UK NATIONALS MAKE UP 1,917 OF POPULATION

THERE’S BEEN A DECLINE IN NUMBER OF NON-IRISH NATIONALS LIVING IN SLIGO

THE latest figures from Census 2016 released by the CSO show there’s been a decline in the number of non-Irish nationals living in Sligo.

In April 2016, some 5,892 people living in Sligo indicated that they were non-Irish nationals, a decline of 507 (7.9%) on five years previously.

They comprised 9.2% of the county’s population, compared with 10.0% in 2011.

Nationally, 11.6% of the population were non-Irish nationals.

The largest non-Irish national group in the county were UK nationals with 1,917 residents, followed by Polish nationals with 1,521.

Together with nationals of Germany, Lithuania and Latvia, they comprised 68.5% of the county’s non-Irish national population in April 2016.

In the year prior to Census 2016, some 796 people moved into the county, an increase of 183 (29.9%) compared with the year prior to the 2011 census.

Of these, 516 (64.8%) were non-Irish nationals.