In Conjunction With Clonroche Development Association
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Total PopulationFor the first time we attempt to publish a comprehensive report on the population of the Electoral Division of Clonroche. Unfortunately the parish townlands of Castleboro and Coolaught are not included in this division because of electoral boundaries; On the right is presented a table of population break down of the Clonroche ED. The population of the Village of Clonroche represents 37% of the total population of the area |
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On examination of the age profile of the population of the village and area the following facts emerge; The age groups 10 to 14 represents the highest group by age category closely followed by the 15 to 19 age group. The population dramatically falls by 29 per cent in the following age category 20/24 group. This is possibly because of a lack of employment/educational opportunities or facilities in the area and also possibly the lack of availability of building land especially in the vacinity of the village. The population is relatively static after this fall showing young people in the discussed categories are lost to Clonroche society. The birth rate appears to fall off in 0-4 age group. This catagory is just numerically representative of the average population up to the 45-49 age groups
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The above table is a representation of the age profile of the Clonroche area. The horizontal legends represents a four year division of age groups (i.e. 1 = ages 0-4; 2 = ages 5-9; 3 = ages 10-14 ). The vertical table is representative of the number of persons in each catogory; From the coloured coded legend within the graph one can ascertain the marital status of the population. |
The total
population is at it's highest in the 10-14/15-19 age groups but
decreases sharply in the 24-29/30-34 age bracket which suggests a
lack of employment opportunities in the area for this age group |
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There are 242 family units in the area with 69 families consisting of just two persons. This is probably bearing out still further the loss of the younger age groups. |
The next largest
families size is that of the four person family unit. There are 952
persons living within family units
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· There are 810 persons over 15 years of age in the area. There are 331 persons at work showing a dependency level of 2.5 to one or 145 per cent. Clonroche has an unemployment rate of approx. 23% of the work force. This shares a similar size category with the student and retired sectors to the community · Thirty one percent of those at work are self employed with sixty-six percent in the employee category. Three per cent are categorised as assisting a relative · Twenty per cent of the workforce are employed in manufacturing, eleven percent employed in sales with a similar percentage employed in agricultural services and a further eleven per cent employed in the clerical area, |
ten percent are engaged in the services area and nine per cent engaged in building, six percent in transport and five per cent working with administration & state areas · Highest areas of unemployment are in the manufacturing area with over 28% unemployed, this is followed by building at 22% and agriculture at 18 per cent. The lowest areas of unemployment are in the classifications of State employment at 1.2 % , Clerical 1.3% Transport 2.5 %, Professional at 2.6 %
· Eighty-six
percent of farms in the area are in excess of fifty acres, with a
mere 4.6 per cent less than 30 acres. Nine per cent of farms are in
the thirty to fifty acre range
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Thirty-one percent
of the workforce are self-employed with sixty-six percent being
employee's. Three per cent are classed as assisting a relative |
Farm size is by a large extent in the fifty acre plus catagory with a mere five per cent less than thirty acres |
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Employment Groupings
· At 16.4 percent Farmers are the highest grouping in the area closely followed by Manual Skilled workers at 16 per cent of the total. Eleven point six percent are agricultural workers, 11.4 percent Non Manual Workers, 10 percent simi skilled with eight per cent unskilled. Four percent are in the employer/managerial area with 1.5% classed as higher professionals |
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Just 0.48% of the population travel by motor cycle. This may be a surprise to the reader and just 1% of the population use a bicycle; Car driver & passenger accounts for thirty-six percent of travel method, with twenty-seven per cent, mostly school students travelling by bus. Thirteen per cent, working locally, walk |
State Supports in the Greater Clonroche Area
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The table on the left represents the latest data (Sept 2000) on the number of persons collecting state benifits in the greater Clonroche area. Two persons are in receipt of Family Income Support Within the County of Wexford there are 3,915 Illness, Disability & Caring, 8,062 Old Age Pensioners, 6,649 One Parent Families, 5, 719 Unemployed; 667 persons in Wexford receive Family Income Support; The rate of growth in One Parent Family & Family Income Support is rising much steeper in Co Wexford than the National Average |
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