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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This section covers:
Family cycle (Figure 5)
Family size (Figure 6)
Family type (Figure 7)
Family cycle
Fewer families with adult children than the national average
More families with 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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This section covers:
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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This section covers:
Economic status (Figure 9)
Sector employed (Table 4)
Occupation (Figure 10)
Journey time to work/school (Figure 11)
Method of transport to work/school (Figure 12)
Volunteering (Figure 13)
Economic status
Proportionally more 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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This section covers:
Household type and size (Figure 14)
Occupancy type (Figure 15)
Age of housing stock (Figure 16)
Type of water supply (Figure 17)
Type of sewerage facilities (Figure 18)
Access to a computer and the Internet (Figure 19)
Household type and size
Householders more likely to live in a house or bungalow than the national average
Average household size 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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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%
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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.
This section covers:
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