Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Carers
The census showed that a total of 187,112 persons or 4.1 per cent of the total population were
providing unpaid assistance to others in April 2011. Of these carers 114,113 (61%) were
women and 72,999 (39%) men. It also showed that 4,228 children aged under 15 years were
engaged in providing care to others, accounting for 2.3 per cent of all carers.
The highest proportion of carers was in County Mayo, where 5 per cent of people were
involved in providing unpaid care. The proportion of carers to the overall population was also
high in counties Sligo (4.8%), Roscommon (4.7%) and Kerry (4.7%).
The lowest proportion of carers were in counties Kildare and Fingal with 3.4 per cent of the
population involved in providing care, followed by Galway city (3.5%), Meath and South Dublin
(both 3.6%).
The share of carers in rural areas at 43.2 per cent is greater than the rural share of the
population (38%) while there are proportionally fewer carers in urban areas (56.8%) compared
with its share of the overall population (62%).
The profile of carers in Roscommon is as follows:
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