Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

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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: 49
Health The census results clearly show the decline in general health with age, with 87 per cent of 10- 14 year olds perceiving their health as very good, while this had fallen to 60 per cent by age 40- 44 and 30 per cent by age 65-69. For those aged 85 and over fewer than one in ten perceived that they had very good health. Generally a higher percentage of females than males indicated that their health was very good, except in the 15-29 and 70 and over age groups. The following table shows the health profile of people in Roscommon: 50
Page 1 and 2: Introduction and highlights County
Page 3 and 4: (i) Introduction
Page 5 and 6: Attendance in each artform Roscommo
Page 7 and 8: 1.1 Town and country - nationwide T
Page 9 and 10: 2. Older & Younger 8
Page 11 and 12: 2.2 Older & younger - Roscommon Gro
Page 13 and 14: The primary school aged population
Page 15 and 16: 3.1 At work - nationwide The labour
Page 17 and 18: Socio economic groups in Roscommon
Page 19 and 20: 4. The roof over our heads 18
Page 21 and 22: 4.2 The roof over our heads - Rosco
Page 23 and 24: The growth in the rented sector is
Page 25 and 26: Households in Roscommon by water su
Page 27 and 28: Car ownership Around 1.36 million o
Page 29 and 30: Rent paid for private accommodation
Page 31 and 32: 5.1 Households and families - natio
Page 33 and 34: Single people The highest proportio
Page 35 and 36: Private households In the census, a
Page 37 and 38: 6.1 Migration and diversity - natio
Page 39 and 40: Foreign languages 514,068 Irish res
Page 41 and 42: 7.1 Religion, ethnicity and Irish T
Page 43 and 44: Ethnicity The proportion of ‘whit
Page 45 and 46: 8.1 Our bill of health - nationwide
Page 47 and 48: Age profile of people with disabili
Page 49: Disabled people living alone A tota
Page 53 and 54: 9.1 What we know - nationwide Educa
Page 55 and 56: 9.2 What we know - Roscommon Level
Page 57 and 58: Irish speakers Fifty one per cent o
Page 59 and 60: 10. Door to door 58
Page 61 and 62: 10.2 Door to door - Roscommon Commu
Page 63 and 64: Time leaving home In Roscommon, 8,2
Page 65 and 66: Roscommon - key population statisti
Page 67 and 68: Females (Number) 221 246 Actual cha
Page 69 and 70: Area (sq km) (Number) .. 19.12 022
Page 71 and 72: Males (Number) 101 112 Females (Num
Page 73 and 74: Percentage change since previous ce
Page 75 and 76: Population (Number) 314 353 Males (
Page 77 and 78: Actual change since previous census
Page 79 and 80: 096 Killavackan, Co. Roscommon Popu
Page 81 and 82: Females (Number) 247 338 Actual cha
Page 83: Households and families 82
Page 87: Our bill of health What we know 86
Page 91: End 90

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