Dublin City Socio Economic Profile
Dublin City Socio Economic Profile
Dublin City Socio Economic Profile
Bernie Doherty
Chief Officer, Dublin City Local Community Development Committee
Bernie.doherty@dublincity.ie
CONTENTS
Demographics5
Population Change 6
Age and Sex Structure 7
Social Class Profile 8
Marital Status Profile 9
Ethnicity/ Nationality 10
Religious Profile 11
Family Structure Profile 12
Family units / size profile 13
Income and Living Conditions 14
Dependency (ratio of people unable to work to the total population) 15
Educational Attainment 16
Immigration17
Emigration 18
Affluence and Deprivation 19
Health 20
Supports for care of disabled / Disability 21
Carer Hours 22
Social Capital 23
Voter Engagement 24
Volunteer Activity 25
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Property 43
Housing Completions 44
Housing Vacancy 45
Housing Stock 46
Housing Affordability 47
Property Transaction Activity 48
Residential rental 49
Commercial Property 50
New Building Commencements data, & Completions data 51
Planning Permissions 52
Zoning Data/Residential Land Availability 53
Rate of Housing Vacancy 54
Mortgage Draw downs 55
Property Repossessions 56
Transport57
Mode of Travel 58
Air Passengers 59
Car Ownership by Household 60
Tourism61
Overseas visitors to Dublin, Tourism, & Revenue 62
Domestic tourism 63
Visits to fee-charging attractions 64
Air passenger throughput (numbers) 65
Port passenger throughput (numbers) 66
Retail 67
Retail Rents 68
Investment69
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 70
Education71
Educational Quality/ Tertiary Education Level 72
Third-level participation rates 73
Students - College Type 74
4
Demographics
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Population Change
Legend
Population Change 2002-2011
Percentages (%)
-20% - 0%
1% - 30%
31% - 60%
61% - 90%
91% - 135%
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The population of Dublin City is dominated by persons falling within the age profile of 20-40.
Nationally, there is a more even spread across age profiles. The most concentrated age profile is 30-
34 year olds (for both male and females) nationally. At 72%, Dublin City has the largest proportion
of 15-64 years old than any other Local Authority area in Co. Dublin.
DCC 2011 - Age and Population State 2011 - Age and Population
85 years and over 85 years and over
80 - 84 years 80 - 84 years
75 - 79 years 75 - 79 years
70 - 74 years 70 - 74 years
65 - 69 years 65 - 69 years
60 - 64 years 60 - 64 years
55 - 59 years 55 - 59 years
50 - 54 years 50 - 54 years
45 - 49 years 45 - 49 years
Age
Age
40 - 44 years 40 - 44 years
35 - 39 years 35 - 39 years
30 - 34 years 30 - 34 years
25 - 29 years 25 - 29 years
20 - 24 years 20 - 24 years
15 - 19 years 15 - 19 years
10 - 14 years 10 - 14 years
5 - 9 years 5 - 9 years
0 - 4 years 0 - 4 years
8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 6 4 2 2 4 6
% %
DCC
DLR
12.6% 15.2%
14.5% 18.2%
State
0-14 (%)
Fingal 15-64 (%)
South Dublin
65+ (%)
7.2% 8.7%
23.1%
24.2%
67.0%
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Socio-Economic Group
By Socio-Economic Group
30%
25%
20%
State
15% DCC
Fingal
10% DLR
South Dublin
5%
0%
Employers Higher Lower Non-manual Manual Semi-skilled Unskilled Own Farmers Agricultural Other
and professional professional skilled Account workers
Managers workers
By Local Authority
Source: The Central Statistics Office
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
30%
8 Manual skilled
15%
Semi-skilled
Unskilled
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Dublin City is home to a higher concentration of single people and a lower number of married
couples than average for the state, and for the other Local Authority areas in Co. Dublin.
50%
State
40% 30% DCC
Fingal
30%
DLR
20%
South Dublin
10% 5%
3% 2%
0%
Single Married Separated Divorced Widowed
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Ethnicity/ Nationality
Fingal
40%
19% 20% DLR
20% 13% 12% 15%
South Dublin
0%
Irish by Nationality Non-Irish by Nationality
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Religious Profile
The religious profile of Dublin Local Authority areas shows that Dublin City has the lowest proportion
of Catholics in Co. Dublin and has the highest proportion of people with no religion (11%).
