exceeded the Mid West and Limerick averages for mothers aged under 20 years of age.

Breast Feeding: In relation to breastfeeding 16% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. Prospect B have a lower breast feeding initiation rate than the Mid West and Limerick.

Community Profile ofNorthside Regeneration Area of

Limerick City

58

Com

mun

ity

Prof

ile o

f th

e N

orth

side

Reg

ener

atio

n A

rea

of L

imer

ick

City

59

This map outlines the Regeneration area boundaries and Electoral Divisions in Limerick Northside Regeneration Area.



Southside

Northside

Northside Regeneration Areas

Community Profile ofMoyross

Ballynanty(incl. Estates of Sarsfiled Gardens,

Dalgish Park, College Avenue,Cliona Park, Whitecross Gardens,Cosgrave Park, Castle Park and

Hartigan Villas)

60

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

61

Age and Gender:



We will be concentrating on the ED of Ballynanty (which includes Sarsfiled Gardens, Dalgish Park, College Avenue, Cliona Park, Whitecross Gardens, Cosgrave Park, Castle Park & Hartigan Villas)








Age Profile:



CSO 2006:The estimated total population of Ballynanty is 3,468.48% of the total estimated population in Ballynanty aremale and 52% are female.

This Table highlights that there is a very lowpopulation of persons over 65 years of age living inBallynanty and a high population of young people.

Nationality:

CSO 2006:In Ballynanty 95% of the total population was recorded as being white Irish.

Table 5.1

Ballynanty (incl. Sarsfiled Gardens, Dalgish Park, College A

venue, Cliona Park, Whitecross Gardens, Cosgrave Park, Castle Park & H

artigan Villas of Moyross)

62

Deprivation Scores:(Small Area Health Promotion Foundation)

The deprivation of an area is measured on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least disadvantaged and 10 being themost disadvantaged Ballynanty rated 10 on the depravation score. Ballynanty also rated 10 in thedeprivation scale in the 2002 census, indicating that Ballynanty is very disadvantaged.


CSO 2006:

Car ownership by Household: Just fewer than 50% of households in Ballynanty haveno car.

Figure 5.1

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

63

Employment

In Ballynanty 40.4% of the population are working.Of this percentage of people that are working54.4% are male and 45.5% are female. Ballynantyis below the State and Limerick city averages for employment. Ballynanty is slightly above theState average for unemployment and below theLimerick city average for unemployment. Of thosewho are looking after their home 97.2% arefemale.

Ballynanty is over 21/2 times the State averageand 11/2 times the Limerick city average inrelation to those who are unable to work.

Working %

57.148.4

40.4


0.871.4

2.47

Student%

4.46.8

11.0

Unemployed%

10.312.1

10.6

Lookingafterhome%

11.411.0

17.9

Retired%

11.012.0

6.3

Unable towork%

4.16.9

10.6

Other%

0.31.1

0.3

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick City

Ballynanty

CSO 2006:Table 5.2


Figure 5.2

Figure 5.3




64

The majority of males in Ballynanty in the manufacturing, commerce & trade sector and in the building &construction trade.


17,82227

1


145,2731,148

84


165,4422,977

125

Commerce &Trade

20,95912,445

133


60,106861

40


56,627467

23


66,500793

69

Other

129,2311,482

47

Total

850,59210,200

522

Area

StateLimerickCity

Prospect B

CSO 2006:Table 5.4


The majority of females in Ballynanty work in the commerce & trade sector and in the professional services.


4,5993

1


10,50160

3


73,9541,220

52

Commerce &Trade

23,52272,989

164

Transport &Communication

25,286356

16


43,727299

16


235,8492,270

132

Other

136,5691,590

83

Total

765,7128,787

467

Area

StateLimerickCityBallynanty

CSO 2006:Table 5.3



Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

65

Table 5.5

No Formal Education

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Men%

0.63

0.44

0

Women%

0.49

0.43

0.51%

Total Population

0.6

0.4

-

CSO 2006:

Table 5.6

Primary Education

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Men%

18.2

21.1

38.0 (402 people)

Women%

16.7

22.0

38.6 (453 people)

Total Population

17.4

21.6

38.5 (855 people)

Ballynanty exceeds the State and city averages. Ballynanty is over 2 times higher than the Stateaverage and 13/4 the Limerick city average for those who ceased education at primary level.

