13,000 non-Irish people in Louth

There were close to 13,000 nonIrish people living in County Louth in April 2016, according to the 2016 Census.

The figures show that some 12,993 people living in in the county indicated they were non-Irish nationals.

This is an increase of 2.2% (282) on 2011.

The immigrant community in Louth makes up 10.2% of the county’s overall population, compared with 10.4% five years previously.

Non-Irish nationals comprised 11.6% of Ireland’s population as a whole in April 2016, according to Census 2016 Profile 7 Migration and Diversity.

OF the 12,993 non-Irish nationals living in Louth just over 60% of them were from five EU countries - Poland, Lituania, the UK, Latvia and Romania.

Polish nationals (2,107) were the largest single group, followed by Lithuanians (2,021).

The largest number of people from other countries come from Poland (122,515 people) followed by the UK (103,113), Lithuania, Romania, Latvia and Brazil.

Of the 82,346 people who moved to Ireland in the year prior to Census 2016, some 1,723 were living in County Louth.

This was an increase of 664 (62.7%) on the year before the 2011 census.

Of those 1,723 people, 1,258 (73.0%) were non-Irish nationals.

The report shows that, in April 2016, there were 535,475 non-Irish nationals living in the country, a 1.6% decrease on the 2011 figure of 544,357. The numbers of people holding dual citizenship (Irish-other country) increased by 87.4% to 104,784 persons.

The CSO has now published seven of the 11 thematic reports from Census 2016.

Two Summary Reports have also been published.

Commenting, Deirdre Cullen, Senior Statistician, said: ‘ This report gives a detailed insight into the many different nationalities living in Ireland, including their age profile, marital status, the languages they speak, and their educational and employment status. Non-Irish nationals and those with dual nationality are now well established in Irish society and communities throughout the country, and this report provides a wealth of information on their social and economic circumstances in April 2016.’

The census figures relate to the de facto population, i.e. the population recorded for each area represents the total of all persons present within its boundaries on the night of Sunday, 24 April 2016, together with all persons who arrived in that area on the morning of Monday, 25 April 2016, not having been enumerated elsewhere.