Wexford Statistics

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CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:

WEXFORD

This profile is based on the Census

of Population 2006 which took

place in the Republic of Ireland on

26th April 2006.

Key Highlights

In general Wexfords profile is similar to

the rest of the country. However, there

are a few notable differences:

When you combine data on its

population structure and the

educational qualifications of its

people, it is evident that Wexford is

suffering from a brain-drain.

Students leave Wexford to get an

education but do not return to live in

the constituency (see Figure 2 and

Table 3).

In terms of religion, nationality and

ethnicity Wexford is more

homogenous than the State as a

whole (see Table 2 and Figure 4).

People in Wexford are much more

likely to have left education earlier

and with fewer qualifications than

people nationally (see Figure 8 and

Table 3).

The share of the Wexford workforce

in the construction sector is

significantly above the national

average (see Figure 10 and Table 4).

Households in Wexford are less likely

to have access to a computer or the

Internet than households nationally.

Their Internet access is also less likely

to be via broadband (see Figure 19).

CONTENTS

Introduction 2

Glossary 3

Demographics 4

Families 8

Education 10

Employment 12

Householdsand housing 16

Voting and

turnout 20

No liability is accepted to any person arising out of any reliance on the contents of this paper. Nothing herein constitutes professional advice of any kind. This document contains a generalsummary 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 thecontents of these papers with Members and their staff.


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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 constituencys housing stock. The L&RS has also addedsome 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 Dil constituencies may be downloaded from the Oireachtas website

(www.oireachtas.ie) they are accessible from the Dil ireann navigation menu.

Oireachtas Library & Research Service 2008

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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 orsitting room.

This is a private household occupying a permanent dwelling such as a house, flat,

apartment or bedsitter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The occupation classification used in the census is based on the UK Standard

Occupational Classification, with modifications to reflect Irish labour marketconditions.

The code to which a persons 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.

Private household

Permanent private household

Usually resident

Housing unit

Family unit

Industry

Occupation

VARIABLE DEFINITION

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.

Glossary

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Demographics

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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

Higher population growth than the national average

Slightly higher proportion of males than the national average

Fewer Irish speakers than the national average

In 2006 3.1% of the Irish population lived in Wexford. The constituency had a substantially higher population growth

between 2002 and 2006 than the country as a whole (see Table 1).There are slightly more males than females in Wexford,

with 100.6 males for every 100 females this compares to an almost-equal distribution nationally. Fewer people in

Wexford speak Irish than in the country as a whole.

Table 1: Demographic breakdown

Marital Status

Above average marriage rate

People in Wexford are more likely to be married than the national population (52.5% vs. 48.8%) and are also slightly more

likely to be separated/divorced or widowed (see Figure 1).

Population 2006

Population 2002

Share of total population

Population growth 2002-2006

Ratio of males to 100 females

Share with Irish language(Population aged 3 or above)

4,239,848

3,917,203

100%

8.2%

100.1

40.8%

State Wexford

131,749

116,596

3.1%

13.0%

100.6

36.7%


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Figure 1: Marital status of those aged 18 and over

State Wexford

Single Married Separated/Divorced Widowed

Age Profile

Slight more people aged 19 years and under than the national average

Fewer people in the 20 to 39 age range than the national average

The average age of the Wexford population is 35.8 years. This is very close to the national average of 35.6 years. However,

compared to the national figures there are more people in Wexford aged 19 years or under (28.9% vs. 27.2%) and fewer

people in the age groups 20 to 39 (29.6% vs. 32.7%). This could indicate that some people who reach adulthood in Wexford

move away for work or study reasons (see Figure 2). There are slightly more people aged 65 years and older in Wexford

than the national average (11.7% vs. 11.0%).