CSO 2006:Table 5.7

Lower secondary Education (up to junior cert or equivalent)

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Men%

21.3

24.1

33.6 (351 people)

Women%

18.8

23.8

32.1 (377 people)

Total Population

20.1

23.9

32.8 (728 people)

Ballynanty is above the State and Limerick city averages. Ballynanty is over 11/2 times the State and almost 11/2 times the Limerick city average for those who ceased education at lower secondary level.

CSO 2006:


Education




66

CSO 2006:Table 5.8

Primary Degree

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Men %

5.6

4.9

1.1

Women %

5.9

4.5

0.9

Total population %

5.8

4.7

0.9

There is a low level of enrolment to third level education in Ballynanty. Ballynanty is well below theLimerick city and State averages.

CSO 2006:

Table 5.9


Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Men %

2.4

1.8

0.5

Women %

4

3

1.4

Total population %

3.2

2.4

1.0

Prospect B is below the State and city averages for past graduate education.

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

67

CSO 2006:Table 5.11

Education ceased at Lower Secondary level

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

At Work %

59.1

47.6

46.0

Looking for First

Job%

1.0

1.9

3.8

Unemployed%

6.9

10.8

14.2

Not in the Labour

force%

32.8

39.5

35.8

Those who ceased education at lower secondary level seem to have a high employment rate compared to those who cease education at primary level. Ballynanty has close to 50% employment rate for those who ceased education at lower secondary level compared to those that left at primary level (30%), but it isbelow the State and Limerick city average. Unemployment levels for those who ceased education at lowersecondary level is above the State and city averages, Ballynanty is twice the State average. Thereappears to be a more positive outcome for those whose education has ceased at lower secondary levelthen those at primary education level.

CSO 2006:Table 5.10

Education ceased at Primary Level

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

At Work %

29.3

25.0

30.1

Looking for First

Job%

5.9

4.5

1.2

Unemployed%

6.2

9.7

12.0

Not in the Labour

force%

63.9

64.1

56.6

It is estimated that only a quarter of those who have ceased education at lower secondary level are in employment. Unemployment for this group in Ballynanty is above the State and Limerick city averages.Ballynanty is twice the State average for unemployment. The number of residents not in the labour forceis also high in Ballynanty but is below State and city averages.

Education linked to Employment




68

Housing:

Private Households:

CSO 2006:16.7% (200) of private households in Ballynanty are owners with mortgage. 25.5% (306) of householdshave no mortgage. 7.6% (92) are purchasing their households from the local authority. 43.3 % (518) ofhouseholds are renting from local authority.

Central Heating:

CSO 2006:68.7% of households in Ballynanty have central heatingwhich leaves 33% of private houses without centralheating. Ballynanty is below the State and Limerick city averages for households with central heating.


CSO 2006:Ballynanty appears to have low levels of access to PC’sand internet. Ballynanty is below the State and Limerickcity averages in relation to the number of householdswho have a PC and internet access. A quarter ofhouseholds in Ballynanty have access to the Internet.

Figure 5.4

Figure 5.5

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

69

Lone Parents:

Ballynanty exceeds the State and Limerick cityaverages in relation to percentage of lone parents.Ballynanty is over 21/2 times the State average and13/4 the Limerick city average.


CSO 2006:Table 5.12

Number and Percentage of Lone parent’s families:

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

No of lone parent

families

189,240

3,466

445

% Lone mothers

15.4

23.9

43.1

% Lone fathers

2.5

3.3

4.1

% Total population of lone parents families

17.9

27.2

47.2

Figure 5.6




70


Ballynanty is above the State and Limerick cityaverages in relation to early school leavers. Ballynantyis almost twice the Limerick city average and almost21/2 times the State average.

