Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Introduction
Roscommon County Council needs to avail of the wealth of information which was produced
about the county in the latest Census. This rich data can be used by Council staff and
departments, community groups and other agencies. Roscommon County Council Council has
commissioned this summary report which extracts data relevant to Roscommon.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published ten key reports from Census 2011, plus one special
report. These are:
Profile 1 - Town and Country (60 pages)
Profile 2 Older and Younger - An Age Profile of Ireland (65 pages)
Profile 3 At Work - Employment, Occupations & Industry in Ireland (102 pages)
Profile 4 The Roof over our Heads - Housing in Ireland (80 pages)
Profile 5 Households and Families - Living Arrangements in Ireland (60 pages)
Profile 6 Migration and Diversity - A profile of diversity in Ireland (72 pages)
Profile 7 Religion, Ethnicity and Irish Travellers - Ethnic and cultural background in Ireland (76 pages)
Profile 8 Our Bill of Health - Health, Disability and Carers in Ireland (82 pages)
Profile 9 What We Know - Education, skills and the Irish language (70 pages)
Profile 10 Door to Door – Commuting in Ireland (published Dec 2012)
Homeless persons in Ireland, a special Census 2011 report
Each of these contains a wealth of information about every county in Ireland.
This report extracts the information about Roscommon, and presents it so that it reads easily and
informatively. It collates every piece of data about Roscommon from Census 2011.
The appendices contains tables of data about Roscommon which do not appear in the main body of the
report. All data in the appendices refers to Roscommon.
Guidance notes:
Some figures and commentary relate to the country as a whole, some to Roscommon.
‘Roscommon’ always refers to County Roscommon.
Report on homeless people
This report contained no information specific to Roscommon.
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