85+

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

05-09

0-04

10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

State Wexford

Figure 2: Age profile of population

Age

5.5%

36.9%51.4%

6.2%5.9%

40.0%48.8%

5.2%

State Wexford

1.1%

3.1%

3.8%

4.7%

5.5%

5.8%

6.6%

7.4%

7.8%

7.7%

7.5%

6.6%

6.7%

7.1%

7.5%

7.6%

1.5%

2.2%

1.1%

2.8%

3.4%

4.3%

5.3%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.6%

8.2%

8.8%

8.1%

6.8%

6.5%

6.8%

7.1%

1.5%

2.2%


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Disability

Overall disability rate slightly above the national average

In the 2006 Census 12,681 people in Wexford indicated that they had a disability or 9.6% of the population (see Figure

3). This is slightly higher than the national average of 9.3%. Approximately 28.4% of those aged 65 years and older in

Wexford have a disability, while 12.8% of those aged 45 to 64 years old in Wexford have a disability.

Figure 3: Share of people with a disability by age group

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

0-14 yrs 15-24 yrs 25-44 yrs 45-64 yrs 65 yrs & over All ages

3.8% 4.6%5.8%

12.4%

29.5%

Nationality

Nationality and ethnicity

More Irish nationals than the national average

Less ethnic diversity than the national average

There are 130,518 people who are usually resident in Wexford, with 91.4% identifying their nationality as Irish above the

national average. Residents of Wexford are less likely to hold non-EU citizenship (see Table 2). There are proportionallymore UK nationals in Wexford than in the State overall and the same proportion of Polish nationals. Compared to the

national average,Wexford is more racially and ethnically homogenous with 90.3% of individuals identifying themselves as

White Irish compared to 87.4% nationally. There are proportionally fewer Black or Black Irish and Asian or Asian Irish in

Wexford than nationally (0.7% vs. 2.4%).

Table 2: Usually resident population by nationality and ethnicity

State Wexford

Irish

United Kingdom

Polish

Lithuanian

Other EU

Non-EU / Not stated

88.8%

2.7%

1.5%

0.6%

1.8%

4.5%

91.4%

3.3%

1.5%

0.5%

1.2%

2.0%

State Wexford

White Irish

White Irish Traveller

Other White

Black or Black Irish

Asian or Asian Irish

Other / Not stated

87.4%

0.5%

6.9%

1.1%

1.3%

2.8%

90.3%

0.9%

6.3%

0.3%

0.4%

1.8%

State Wexford

Ethnicity

9.3%

4.2% 4.7%6.2%

12.8%

28.4%

9.6%


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1 While the census overall gives a more detailed breakdown of different religions, the CSO does not publish a more detailed breakdown at constituencylevel - as this may identify certain individuals or families.

State Wexford

Religion

More Catholics than the national average

Fewer people who have no religion than the national average

A greater proportion of Wexford people classify themselves as Catholics than in the State as a whole and people from

Wexford are less likely to define themselves as having another stated religion1 or as having no religion (see Figure 4).

Figure 4: Usually resident population by religion

Catholic Other stated religion No religion Religion not stated

1.7%

8

6.8%

7.1%4.4% 1.1%

8

9.8%

5.9%3.2%


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Families

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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 adolescents than the national average

There are 24,548 family units with children in Wexford. Figure 5 shows the proportion of these families by family cycle

based on the age of the youngest child. In Wexford 16.1% of families have children at pre-school level close to the

national average. The proportion of families with adult children is lower in Wexford than in the State overall (33.6% vs.

36.4%). On the other hand, there are more families with adolescents in Wexford than in the State overall.

Figure 5: Proportion of families by family cycle

45%

40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

Pre-school Early school Pre-adolescent Adolescent Adult

15.9% 15.6% 14.7%17.5%

36.4%

16.1% 15.9% 16.0%18.4%

33.6%

State Wexford

Family size

More households with younger children than the national average

In Wexford there are 15,591 families with at least one child under 15 years of age.2 This means that 34.2% of households

have families with children under 15 years compared to 31.4% of households nationally. In Wexford 30.4% of these

families have one child, with 36.5% having two children. Approximately 3.5% of these families in Wexford have five

children or more. These figures are close to the national figures (see Figure 6).