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

Total number of

Early School

Leavers

512,367

7,942

941

Male %

19.6

23.0

42.7

Female %

16.3

21.5

42.2

Total Population

%

17.9

22.2

42.2

Figure 5.7

CSO 2006:Table 5.13

Percentage of early school leavers by gender and total population:

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

71

Disabilities:

The total estimated percentage of people with a disability in Ballynanty is 15.9% of the population. Ofthis percentage of the population the highest prevalence is in the 45-64 year age group followed by those aged 25-44 years. Ballynanty is above theState and Limerick city averages in relation to personswith a disability. Ballynanty is 13/4 the State average.

CSO 2006:Table 5.14

Persons with a Disability:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

0-14yrs

8.4

7.4

11.9

15-24yrs

7.3

6.9

10.7

25-44 years

19.8

20.2

20.3

45-64 yrs

29.1

32.3

39.7

65yrs and

over

35.1

33.0

17.2

Total of

population

9.2

13.1

15.9

Figure 5.8

Figure 5.9

9.2%

13.1%

19.9%




72


CSO 2006: 0.2% of the resident population in Ballynanty are from the travelling community.

Housing Social Work Department, Limerick City Council:There is one traveller halting sites in Moyross consisting of seventeen families and there is one settledfamilies also living in Moyross.

Young People:

CSO 2006:Young People:Population Profile: Of those aged between 10-24 years:

Ballynanty: There are 955 people aged between 10-24 years (27.5% of the total population) living in of Ballynanty.


CSO 2006:Table 5.15

0-14 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty



disability

33,256

512

66




8.4

7.3

11.9

11.9% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Ballynanty are young children agedbetween 0-14 years of age. This is above the State and Limerick city average for children aged 0-14 yearswith a disability. There are 864,449 (20%) young people aged between 0-14 years in the State, of which 4% have a disability. There are 9,371 (18%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Limerick city, ofwhich 5% have a disability. There are 878 (25%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Ballynanty, of which 8% have a disability.

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

73

CSO 2006:Table 5.16

15-24 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty

No of young people aged between 15-24 years with a disability.

29,047

484

59

% of young people aged between 15-24 years whohave a disability within the total population of people with disabilities

7.37

6.99

10.7

10.7% of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in Ballynanty are young children aged between0-14 years of age. This is above the State and Limerick city average. There are 632,732 (15%) young people aged between 15-24 years in the State, of which 5% have a disability. There are 9,718 (18%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability. There are 642 (19%) young people aged between 15-24 years in Ballynanty, of which 9% have a disability.

22.6% of the total population of people withdisabilities living in Ballynanty are young peopleaged between 0-24 years. Ballynanty is above theState and city averages.

There are 1,520 (44%) young people agedbetween 0-24 years of which 8% have adisability.

CSO 2006:


Figure 5.10




74


CS0 2006:

Table 5.17


GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCityBallynanty


311,8035,822

859


120,8172,593

400


130,2741,984

212

Other(familieswith bothunder &over 15year olds)

60,7121,245

227


18.131.7

49.4


2.83.7

3.8


2135.5

53.2

Over 50% of children living in Ballynanty arefrom lone parent families. Ballynanty is abovethe State and Limerick city averages in relationto the number of children from lone parentfamilies. Ballynanty is 21/2 times the Stateaverage and 11/2 times the Limerick cityaverage.

Figure 5.11

Four hundred and six people presented as Homeless in Limerick city in 2007. 29 (7%) presented ashomeless from Moyross (they had Moyross s their last known address).

Homeless People:Department of Social Inclusion, Health Service Executive West

Annual Rate of self harm per 100,000 population forLimerick city was 390 per 100,000 people. Annual Rate ofself harm per 100,000 population for the State was 204per 100,000 people. Limerick city has a higher incidenceof self-harm than the State. Limerick city is nearlydouble the State average.

Ballynanty’s rate of self-harm per annum is higher thanthe State and city rates. It is almost times the Staterate and 11/2 times the city rate.Therefore Ballynantyhas significantly higher incidence of self-harm in relationto Limerick city and the State.



