Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
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S<strong>in</strong>gle people<br />
The highest proportions of s<strong>in</strong>gles were <strong>in</strong> the cities, Galway (62.7%), Dubl<strong>in</strong> (60.7%) and Cork<br />
(57.8%). The counties with the lowest proportion s<strong>in</strong>gle were <strong>Roscommon</strong> (50.3%), Leitrim<br />
(50.5%) and Mayo (51.0%).<br />
However, these percentages depend heavily on the underly<strong>in</strong>g age structure of each county.<br />
Younger counties tend to have more s<strong>in</strong>gle people while older counties have more married and<br />
widowed people. Conf<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the analysis to those <strong>in</strong> their forties mitigates these effects.<br />
While the cities still top the board with high proportions of s<strong>in</strong>gles (all the cities have over 25<br />
per cent s<strong>in</strong>gle), more rural counties such as Sligo (23.6%), Leitrim (21.8%) and Kerry (21.8%)<br />
also have high rates of s<strong>in</strong>gle people. And the counties with the lowest percentages of s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
people are also among those with the youngest overall age such as Meath (15.4%), Kildare<br />
(16.0%) and Cork <strong>County</strong> (17.9%).<br />
Married people<br />
Galway <strong>County</strong> (40.3%), <strong>Roscommon</strong> (40.2%) and Meath (40.0%) had the highest proportions<br />
of married. The cities had the lowest percentages; Dubl<strong>in</strong> and Galway each had less than<br />
30 per cent of their adult population married.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gle and married people <strong>in</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong>,<br />
2006 and <strong>2011</strong><br />
S<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
Married<br />
2006 29,484 23,808<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 32,210 25,778<br />
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