Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

6.1 Migration and diversity -
nationwide
Non-Irish nationals up 143% in 9 years
Nationwide, the number of non-Irish nationals in 2002 was recorded at 224,261 persons. By
2006 this had increased to 419,733 representing an increase of 87 per cent. The growth in the
number of non-Irish nationals has continued, albeit at a slower pace and their number stood at
544,357 at the time of the 2011 Census.
The nationality with the largest increase between 2006 and 2011 was the Polish nationality.
Polish residents increased from 63,276 persons in 2006 to 122,585 in 2011, a 59,309 increase
over the period. Lithuanian residents increased by 12,055 persons to stand at 36,683 persons
in April 2011. Other large increases over the period occurred in the number of Romanian,
Indian, Latvian and Hungarian populations living in Ireland. A small number of nationalities
recorded a drop over the 5 year period since 2006, most notably the US and Australian
nationalities.
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