Table 5.18

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

Ballynanty


204

390

590


-

843

97


A&E

-

1112

115

Figure 5.12

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

75

204

390

590





76

Invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer for the period 1994-2002.

Table 5.19

Ballynanty had a significantly high number of cancer cases between the years 1994-2002 compared to theMid West incidence.


Geographical

Area

Ballynanty

Observed

cases

111

Expected

cases MWHB

77

Significance

H

Expected

cases State

86

Significance

H

Occurrence of all Cancers

Map 1

Ballynanty had a significantly higher number of cases of invasive cancers than expected compared to the Mid West area and the State.

Ballynanty

Ballincurra B

ProspectB

Bally

nant

y (in

cl.

Sars

file

d Ga

rden

s, D

algi

sh P

ark,

Col

lege

Ave

nue,

Clio

na P

ark,

Whi

tecr

oss

Gard

ens,

Cos

grav

e Pa

rk, C

astl

e Pa

rk &

Har

tiga

n Vi

llas

of M

oyro

ss)

77

Map 2

Ballynanty had a significantly high number of cases of Lung cancer between the years 1994-2002 compared tothe Mid West incidence.

Ballynanty

Galvone B




78

Mid West Area:





Limerick:





Ballynanty:

The total Number of births in Ballynanty over this time period was 215 births..

Birth weight: 5% of babies who were born between 2004 and 2007 to mothers living in Ballynanty were of low birth weight (<2,500g). This percentage is similar to both the Mid West and Limerick.

Age of Mother: 17% of mothers from Ballynanty who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. This figure exceeds the Mid West and Limerick averages. Ballynanty is over 4 times the Mid West and Limerick averages.

Breast Feeding: Ballynanty had low initiation rates of breastfeeding between 2004 and 2007. 17% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. This percentage is well below both Limerick and Mid West averages.



Community Profile of St Mary’s Park

John’s A (incl. Kings Island,

Oliver Plunkett Street,St Brendan’s Street,St Bridget’s Avenue,

St Ita’s Street, St Munchin’s Street,St Patrick’s Avenue and

St Senan’s Street)

79

John’s A (incl. Kings Island, O

liver Plunkett St, St Brendan’s St, St Bridget’s Ave, St Ita’s St, St M

unchin’s St, St Patrick’s Ave & St Senan’s St of St M

ary’s Park )

80

Age and Gender:



We will be concentrating on the ED of John’s A (which includes Kings Island, Oliver Plunkett St, St Brendan’s St, St Bridget’s Ave, St Ita’s St, St Munchin’s St, St Patrick’s Ave and St Senan’s St).








Age Profile:


% Of Population26.816.623.622.210.5

CSO 2006:The estimated total population of 1,211. 48.9% of thetotal estimated population in John’s A are male and 51%are female.

This Table highlights that there is a small elderlypopulation living in John’s A.

Table 6.1

John

’s A

(inc

l. Ki

ngs

Isla

nd, O

liver

Plu

nket

t St

, St

Bren

dan’s

St,

St

Brid

get’s

Ave

, St

Ita’s

St,

St

Mun

chin

’s St

, St

Patr

ick’

s A

ve &

St

Sena

n’s S

t of

St

Mar

y’s P

ark

)

81

Nationality:

CSO 2006:In John’s A 98% of the total population was recorded as being white Irish.

Deprivation Scores:(Small Area Health Promotion Foundation)

The deprivation of an area is measured on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least disadvantaged and 10 being themost disadvantaged. John’s A was rated 10 on the depravation scale indicating that John’s A is verydisadvantaged.


CSO 2006:

Car ownership by Household:64% of households in John’s A have no cars.

Figure 6.1




ary’s Park )

82

Working%

57.148.4

27.5


0.871.4

5.3

Student%

4.46.8

8.5

Unemployed%

10.312.1

15.1

Lookingafterhome%

11.411.0

17.4

Retired%

11.012.0

11.1

Unable towork%

4.16.9

14.7

Other%

0.31.1

0.22

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick City

John’s A

Employment

In John’s A 27.5% of the population are working. Of thispercentage of people that are working 51.6% are male and48.3% are female. Of those who are looking after theirhome 96% of these people are female. John’s A is belowthe State and Limerick city averages in relation toemployment and above both State and Limerick cityaverages for unemployment.