2 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 childrenaged 15 years and older but these figures include adult children.


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Figure 6: Proportion of families with at least one child under 15 years,

by number of children

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

5 or morechildren

4 children

3 children

2 children

1 child

State Wexford

Family type

Slightly more single mother families than the national average

Figure 7 shows that in Wexford there are slightly more families with at least one child under 15 years old headed by a

single mother; 20.2% compared to 19.7% nationally. The same proportion of families are headed by single fathers in

Wexford as in the State as a whole (1.6%).

Figure 7: Single parent families and other families with at least one child under

15 years old

State Wexford

Single father with children Single mother with children Couples with children

30.4%29.9%

36.0%

22.2%

8.6%

3.4%

36.5%

21.3%

8.2%

3.5%

1.6%

78.7%

19.7%1.6%

78.2%

20.2%


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Education

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Education by age ceased (Figure 8)

Education qualifications (Table 3)

Education by age ceased

Both men and women have completed education at an

earlier age than the national average

Men in Wexford are more likely to have finished their education at an earlier age than men in the rest of the country.

Approximately 61% of men completed their education at age 17 or below compared to 50% of men in the State as a

whole. Nationally 23% of men finished their education aged 21 years or above compared to only 14% of Wexford men.

Wexford women are more likely to have finished their education aged 15 years or under (23% 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 only16% of women completing education aged 21 years or above in Wexford 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

State Wexford

Under 15yrs 15yrs 16yrs 17yrs

18yrs 19yrs 20yrs 21yrs & over

State Wexford

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

23%

5%5%

17%

12%

15%

9%

14%

14%

4%5%

17%

13%

18%

11%

19%

16%

5%

7%

20%

14%

15%

8%

15%

24%

5%

7%

19%

13%

13%

7%

12%


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Qualifications achieved

Evidence of brain-drain

Proportionally more males left education at lower secondary level or below than the national average

Proportionally fewer females with third level qualifications than the national average

Men in Wexford are more likely (by 11 percentage points) than men nationally to report that they left education at lower

secondary level or below (see Table 3). They are also less likely to report that they have a primary or post-graduate degree.

On average, the education level of Irish females is above that of Irish males. In Wexford this is true at third level; the share

of females with some form of third level education is 24%, compared to 18% of males. However, significantly fewer

women in Wexford have third level qualifications than the national average (24% vs. 31%). Women in Wexford are more

likely to have left education at lower secondary level or below than women nationally.

Table 3: Highest education achieved by those aged 15 or over who have

completed education

Primary or lower

Lower secondary education

Upper secondary and/or technical

Non-degree third level

Primary degree or equivalent

Post-graduate or PhD

Not stated

19%

21%

29%

9%

11%

6%

5%

100%

24%

27%

29%

8%

7%

3%

3%

100%

17%

19%

28%

12%

12%

7%

5%

100%

20%

23%

29%

11%

8%

5%

3%

100%

State Wexford WexfordState

MALE FEMALE

Overall, there is evidence from the age profile (see Figure 2) and education achievement (see Table 3) of the Wexford

population that many young people leave the constituency to get a higher education and do not return.


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Male Female

Employment

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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 women looking after home/family than the national average

Proportionally more retired men than the national average

Figure 9 shows that Wexford women are less likely to be at work (by 4.2 percentage points) and more likely to be looking

after home/family (by 5.6 percentage points) than Irish women generally.Wexford men are slightly less likely to be at work

(by one percentage point) but much more likely to be retired than men nationally.

