2006 Census Of Population - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS)

With effect from 11.00 today, 25th October 2007, users can access the full detail of the Census 2006 small area population statistics (SAPS)1. Simply visit the CSO website www.cso.ie, click on the Census tab and select the small area population statistics component from among the census results to discover the real richness of the information based on Census 2006.

The SAPS tables are indispensable for those interested in analysing the demographic and socio-economic make-up of the population at local, regional or national level.

What geographical areas are covered in SAPS?

The following nine geographical levels are distinguished:

• Census enumerations areas (EAs) for Dublin (1,138), Cork (196), Galway (76), Limerick (97) and Waterford (52)
  including their suburbs;
• Dáil constituencies (43);
• Electoral Divisions (EDs 3,450), Counties (34) and Provinces (4);
• Gaeltacht areas (8);
• Health Service Executive areas (4);
• Local electoral areas (180);
• Regional Authority areas (7);
• Towns (233) with a population of 1,000 or over, organised alphabetically; and
• Urban (34) and rural areas (34) of each county.

1 The SAPS demographic variables have been available since 21 st June. Today's release includes the remaining socio-economic topics.

What subject matters are covered?

The SAPS contain information based on the topics included on the census form. The data is organised in 15 different themes covering a total of 67 tables as follows:

1. Sex, age and marital status
2. Migration and ethnicity
3. Irish language
4. Families
5. Private households
6. Housing
7. Communal establishments
8. Principal status
9. Social class and socio-economic group
10. Education
11. Commuting
12. Disability, carers and voluntary work
13. Occupations
14. Industries
15. Car and PC ownership

Each of the 67 tables contains the relevant data for the different geographical levels specified.

How are the tables displayed?

The tables are displayed using Beyond 2020 software. By availing of the software's online help users can easily learn to navigate their way through the various tables. In particular, the tables can be re-formatted to the user's own requirements by transposing rows and columns or by confining the analysis to particular variables or geographical levels. For example, Theme 1.2 - population by sex, age and marital status for EDs, Counties and Provinces - can be confined to population by sex at county level by simply omitting the rows and columns not required.

Row and column percentages can be automatically shown using Beyond 2020 while all tabular data can be downloaded to the user's desktop by clicking the "Actions" tab and downloading using Excel or ASCII format.

How can I search by area?

A search facility on the census home page enables geographical searches to be carried out. If the street or townland name is known then the electoral division to which it belongs can be determined. For instance searching for "Synge Street" results in the ED of "St Kevins" in Dublin City.

A listing of the streets contained in each of the Census Enumeration Areas (EAs) is also provided in a Gazetteer which is organised on a county basis. This is also on the census home page.

For further information contact:

Shaun McLaughlin on 01-895 1474 or Deirdre Cullen on 01-895 1334.
Central Statistics Office, Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, Co. Dublin.
Census Enquiries: (01) 895 1460/61/63/66
Fax: (01) 895 1399
E-mail: census@cso.ie
Internet: www.cso.ie

25 October 2007

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