John’s A is over 31/2 times the State average and overtwice the Limerick city average for those who are notable to work.

CSO 2006:Table 6.2


Figure 6.2

Figure 6.3

John

’s A

(inc

l. Ki

ngs

Isla

nd, O

liver

Plu

nket

t St

, St

Bren

dan’s

St,

St

Brid

get’s

Ave

, St

Ita’s

St,

St

Mun

chin

’s St

, St

Patr

ick’

s A

ve &

St

Sena

n’s S

t of

St

Mar

y’s P

ark

)

83

CSO 2006Table 6.4


The majority of females working in John’s A work in the commerce & trade sector, professional services andmanufacturing industry

GeographicalArea

StateLimerick CityJohn’s A

The majority of males in John’s A work in the building & construction, manufacturing and in the commerce &trade sector.

GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCity

John’s A

CSO 2006Table 6.3




17,82227

0


145,2731,148

26


165,4422,977

27

Commerce &Trade

20,95912,445

25


60,106861

8


56,627467

8


66,500793

7

Other

129,2311,482

18

Total

850,59210,200

119


4,5993

0


10,50160

0


73,9541,220

20

Commerce &Trade

23,52272,989

36

Transport &Communication

25,286356

5


43,727299

2


235,8492,270

33

Other

136,5691,590

21

Total

765,7128,787

117




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Table 6.5

No Formal Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Men%

0.6

0.4

1.6

Women%

0.5

0.4

0.3

Total Population

0.6

0.4

0.9

John’s A is above the State and City averages. John’s A is 11/2 times higher than the State average andover twice the Limerick city average for those who have no formal education.

CSO 2006:Table 6.6

Primary Education

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Men%

18.2

21.1

55.7

Women%

16.7

22.0

48.3

Total Population

17.4

21.6

51.9

CSO 2006:


Education

John’s A exceeds the State and city averages for percentage of population of John’s A who have leftschool at primary level. John’s A is 3 times higher than the State average and over twice the Limerickcity average.

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CSO 2006Table 6.7

Lower secondary Education (up to junior cert or equivalent)

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Men%

21.3

24.0

29.4

Women%

18.8

23.8

28.2

Total Population

20.1

23.9

28.8

John’s A is above the State and city averages in relation to percentage of population in John’s A wholeft school at lower secondary level. John’s A is 11/2 times higher than the State average.

CSO 2006:Table 6.8

Primary Degree

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Men %

5.6

4.9

0.26

Women %

5.9

4.5

0.25

Total population %

5.8

4.7

0.25

John’s A is below the State and Limerick city averages in relation to enrolment into third level education.

CSO 2006:Table 6.9


Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Men %

2.4

1.8

0

Women %

4.0

3.0

1.5

Total population %

3.2

2.4

0.8

John’s A is below the State and Limerick city averages in relation to enrolment into postgraduate education.




ary’s Park )

86

GeographicalArea

State

Limerick City

John’s A

At Work %

29.3

25.0

22.4

Looking for First

Job%

5.9

4.5

4.9

Unemployed%

6.21

9.7

14.2

Not in the Labour

force%

63.9

64.1

58.3

Just over a fifth of those who have ceased education at primary level are in employment.Unemployment for this group in John’s A is above the State and Limerick city average. John’s A is overtwice the State average and almost 11/2 the Limerick city average. The number of residents not in thelabour force is also high in John’s A but is below State and city averages.

CSO 2006:Table 6.11


Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

At Work %

59.1

47.6

36.8

Looking for First

Job%

1.0

1.9

7.1

Unemployed%

6.9

10.8

17.7

Not in the Labour

force%

32.8

39.5

38.2

Those who ceased education at lower secondary level, have a higher “at work” percentage (36.8%)compared to those who cease education at primary level (22.4%). However this improvement is stillbelow the State and Limerick city rates. Unemployment level is higher then both the State andLimerick city. Both Limerick city and John’s A are above the State rate for no participation in thelabour force.