Figure 9: Principal economic status of those aged 15 or over

drofxeWetatSdrofxeWetatS

At Work Unemployed Student Retired/Other

Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability

Looking after home/family

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

66.0%

6.4%

9.8%

12.7%

4.2%

1.0%

65.0%

6.8%

7.2%

14.6%

5.3%

1.0%

44.3%

4.4%

9.0%

10.6%

4.3%

27.4%

48.5%

4.3%

10.9%

10.5%

4.0%

21.8%


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Sector employed

Proportionally more people are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction than the national

average

Proportionally fewer employed in commerce and trade and health and education than the national average

The total number of people at work in Wexford at the time of the census was 56,011. Females made up 40.6% of the

Wexford workforce below the national average of 42.6%. In 2006, 20.9% of workers in Wexford were self employed; 4.9percentage points higher than the national average.

The largest sector in terms of employment, with 13,407 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. However,

workers in Wexford are far less likely (by 3.2 percentage points) to be employed in the commerce and trade sector than

workers nationally.They are also less likely to work in the health and education sector. People in Wexford are proportionally

more likely to work in the agriculture, forestry and fishing, and construction sectors than is the case nationally.

Table 4: Sector of employment of those at work

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Building and construction

Manufacturing industries

Commerce and trade

Transport and communications

Public administrationHealth and education

Other

Overall

4,216

9,369

7,331

13,407

2,580

2,5188,364

8,226

56,011

7.5%

16.7%

13.1%

23.9%

4.6%

4.5%14.9%

14.7%

100.0%

4.6%

11.1%

13.6%

27.1%

5.5%

5.2%16.5%

16.3%

100.0%

Total Employed Sector Share % Sector Share %

WEXFORD STATE

Occupation

Proportionally more agricultural workers than the national average

Proportionally more construction and manufacturing workers than the national average

Proportionally fewer professional, clerical, and managerial and government workers than the national average

As expected with a rural constituency, Wexford has a higher than average share of its workers in agricultural occupations

(7.2% vs. 4.5%). It also has a higher than average share of workers in construction and manufacturing occupations, by 4.4

and 1.4 percentage points respectively (see Figure 10). Its shares of professional, clerical, and managerial and government

workers are below the national average.

See Figure 10 overleaf


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Journey time to work/school

Shorter commute than the national averagePeople in Wexford spend less time travelling to work or school than the national average. The average travel time in

Wexford is approximately 23.3 minutes as opposed to 26.5 minutes nationally. Figure 11 shows that more people in

Wexford have short commutes (less than 15 minutes) than the national average. However, more people in Wexford have

commutes lasting over 90 minutes than the national average (3.3% vs. 2.7%).

Figure 11: People aged 5 and over by journey time to work, school or college

State Wexford

Figure 10: Occupations of those at work

State Wexford

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Farming, fishing &foresty managers

Other agricultural workers

Manufacturing workers

Building &construction Workers

Clerical & office workers

Managerial &government workers

Transport workers

Sales workers

Professional workers

Services workers

Other workers

5.7%3.7%

0.8%

11.9%

8.8%

9.1%

9.3%

5.7%

14.1%

17.3%

11.1%

8.3%

1.5%

13.3%

13.2%

8.0%

7.4%

5.6%

14.1%

13.3%

11.9%

6.1%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Over 90 minutes

60-90 minutes

45-60 minutes

30-45 minutes

15-30 minutes

Under 15 minutes

3.7%6.1%

4.4%6.4%

3.3%

2.7%

30.1%

46.3%

12.1%16.6%

30.5%

37.7%


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Method of transport to work/school

Proportionally more commuters by car than the national average

People in Wexford are much more likely to travel to work or school by car, either as a passenger or as a driver, and less

likely to travel by public transport than people nationally (see Figure 12). A total of 84.6% of permanent private households

own one or more cars in Wexford, the figure for the whole country is 80.3%. People in Wexford are less likely than the

national average to walk or cycle to work or school.

