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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Ethnicity<br />
The proportion of ‘white –other’ rose from 6.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent <strong>in</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong> between<br />
2006 and <strong>2011</strong>, while the figures for ‘white Irish’ dipped by 2.5 per cent.<br />
Percentage of population by ethnic or cultural<br />
background, <strong>Roscommon</strong>, 2006 and <strong>2011</strong><br />
White Irish<br />
White Irish<br />
Traveller<br />
Other<br />
White<br />
Black or<br />
Black Irish<br />
Asian or<br />
Asian Irish<br />
Other<br />
Not stated<br />
2006 89.5 0.5 6.7 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.9<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 87.0 0.6 8.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.2<br />
Irish Travellers<br />
The Irish Traveller community was not evenly spread across the country. Galway <strong>County</strong> had<br />
the highest number of Irish Travellers of all the adm<strong>in</strong>istrative counties, with 2,476 persons,<br />
followed by South Dubl<strong>in</strong> with 2,216. In contrast there were only 152 Irish Travellers<br />
enumerated <strong>in</strong> Waterford <strong>County</strong>.<br />
In 2006 there were 320 Irish travellers <strong>in</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong>. This <strong>in</strong>creased to 396 <strong>in</strong> <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
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