CSO 2006:Table 6.10

Education ceased at Primary Level

Education linked to Employment

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Housing:


CSO 2006:8% (34) of households in John’s A are owner occupied with a mortgage. 33.4% (142) of households have nomortgage. 8.49% (36) are purchasing their households from the local authority. 43.1 %( 183) are rentingtheir households from the local authority.

Central Heating:

CSO 2006:Only 50.7% of households in John’s A have central heating, leaving almost half of households withoutcentral heating in John’s A.


CSO 2006:The level of access to PC’s and the internet in John’s Ais low. 15% of households in John’s A have a personalcomputer. This is well below the State and Limerick Cityaverages and just a fifth of households have Internetaccess.

Figure 6.4

Figure 6.5




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88

Lone Parents:

John’s A is above the State and Limerick city averagesin relation to percentage of lone parents. John’s A isover 21/2 times the State average and 13/4 theLimerick city average.


CSO 2006:Table 6.12

Number and Percentage of lone parent’s families:

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

No of lone parent

families

189,240

3,466

149

% Lone mothers

15.4

23.9

45.1

% Lone fathers

2.5

3.3

3.2

% Total populationof lone parents families

17.9

27.2

48.3

Figure 6.6

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John’s A is above the State and Limerick cityaverages in relation to early school leavers. John’s A is21/2 times the Limerick city average and over threetimes the State average.

Geographical area

State

Limerick City

John’s A

Total number of

Early School

Leavers

512,367

7,942

433

Male %

19.6

23.0

59.1

Female %

16.3

21.5

51.8

Total Population%

17.9

22.2

55.4

Figure 6.7

CSO 2006:Table 6.13

Percentage of early school leavers by gender and total population:




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Disabilities:

The total estimated percentage of people with a disability in John’s A is 18% of the population. Ofthis percentage of the population the highestprevalence is in the 45-64 year age group followed bythe over 65 age group. It is important to note thatthe prevalence of children with disabilities in John’sA is lower then the State and Limerick city averages.

CSO 2006:Table 6.14

Percentage of Persons with a Disability:

Geographical

Area

State

Limerick

City

John’s A

0-14yrs

8.4

7.4

6.8

15-24yrs

7.3

6.9

5.4

25-44 years

19.8

20.2

20.4

45-64 yrs

29.1

32.3

40.4

65yrs and

over

35.1

33.0

26.8

Total of

population

9.2

13.1

18.1

Figure 6.8

Figure 6.9

9.2%

13.1%

18.1%

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CSO 2006:0.1% of the residents in John’s A are from the Travelling Community

Young People:

CSO 2006:Young People:Population Profile: Of those aged between 10-24 years:

John’s A: 316 young people aged between 10-24 years (26% of the total population) live in John’s A.


CSO 2006:Table 6.15

0-14 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

John’s A



disability

33,256

512

15




8.4

7.3

6.8

6.8 % of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in John’s A are young children aged between0-14 years of age. This is below the State and Limerick City average for children aged 0-14 years with adisability. There are 864,449 (20%) young people aged between 0-14 years in the State, of which 4% havea disability. There are 9,371 (18%) young people aged between 0-14 years in Limerick city, of which 5%have a disability. There are 325 (27%) young people aged between 0-14 years in John’s A, of which 5%have a disability.




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92

CSO 2006:Table 6.15

15-24 years:

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

John’s A



disability

29,047

484

12




7.4

7.0

5.4

5.4 % of the Total Population of people with disabilities living in John’s A are young children aged between 15-24years of age. This is below the State and Limerick city average. There are 632,732 (15%) youngpeople aged between 15-24 years in the State, of which 5% have a disability. There are 9,718 (18%) youngpeople aged between 15-24 years in Limerick city, of which 5% have a disability. There are 202 (14%)young people aged between 15-24 years in John’s A, of which 6% have a disability.

12.2% of the total population of people withdisabilities living in John’s A are young peopleaged between 0-24 years. John’s A is below theState and city average. There are 527 (44%)young people aged between 0-24 years living inJohn’s A, of which 5% have a disability.