Figure 12: People aged 5 and over by means of travel to work, school or college

State Wexford

Volunteering

Higher rate of volunteerism than the national average

Both men and women are more likely to volunteer to sporting organisations than the national average

In Wexford 17,293 people aged 15 years or over volunteer for at least one activity. People in Wexford are slightly morelikely to participate in a voluntary organisation than the national population. Nationally 16.4% of people volunteer in some

way but this figure is 16.9% in Wexford. Figure 13 looks at the types of organisations to which individuals volunteer.3

Volunteering to sporting organisations in Wexford is particularly notable. Men and women in Wexford are more likely to

volunteer to sporting organisations than the national average. Nationally 7.4% of men and 3.3% of women volunteer for

sporting organisations but these figures are 8.4% and 4.2% in Wexford.

Figure 13: Share of those aged 15 and over participating in voluntary activity bygender and nature of activity

3 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 orover participating in voluntary activity as some individuals participate in more than one type of activity.

State Wexford

Male Female

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

On foot Bicycle Bus, minibus

or coach

Train, DART

or LUAS

Car driver Car

passenger

Other

15.8%

4.7%

13.3%

0.6%

9.3%

0.3%

41.7%

20.7%

14.2%

2.0%

11.9%

2.6%

40.7%

16.7%

10.3%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%Social or

charitableReligiousgroup orchurch

Sport ing Pol it ical orcultural

Any othervoluntaryactivity

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%Social or

charitableReligiousgroup orchurch

Sporting Pol it ica l orcultural

Any othervoluntaryactivity

4.9%

3.4% 3.3%

7.4%

8.4%

1.6% 1.6%

3.7% 3.4%

6.7%6.9%

5.1% 5.0%

3.3%

4.2%

1.2% 1.2%

4.6% 4.6%


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Households and Housing

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Household type and size (Figure 14)

Occupancy type (Figure 15)

Age of housing stock (Figure 16)

Type of water supply (Figure 17)

Type of sewerage facilities (Figure 18)

Access to a computer and the Internet (Figure 19)

Household type and size

Householders more likely to live in a house or bungalow than the national average

Average household size close to the national average

There are 45,566 private households in Wexford with 129,359 people living in them. Households in Wexford are more likely

to live in a house or bungalow (94.4%) than people elsewhere in the State (89.2%) and less likely to live in a flat/apartment

or bedsit (4.6% vs. 10.3%). Approximately 1% of households live in caravans. Overall the average household size is similar

in Wexford and the State. Wexford has an average of 2.84 people per household compared to an average of 2.81 people

nationally. However, Wexford has slightly fewer one-person households and slightly more households in each of the other

categories (see Figure 14).

Figure 14: Proportion of households by size

State Wexford

Occupancy type

Householders more likely to own homes than the national average

More householders own homes outright than the national average

A total of 45,096 households in Wexford live in permanent private dwellings. People in Wexford are more likely to live in

owner-occupied homes (77.8%) than people elsewhere in Ireland (74.7%). Households in Wexford are more likely to own

their houses outright than the national average. A total of 40.1% of permanent private households own their homes

outright in Wexford compared to 34.1% nationally (see Figure 15). Within Wexford more owner occupiers own their homes

outright than hold mortgages on their homes.4

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

1 person 2 people 3 people 4 people 5 people 6 people 7 people 8 or more

people

22.4%21.2%

28.3% 28.8%

18.1% 18.3%16.6% 16.8%

9.3% 9.5%

3.7% 3.8%

1.0% 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%

4 Owner occupiers with mortgages include the owner occupied with mortgage and buying from local authority groups from Figure 15.


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Figure 15: Share of people in permanent private households by type of occupancy

State Wexford

Age of housing stock

Proportionally more very old and very new houses than the national average

The age of occupied houses in Wexford is different to age of houses generally in the country (see Figure 16). Wexford has

more pre-1919 housing stock than the national average (14.2% vs. 11.1%) and Wexford has more housing built between

1996 and 2006 (37.2% vs. 29.0%). It has fewer houses built in other time periods.

