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 Two-thirds of Irish people living in county of birth 7/12/2007 - 3:39:27 PM Two out of three Irish people still live in their county of birth, it emerged today. Latest census figures reveal that 65% of the state’s 4.2 million population have remained close to home. People born in Cork city and county were most likely to stay in the area, with 76.9% of its residents being born there. They are followed closely by Donegal with 73.5%. But at the other end of the scale, six out of ten people recorded living in County Meath on census night were born outside the county, followed by Kildare where 59% of its residents had moved in. In recent years, both areas have become commuter belt counties for Dublin’s sprawling population. Meanwhile, the success of immigrants merging into Irish society was also highlighted in today’s figures. The Central Statistics Office revealed more than 95,000 families across Ireland contain both Irish and non-Irish nationals – a 25,000 jump since last recorded in 2002. The corresponding number of families containing only persons with non-Irish nationality also increased from 20,187 to 50,655 in the same period, while Irish only families fell from 90% in 2002 to 85.9%. The census – taken on April 23 2006 – found that almost 10% of the country’s 4.2 million residents were non-Irish nationals. More than 191,331 of those arrived in the country since 2002, with 122,000 people arriving in the state in the 12 months before the census. Of those 83,000 (68.2%) were single with 51,700 (62.2%) of them in their 20s. Data also revealed around 150,000 non-Irish nationals were living in Dublin, the highest across the country, representing 13% of its 1.16m population. Galway city and county was second highest with 10.7%, while Kilkenny had the lowest proportion with 7%. However, as previously highlighted, almost half of all the residents in the tiny town of Gort, Co Galway, were non-Irish nationals. Out of the town’s usual resident population of 2,646, 1,065 stated their nationality to be other than Irish, with 83.3% – almost 900 – of those being Brazilian. Ballyhaunis in County Mayo also had a high proportion with 36% of its usually resident population with non-Irish nationality. Of the 588 persons involved, 327 were EU nationals (mainly from Eastern Europe) and 163 were Asian nationals. |
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