CSO 2006:


Figure 6.10

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John’s A is above the State and Limerick cityaverage for percentage of children from loneparent families. John’s A is over 21/2 times theState average and 11/2 times the Limerick cityaverage


CSO 2006:Table 6.17


GeographicalArea

StateLimerickCityJohn’s A


311,8035,822

305


120,8172,593

149


130,2741,984

77

Other(familieswith bothunder andover 15year olds)60,7121,245

79


18.131.7

52.4


2.83.7

2.9

% ofchildrenfrom loneparentfamilies inJohn’s A2135.5

55.3

Four hundred and six people presented as Homeless in Limerick city in 2007. Of those who presented ashomeless 2% present as homeless from St Mary’s Park (had St Mary’s Park as their last known address).

Homeless People:Department of Social Inclusion, Health Service Executive West

Figure 6.11




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94

CSO 2006:Table 6.19

Invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer for the period 1994-2002

John’s A had a higher number of cases of invasive cancers than expected compared to the Mid West areaand the State. Though this was not significantly higher.


GeographicalArea

John’s A

Observed

cases

43

Expected

cases MWHB

33

Significance

N

Expected

cases State

36

Significance

N

Annual Rate of self harm per 100,000 population forLimerick city was 390 per 100,000 people. Annual Rate ofself harm per 100,000 population for the State was 204per 100,000 people. Limerick city has a higher incidenceof self-harm than the State. Limerick city is nearlydouble the State rate.

John’s A presentations of self harm per annum is higherthan the State and just below the city rate. It is almosttwice the State rate. John’s A has no significant highincidence of self harm in relation to Limerick city butJohn’s A has a significantly higher incidence whencompared to the State.



CSO 2006:

Table 6.18

Geographical Area

State

Limerick City

John’s A


204

390

387


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843

21


A& E

-

1112

26

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204

390 387


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Mid West Area:





Limerick:



Age of Mother: 4% of mothers from Limerick who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. This percentage is similar to the Mid West Area percentage of mothers less than 20 years of age.


John’s A:

The total Number of births in John’s A over this time period was 81 births.

Birth weight: 10% of babies born between 2004 and 2007 in John’s A were of low birth weight (<2,500g). John’s A is 11/2 times the Mid West and twice the Limerick average for low birth weight babies.

Age of Mother: 17% of mothers from John’s A who gave birth between 2004 and 2007 were less than 20 years of age. John’s A is 4 times the Mid West and Limerick averages in relation to mothers less than 20 years of age.

Breast Feeding: John’s A had low rates of breastfeeding between 2004 and 2007. 7% of mothers were breastfeeding at the 1st public health nurse visit. This average is well below both Limerick and Mid West averages.



Appendix 1

Glossary of Terms

Information andWebsite Addresses

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Glossary of Terms:

Deprivation scores: Deprivation is scored on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the least deprived and 10 being the most deprived.

Electoral Division (ED): Electoral Divisions (EDs) are the smallest legally defined area in the state and are the smallest area for which Small Area Populations are published countrywide.

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Information and website addresses on:

Central Statistics Office: Is an offical office whose purpose is to collect and release statistical information relating to economic, social ,general activities and conditions in the country. The information it provides isessential for the development and delivery of policy and programmes at national, regional and local areas. This office supports the national and international community (i.e. business, EU, international organisations, media, researchers, and the public generally). More information is available at www.cso.ie

Small Area Health A unit based in Trinity College who based on the national census data produces deprivationResearch Unit (SAHRU): scores at ED level.

National Suicide Is a research unit. Its aim is to support the prevention of suicidal behaviour in Ireland byResearch Foundation being a source of information/support on Suicide prevention. More information on NSRF is(NSRF): available on their website: www.nsrf.ie

National Cancer Registry Is an organisation that collects data on cancer and registers cases of cancer in Ireland since of Ireland (NCRI): 1994. The data is then used for research into cancer programmes, initiatives and used for

strategic planning for cancer care in Ireland. More information on NCRI is available on their website: www.ncri.ie

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