Listowel
Local Profile Update
Socio-Economic Profile
Data Source: CSO Census Data for 2011 and 2016
Population
A total of 4,820 persons were living in Listowel in 2016, a decrease of 0.2% from 2011.
Listowel had an average age of 39.5 years in 2016, an increase from 38.3 years in 2011. This average age is higher than the national average of 37.4 years but marginally lower the regional average of 39.7 years.
Those aged 65 years or older accounted for 18% of the total population in 2016. Those aged 14 years or younger accounted for 19.6% of the total population in 2016. The working age population (15-64 years) accounted for 62.3% of the population in 2016, which is marginally lower than the regional average of 62.5%.
| Age | 2016 |
|---|---|
| 0 - 9 | 671 |
| 10 - 19 | 564 |
| 20 - 29 | 486 |
| 30 - 39 | 746 |
| 40 - 49 | 642 |
| 50 - 59 | 557 |
| 60 - 69 | 551 |
| 70 - 79 | 387 |
| 80+ | 216 |
| Total | 4,820 |
| Sex | Average Age |
|---|---|
| Male | 38.8 |
| Female | 40.0 |
| Overall | 39.5 |
| Age |
2016 No. |
2016 % |
|---|---|---|
| 0 - 14 | 945 | 20.2% |
| 15 - 64 | 3,005 | 63.8% |
| 65+ | 870 | 16.0% |
The total number of non-nationals living in Listowel was 11% of the total population in 2016. This is above both the regional average of 8.2% but marginally below the national average of 11.6%. Non-nationals from Poland comprised the largest percentage of non-nationals, accounting for 36.7% of all non-nationals in Listowel in 2016. Non-nationals from the UK comprised the second largest percentage of non-nationals in Listowel, accounting for 30.6% of all non-nationals
Those living in Listowel with a disability accounted for 17.7% of the total population, marginally above the regional average of 17%. There was a total of 220 carers in Listowel in 2016.
Household Composition
‘Married couple and children’ households comprised 19.8% of all households in 2016. All households with children comprised 42.1% of all households in 2016. This is below both the regional average of 46.7% but below the national average of 48.7%. ‘One person’ households comprised 34.6% of all households in 2016. ‘One person’ households had the largest percentage share of all households in 2016.
‘Adult’ families comprised 20% of all families in 2016, with ‘Adolescent’ families comprising 14%. Families with younger children (i.e. Pre-adolescent’, ‘Early school’ and ‘Pre-school’ comprised 34% of families. ‘Retired’ and ‘Empty Nest’ families comprised 26% of all families. This is higher than the regional average of 24.8%.
All ‘Owner occupied’ households comprised 56.9% of all households in 2016. This is lower than the regional average of 75%. All ‘Rented’ households comprised 38.5% of all households. This is higher than the regional average of 19.9%.
‘Occupied’ dwellings accounted for 83% of all dwellings in 2016. This is below with the regional average of 86%. ‘Vacant’ dwellings accounted for 17% of all dwellings in 2016. This is higher than the regional average of 14%.
Education
The number of those aged 15 years or older with ‘Up to Leaving Cert’ education was 51.2% in 2016. This is lower than the regional average of 54.5%. Those with ‘No formal education’ accounted for 2.1% of all those aged 15 years or older in 2016. This is marginally higher than the regional average of 2%.
Those with ‘Third Level’ or higher (Level 6 or higher) education accounted for 33.5% of all those aged 15 years or older in 2016. This is higher than the regional average of 30.9%.
Economy
The unemployment rate was 11.4% in Listowel in 2016, a decrease from 15.2% in 2011. This is higher than the regional average of 8.4% and the national average of 6.3%. Those ‘At work’ accounted for 42.8% of those aged 15 years or older in 2016, which is below the regional average of 48.5%. Those ‘retired’ comprised 20.1% of those aged 15 years or older in 2016. This is higher than the regional average of 18.6%.
Those in ‘Professional’ and ‘Employer and Manager’ roles comprised 25.3% of those employed in 2016. This is higher than the regional average of 24%. Those in ‘Non-Manual’, ‘Manual Skilled’, ‘Semi-Skilled’, ‘Unskilled’ and ‘Own Account’ comprised 49.1% of those employed, higher than the regional average of 46.6%. ‘Farmers’, ‘Agricultural workers’ and ‘Others gainfully occupied/unknown’ comprised 25.5% of those employed, lower than the regional average of 29.5%.
| Socio-Economic Group | % Persons 2016 | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A Employers and managers | 11% | 25.3% |
| B Higher professional | 4% | |
| C Lower professional | 11% | |
| D Non-manual | 20% | 49.1% |
| E Manual skilled | 9% | |
| F Semi-skilled | 11% | |
| G Unskilled | 4% | |
| H Own account workers | 4% | |
| I Farmers | 2% | 25.5% |
| J Agricultural workers | 0% | |
| Z Others gainfully occupied/unknown | 23% | |
| Total | 100% | |
Transport
Travel as a ‘car driver’ or ‘car passenger’ accounted for 70% of all work-related journeys and 61% of all education-related journeys in 2016. This is higher than the regional average of 69% for work-related journeys and in line with the regional average of 61% for education-related journeys respectively. ‘Green Transport’ (includes travelling on foot, by bus, minibus, coach, train, or tram) accounted for 15% of all work-related journeys and 36% of all education-related journeys.
Overall, travel by car, lorry or other private motor vehicles accounted for 71.5% of all travel journeys, while ‘Green Transport’ accounted for 23.1%.
Average commute time for Listowel was 20.4 minutes in 2016, lower than the regional average of 25.2 minutes. 73.5% of all travel was undertaken in 30 minutes of less, higher than the regional average of 65.1%. In terms of car ownership, 75.7% of households had one or more cars in 2016, lower than the regional average of 85.8%. 22.8% of households have no car(s), higher than the regional average of 12.4%.
Connectivity
61.1% of households had a personal computer in 2016, marginally lower than the regional average of 61.4%.
36.7% of households had no personal computer, marginally higher than the regional average of 36.1%.
65.4% of households had access to Broadband in 2016, higher than the regional average of 57.2%.
26.5% of households had no access to Broadband, lower than the regional average of 28.9%.
Deprivation
The 2016 Pobal HP Deprivation Index shows the level of overall affluence and deprivation at small area level throughout Ireland.
The index is created through local analysis of relevant metrics (i.e. the proportion of skilled professionals, education levels, employment levels, and single-parent households found in an area).
Listowel* had a HP Deprivation score of -0.25 in 2016, a decrease from -0.23 in 2011. This is higher than the regional average HP Deprivation score of -4.39 in 2016. Listowel can be described as having a ‘marginally below average’ HP Deprivation score.
*Weighted average based on population in each respective year