Constituency profiles show polar opposites in East and West Limerick

Blatantly thieved from Irish Election, well the link is anyway.

The good folks at the Oireactas have profiled the population of each of the 42 constituencies based on the 2006 census, and the profiles are quite detailed too.  Here are some of the interesting points that show how both Limerick East and West are polar opposites

• There are more women than men in Limerick East.  The report shows that while there are 99 men for every 100 women in the east, there are 105 men for every 100 women in the west.  Nationally, there are more men than women in Ireland, with 1001 men for every 1000 women.
• People in the west are more likely to be married (54.1 percent) whilst in the East they are less likely (43.3 percent).  There is a lower percentage of widows in the East, (5.3 percent) than there are in the west (7.1 percent.   Separations are higher in the East also (5.3 percent compared to 4.4 percent in the West)
• While both Limerick East and Limerick West are more racially ethnicly homogeonous than the national average, West Limerick has the higher percentage of those claiming to be white Irish (93.7 compared to 89.7 in the East).  While 1.5 percent of those in the East stated they were either black or black Irish in the East, the number in the west was too low to even register.
• Just under a quarter of all families in Limerick East are headed by a single mother, this compares to 13.2 percent in the West.  The percentage of families headed by a single father is slightly higher in the east than the west, at 1.9 percent and 1.8 percent respectively.
• While more people in the East walk or cycle to work( 24.5 percent than in the west (10.3 percent)  The percentage of those who drive to work is quite similar, (41.6 percent in the East and 45.5 in the West).  Limerick people as a whole  are more likely to use the car than the national average.
• We’re a selfish lot in the East, with lower than average numbers involved in volunteering than our West Limerick counterparts.  Just over 15 percent of us in the East are involved in volunteer work, while the percentage in the county is over 17 percent. Volunteering for sports organisations make up the bulk of volunteer work done in the entire county.

So that is your dose of useless information this Friday morning.  If you want to read the profiles yourself, see the links below

Limerick East

Limerick West

Both are in PDF format.

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