Justice Regional SDGs Ireland 2017 - Central Statistics Office

7.1 Divorce and Judicial Separation applications to the Circuit Court, 2015

Table 7.1 Divorce and Judicial Separation applications to the Circuit Court by county, 2015¹
				number
Region and County	Divorce applications		Judicial Separation applications		Divorces granted per 1,000 population
Region and County	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Divorces granted per 1,000 population
Border	237	244	90	42	0.6
Cavan	64	49	21	5
Donegal	80	82	27	7
Leitrim	18	28	6	3
Monaghan	26	37	24	9
Sligo	49	48	12	18
Midland	230	176	73	29	0.6
Laois,	64	48	19	10
Longford	26	22	8	3
Offaly	63	40	21	9
Westmeath	77	66	25	7
West	397	142	137	22	0.3
Galway	261	33	98	3
Mayo	100	82	26	10
Roscommon	36	27	13	9
Dublin	1,552	1,235	440	283	0.9
Mid-East	457	387	203	185	0.6
Kildare	141	115	103	130
Louth	100	102	48	23
Meath	115	116	37	21
Wicklow	101	54	15	11
Mid-West	418	345	137	80	0.7
Clare	104	71	34	23
Limerick	172	156	57	33
Tipperary	142	118	46	24
South-East	407	267	101	33	0.6
Carlow	68	52	14	10
Kilkenny	78	50	31	8
Waterford	118	89	32	7
Wexford	143	76	24	8
South-West	592	468	203	115	0.7
Cork	481	376	166	87
Kerry	111	92	37	28
Total	4,290	3,264	1,384	789	0.7
Source: CSO Vital Statistics
¹ There were 25 Divorces and 38 Judicial Separations granted by the High Court in 2015.

Open in Excel: Regional SDGs Ireland 2017 Table 7.1 (XLS 12KB)

In 2015 there were 4,290 applications received for divorce in the Circuit Courts in Ireland and 3,264 were granted.
In 2015, the divorce rate in Ireland was 0.7 per 1,000 population for divorces granted.
The divorce rate was lowest in the West at 0.3 per 1,000 population. The rate in Dublin was three times higher than in the West at 0.9 per 1,000 population.
The counties with the fewest number of divorces granted were Longford (22), Roscommon (27) and Leitrim (28).
About 38% of all divorces granted in 2015 were in Dublin.

This table was updated on 4 March 2019 to correct an error in the original calculations.

