Census of Population Data

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Questions (77)

James Browne

Question:

77. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach the small area data on County Wexford areas that suffered a population drop between the censuses of 2006 and 2011, 2011 and 2016, and 2006 and 2016; and the percentage of the decrease each area suffered. [11021/18]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

County Wexford contains 616 Small Areas. Small Areas are the lowest level of geography at which Census data is produced and typically contain between 50 and 200 dwellings. These were designed by the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) on behalf of the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and in consultation with the Central Statistics Office. Small Areas are nested within Electoral Division boundaries.

A table is available at the following link:

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Small Area level data is not available for Census 2006. The lowest level of geography at which the Census 2006 data was produced was Electoral Division (ED). There are 124 EDs in Wexford. The following three tables list the 16 EDs where population declines were recorded between 2006 and 2011, the 12 EDs where population declines were recorded between 2006 and 2016 and the 33 EDs where population declines were recorded between 2011 and 2016 respectively:

Population fall by Small Area in Wexford County, 2016

Population decline by Electoral Division in Wexford County, 2006 – 2011

Name	Defacto Population		Actual change	Percentage change
	2006	2011	2006 - 2011	2006 - 2011
Enniscorthy Urban	2723	2384	-339	-12.45%
New Ross Urban	4034	3907	-127	-3.15%
Rosbercon Urban	643	626	-17	-2.64%
Wexford No. 1 Urban	1699	1581	-118	-6.95%
Wexford No. 2 Urban	4559	4126	-433	-9.50%
Wexford No. 3 Urban	1372	1321	-51	-3.72%
Moyacomb	473	444	-29	-6.13%
Newtownbarry	2326	2315	-11	-0.47%
Gorey Urban	3479	3463	-16	-0.46%
Barrack Village	95	92	-3	-3.16%
Carrickbyrne	545	534	-11	-2.02%
Fethard	919	890	-29	-3.16%
Newbawn	565	564	-1	-0.18%
Drinagh	1191	1166	-25	-2.10%
Kilpatrick	753	741	-12	-1.59%
Taghmon	1124	1078	-46	-4.09%

Population decline by Electoral Division in Wexford County, 2006 - 2016

Name	Defacto Population		Actual change	Percentage change
	2006	2016	2006 - 2016	2006 - 2016
Enniscorthy Urban	2723	2666	-57	-2.09%
New Ross Urban	4034	3768	-266	-6.59%
Wexford No. 1 Urban	1699	1613	-86	-5.06%
Wexford No. 2 Urban	4559	4087	-472	-10.35%
Wexford No. 3 Urban	1372	1243	-129	-9.40%
Moyacomb	473	409	-64	-13.53%
Newtownbarry	2326	2284	-42	-1.81%
Barrack Village	95	92	-3	-3.16%
Fethard	919	850	-69	-7.51%
Drinagh	1191	1139	-52	-4.37%
Taghmon	1124	1026	-98	-8.72%
Tomhaggard	588	582	-6	-1.02%

Population decline by Electoral Division in Wexford County, 2011 – 2016

Name	Defacto Population		Actual change	Percentage change
	2011	2016	2011 - 2016	2011 - 2016
New Ross Urban	3907	3768	-139	-3.56%
Wexford No. 2 Urban	4126	4087	-39	-0.95%
Wexford No. 3 Urban	1321	1243	-78	-5.90%
Ballindaggan	806	799	-7	-0.87%
Ballycarney	432	429	-3	-0.69%
Ballyhuskard	1589	1579	-10	-0.63%
Bree	1386	1361	-25	-1.80%
Clonroche	1286	1252	-34	-2.64%
Kilbora	390	387	-3	-0.77%
Kiltealy	461	456	-5	-1.08%
Moyacomb	444	409	-35	-7.88%
Newtownbarry	2315	2284	-31	-1.34%
Ford	538	536	-2	-0.37%
Huntingtown	319	316	-3	-0.94%
Ballyhack	1302	1241	-61	-4.69%
Clongeen	911	886	-25	-2.74%
Clonleigh	448	421	-27	-6.03%
Fethard	890	850	-40	-4.49%
Killesk	713	686	-27	-3.79%
New Ross Rural	4014	3942	-72	-1.79%
Rathroe	838	824	-14	-1.67%
Templetown	585	577	-8	-1.37%
Whitemoor	584	581	-3	-0.51%
Artramon	660	642	-18	-2.73%
Ballymitty	529	524	-5	-0.95%
Bannow	1194	1116	-78	-6.53%
Carrick	1835	1779	-56	-3.05%
Drinagh	1166	1139	-27	-2.32%
Forth	863	831	-32	-3.71%
Kilcowan	521	492	-29	-5.57%
Kilscoran	967	954	-13	-1.34%
Taghmon	1078	1026	-52	-4.82%
Tomhaggard	594	582	-12	-2.02%