Figure 16: Share of permanent private households by year house built

State Wexford

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

Owneroccupied

withmortgage

Owneroccupied no

mortgage

Buying fromlocal

authority

Rented fromlocal

authority

Rented fromvoluntary

body

Privaterented

Occupiedfree of rent

Notstated

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

Pre 1919 1919 to

1940

1941 to

1960

1961 to

1970

1971 to

1980

1981 to

1990

1991 to

1995

1996 to

2000

2001 or

later

39.0%

11.1%

14.2%

7.7% 7.1%

10.2%

6.8%8.1%

5.5%

15.2%

12.4%11.9%

10.5%

6.7% 6.5%

11.1%

14.2%

17.9%

23.0%

36.1%34.1%

40.1%

1.6% 1.6%

7.2% 7.4%

3.5% 3.4%

9.9%7.6%

1.5% 1.8%3.2% 2.1%


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18

State Wexford

Public main Group scheme with local authority source Group scheme with private source

Other private source None or not stated

Figure 17: Share of permanent private households by type of water supply

Types of sewerage facilities

Proportionally more individual septic tanks than the national average

Figure 18 shows that Wexford households are less likely to manage their waste water through a public scheme (47.1%

vs. 67.6%) and more likely to have an individual septic tank (44.9%) than households nationally (29.5%).

Figure 18: Share of private households by type of sewerage facilities

State Wexford

Type of water supply

More likely to source water privately than the national average

Figure 17 shows that Wexford households are less likely to be attached to a public water supply (68.6% vs. 83.5%)

and more likely to obtain water through a private source (29.0% vs. 13.1%). Other census data (not shown) reveals

that permanent private households in Wexford are less likely to have central heating than the rest of the State (88.1%

vs. 90.4%).

9.9%3.5%

8.7%

3.2%

74.8%

61.3%7.3%

3.2%

25.8%

2.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Public scheme

Individualseptic tank

Other

No sewerage

facility

0.3%

0.3%

2.6%

7.8%

29.5%

44.9%

67.6%

47.1%


19/20

19

Figure 19: Computers and access to the Internet - share of households

State Wexford

Access to a computer and the Internet

Less likely to have PC, Internet access and broadband than the national average

Households in Wexford are slightly less likely to have a PC (53.7% vs. 56.6%) and access to the Internet (41.9% vs.

46.7%) than other households in the State. Moreover, this Internet access is much less likely to be via broadband; 10%

of households in Wexford had broadband Internet access compared with 20% for the State as a whole in 2006 (see

Figure 19).

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

% with PC % with Internet access % with broadband

56.6%53.7%

46.7%

41.9%

20.0%

10.0%


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Voting and Turnout - Election 2007

Registered to vote 2007

Voter turnout 2007

Turnout / register

Estimated eligible to vote population 2007

Percentage difference between estimated

eligible to vote and those registered to vote

3,110,914

2,085,245

67.0%

2,984,822

4.2%

103,562

69,443

67.1%

93,569

10.7%

State Wexford

Wexford returns five TDs to Dil ireann and in 2007 they were:

John Browne (Fianna Fil)

Brendan Howlin (The Labour Party)

Sen Connick (Fianna Fil)

Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael)

Michael W. DArcy (Fine Gael)

Lisa McDonald (Fianna Fil) and Liam Twomey (Fine Gael), who ran for election in this constituency, became Senators 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 Wexford.

5 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 ofthe population in the constituency who declared themselves as Irish or United Kingdom nationals. It does not account for migration or deaths betweenthe time of the census and the 2007 General Election. The registered to vote and the turnout figures are from the election results available on theOireachtas website.


Voting and turnout (Table 5)

Voting and turnout

Turnout in the 2007 General Election was close to the

national average

A total of 103,562 people were registered to vote at the last election in Wexford. The turnout was 69,443 people or 67.1%

of those registered to vote close to the national turnout (see Table 5). There appears to be more people on the register

than are eligible to vote. If we use census figures to estimate the number of people who were eligible to vote5 in 2007,

we see that there were 10.7% more people on the register than the estimate of the population eligible to vote. This is a

problem nationally with the electoral register but appears to be more acute in Wexford.

Table 5: Voting and turnout - General Election 2007

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