7.2 Referendum results to repeal the 8th amendment by constituency, 2018

Table 7.2 Referendum results to repeal the 8th amendment by constituency, 2018
	number	%	number		%
Region and constituency	Electorate	% Turnout	Valid poll	Votes in favour	% In favour
Border	306,457	60	183,969	99,359	54.0
Cavan-Monaghan	91,602	63	57,904	32,115	55.5
Donegal	118,901	57	67,650	32,559	48.1
Sligo-Leitrim	95,954	61	58,415	34,685	59.4
Midland	219,645	62	135,174	79,889	59.1
Laois	63,860	62	39,496	24,232	61.4
Longford-Westmeath	89,665	59	52,989	30,876	58.3
Offaly	66,120	65	42,689	24,781	58.1
West	331,892	62	206,359	124,911	60.5
Galway East	69,631	63	44,071	26,525	60.2
Galway West	107,726	60	64,328	42,422	65.9
Mayo	91,377	62	56,574	32,287	57.1
Roscommon-Galway	63,158	66	41,386	23,677	57.2
Dublin	875,756	66	574,189	433,255	75.5
Dublin Bay North	108,209	72	77,327	57,754	74.7
Dublin Bay South	78,892	55	43,217	33,919	78.5
Dublin Central	48,002	52	24,653	18,863	76.5
Dublin Fingal	95,926	70	67,363	51,840	77.0
Dublin Mid-West	71,558	67	48,030	35,192	73.3
Dublin North-West	62,270	63	38,966	28,477	73.1
Dublin Rathdown	64,887	70	45,374	34,529	76.1
Dublin South-Central	76,914	60	45,731	34,201	74.8
Dublin South-West	106,588	69	72,943	54,642	74.9
Dublin West	67,138	68	45,389	33,595	74.0
Dun Laoghaire	95,372	69	65,196	50,243	77.1
Mid-East	487,429	66	321,956	225,452	70.0
Kildare North	85,587	64	54,457	40,058	73.6
Kildare South	63,190	61	38,646	27,307	70.7
Louth	106,184	66	69,762	46,429	66.6
Meath East	67,755	66	44,338	30,686	69.2
Meath West	65,651	63	41,193	26,343	64.0
Wicklow	99,062	74	73,560	54,629	74.3
Mid-West	342,199	63	215,856	133,676	61.9
Clare	83,225	64	53,407	34,328	64.3
Limerick City	77,836	62	48,110	32,169	66.9
Limerick County	67,592	62	42,092	24,448	58.1
Tipperary	113,546	64	72,247	42,731	59.1
South-East	306,305	64	195,945	131,162	66.9
Carlow-Kilkenny	112,704	62	69,629	44,211	63.5
Waterford	83,107	64	53,312	37,016	69.4
Wexford	110,494	66	73,004	49,935	68.4
South-West	497,873	65	320,165	202,277	63.2
Cork East	85,643	64	54,491	34,941	64.1
Cork North-Central	84,412	62	52,547	33,639	64.0
Cork North-West	68,830	66	45,248	27,194	60.1
Cork South-Central	87,524	67	58,209	40,071	68.8
Cork South-West	60,356	67	40,534	26,147	64.5
Kerry	111,108	62	69,136	40,285	58.3
Total	3,367,556	64	2,153,613	1,429,981	66.4
Source: Referendum Commission

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The turnout in the referendum on repealing the 8th amendment was 64.1% and varied from a low of 60.2% in the Border region to a high of 66.2% in the Mid-East.
At county level, the highest turnout was in Wicklow (74.5%), Dublin Bay North (71.6%) and Dublin Fingal (70.4%) while the lowest turnout was in Dublin Central (51.5%), Dublin Bay South (54.9%) and Donegal (57.1%).
Three-quarters of the votes were in favour in Dublin (75.5%) while in the Border region just over half of the votes were favour (54%).
A majority of the votes were in favour of repealing the 8th amendment in all constituencies with the exception of Donegal where 48.1% were in favour.
The highest votes in favour were in Dublin Bay South (78.5%), Dún Laoghaire (77.1%) and Dublin Fingal (77%).

7.3 Effect of anti-social behaviour on persons aged 18 and over, 2015

Table 7.3 Effect of anti-social behaviour on persons aged 18 and over, 2015
						%
County	Very big problem	Fairly big problem	Not a very big problem	Not a problem at all	Not stated	Total
Border	1	6	29	63	1	100
Midland	2	8	34	57	0	100
West	1	5	17	77	0	100
Dublin	4	14	38	43	1	100
Mid-East	3	11	37	49	1	100
Mid-West	1	9	33	57	0	100
South-East	2	7	31	60	1	100
South-West	3	8	29	59	0	100
State	3	9	32	55	1	100
Source: QNHS Crime and victimisation module

Open in Excel: Regional SDGs Ireland 2017 Table 7.3 (XLS 9KB)

More than half (55%) of Irish people aged 18 and over believe that anti-social behaviour is not a problem at all while a further 32% believe that it is not a very big problem.
The West region had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over who said that anti-social behaviour was not a problem at all at 77% while Dublin had the lowest at 43%.
People from Dublin were three times more likely to say that anti-social behaviour was a very big or fairly big problem than people in the West. Only 6% of people from the West said anti-social behaviour was a very big or fairly big problem compared with 18% of people from Dublin.

7.4 Private Households with a PC, 2016

Table 7.4 Private households with a PC, 2016

County	%
Border	63.2
Cavan	64.5
Donegal	61.0
Leitrim	64.3
Monaghan	63.9
Sligo	66.0
Midland	64.4
Laois	65.3
Longford	62.5
Offaly	62.8
Westmeath	65.8
West	66.6
Galway city	69.8
Galway county	67.7
Mayo	64.6
Roscommon	64.3
Dublin	72.0
Dublin city	65.8
South Dublin	73.0
Fingal	77.7
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	80.9
Mid-East	71.6
Kildare	73.8
Louth	65.4
Meath	72.3
Wicklow	73.2
Mid-West	64.9
Clare	67.4
Limerick	64.8
Tipperary	63.2
South-East	66.2
Carlow	64.7
Kilkenny	67.4
Waterford	66.9
Wexford	65.4
South-West	67.8
Cork city	61.7
Cork county	70.9
Kerry	64.9
State	68.4
Source: Census of Population

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Nationally, more than two out of three (68.4%) of households had a PC in 2016.
The Border region had the lowest proportion of households with a PC at 63.2%, compared with 72% of households in Dublin.
At county level, just 61% of households in Donegal had a PC in 2016, compared with 80.9% of households in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

	Private households with a PC
Border	63.2
Midland	64.4
West	66.6
Dublin	72
Mid-East	71.6
Mid-West	64.9
South-East	66.2
South-West	67.8

7.5 Private households with broadband access, 2016

Table 7.5 Private households with broadband access, 2016
		number	%
Region and county	Private households		Private households with broadband access
Region and county	Total	With broadband access	Private households with broadband access
Border	143,888	90,266	62.7
Cavan	26,806	17,061	63.6
Donegal	58,305	36,127	62.0
Leitrim	12,404	7,192	58.0
Monaghan	21,612	13,619	63.0
Sligo	24,761	16,267	65.7
Midland	102,958	64,773	62.9
Laois	28,997	18,960	65.4
Longford	15,092	8,887	58.9
Offaly	27,184	16,412	60.4
Westmeath	31,685	20,514	64.7
West	164,263	105,866	64.4
Galway city	28,827	22,367	77.6
Galway county	62,729	39,396	62.8
Mayo	48,745	29,774	61.1
Roscommon	23,962	14,329	59.8
Dublin	479,159	383,625	80.1
Dublin city	211,591	157,005	74.2
South Dublin	92,393	76,950	83.3
Fingal	96,607	82,095	85.0
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	78,568	67,575	86.0
Mid-East	231,577	172,949	74.7
Kildare	73,348	57,086	77.8
Louth	45,363	32,095	70.8
Meath	63,861	46,851	73.4
Wicklow	49,005	36,917	75.3
Mid-West	173,441	110,344	63.6
Clare	43,348	27,941	64.5
Limerick	71,022	46,590	65.6
Tipperary	59,071	35,813	60.6
South-East	152,669	100,880	66.1
Carlow	20,465	13,539	66.2
Kilkenny	34,743	22,739	65.4
Waterford	43,455	29,801	68.6
Wexford	54,006	34,801	64.4
South-West	249,710	171,364	68.6
Cork city	49,370	34,240	69.4
Cork county	146,052	103,761	71.0
Kerry	54,288	33,363	61.5
State	1,697,665	1,200,067	70.7
Source: Census of Population

Open in Excel: Regional SDGs Ireland 2017 Table 7.5 (XLS 11KB)

Seven out of every ten private households (70.7%) in Ireland had broadband access in 2016. This varied from 62.7% of households in the Border region to 80.1% in Dublin.
The counties with the lowest rates of broadband access were Leitrim (58%), Longford (58.9%) and Roscommon (59.8%).
The three counties with the highest rates of broadband access were all in the Dublin region - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (86%), Fingal (85%) and South Dublin (83.3%).
There is a difference of 28 percentage points between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown which has the highest broadband access at 86% and Leitrim which has the lowest at 58%.

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Regional SDGs Ireland 2017

Justice

7.1 Divorce and Judicial Separation applications to the Circuit Court, 2015

7.2 Referendum results to repeal the 8th amendment by constituency, 2018

7.3 Effect of anti-social behaviour on persons aged 18 and over, 2015

7.4 Private Households with a PC, 2016

7.5 Private households with broadband access, 2016

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