60% State
50% DCC
40% Fingal
DLR
30%
South Dublin
20%
13% 12%
10% 11% 11% 10%
8% 7%
10% 6% 6%
2% 3% 2% 2% 2%
0%
Catholic Other Religion No Religion Not Stated
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Family structure profiles for Dublin Local Authorities reveal that 2 person families are most heavily
concentrated in the Dublin City administrative area. The number of 3 person families resident in
the Dublin City area falls just short of the national average. Dublin city has fewer 4, 5 and 6 person
families than other local authority areas in Co. Dublin.
50%
50%
40%
State
30% DCC
23% Fingal
17%
20% DLR
South Dublin
7%
10%
3%
0%
2 Persons (No of 3 Persons (No of 4 Persons (No of 5 Persons (No of 6 or More Persons (No of
families) families) families) families) families)
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0%
DCC South Dublin Fingal DLR State
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The bar chart shows the mean household disposable income from 2008 to 2013. Both the nominal
and real values are shown, with real values adjusted due to inflation. Clearly the disposable income
per household has dropped since 2008 with real disposable income value of €61,496 and €50,938
in 2013. This shows a drop in disposable income over the period per household of 21%.
Mean Real Household Disposable Income (Euro) Mean Nominal Household Disposable Income (Euro)
61496 61724 58759 58759 57023 55004 54111 52925 51589 51589 50938 51458
This chart showing average household income in the period 2008-2012 indicates a gradual rise in
total income per person following a drop in 2010. In line with this, a gradual though marginal rise in
disposal income per person is also notable.
35000
30000
20000
Disposable Income per Person
15000 (excluding Rent) (Euro)
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Educational Attainment
education. Some EDs located within the north and west DCC administrative area have the lowest
% Primary Level
1% - 5%
persons than South Dublin or the State average. Dun Laoghaire, followed by Fingal have the highest
Educational Attainment
numbers of third level educated persons in Co. Dublin. Legend
% Primary Level
1% - 5%
Percentage ofasDublin
educational City
highest
21% - 30%
31% - 40%
level attained
with primary education as
highest level attained
Legend
% Third level qualification and above
< 25%
nt
6% - 10%
Legend
% Secondary Level
11% - 20%
< 10% 21% - 30% Percentage of Dublin City
Percentage of31%
Dublin City with third level & above
11% - 20%
- 40%
Percentage of Dublin City
21% - 30%
31% - 40%
with primary education as
41% - 50%
with secondary education as educational as highest
highest level attained highest level attained level attained
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Immigration
Following a fall off in the number of people immigrating during the period 2010-2012, the number
of immigrants rose again in 2013 and in 2014. The highest proportion of immigrants are from areas
other than the EU, Australia, Canada and the USA.
Rest of world
USA
Canada
Australia
EU 134
Rest of EU 153
UK
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Emigration
The UK and Australia are the most popular destinations for emigrants from Ireland although the
numbers of people emigrating have decreased in the past 2 years from a high in 2012.
10.7
5.0
3.6
1.1
0.2
UK Rest of EU EU Australia Canada USA Rest of World
- - 0.4
- 0.5 0.3 -0.2 - 1.0
-1.2 -0.9 -1.3-1.4 -1.0
-1.4
-1.9
-2.4 - 2.6 - 3.3
-4.1 - 4.2 - 4.0 - 3.9 -3.5 - 3.6
- 4.2 -4.2 -4.2 -4.1
-5.0
-6.2 -5.9
-6.4
-8.1 -7.7
-8.2
-9.0
-10.5 -10.1
-12.2
-13.3
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Neighbourhoods located in the north of the Dublin City administrative area have the highest levels
of disadvantage, along with some areas to the west of the city centre. The highest concentration of
affluent areas are located south of the city centre.
Clear spatial patterns of a North West – South East divide showing EDs of Very Affluent in the
South East and Disadvantaged in the North West. The 3rd Map shows the change in HP Relative
Depravation from 2002 – 2011; interestingly the Southern EDs have seen the largest increase during
this period with the more affluent areas actually widening the gap with disadvantaged areas.
Legend
HP Pobal Deprivation Index 2012
Disadvantaged
Marginally Below Average
Marginally Above Avage
Affluent
Very Affluent
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Health
20
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
0%
DCC Fingal Dunl South Dublin
Source: Release
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
Release Frequency: Quinquennial - 2011
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Carer Hours
The total number of carers for the Dublin City exceeds 15000 persons with nearly double the
amount of carers being female, Interestingly, the number of male working 1-14 hours as carer is
quite large which signifies that male carers work less hours than the female counterparts.
0
Total (Males) Total (Females)
22
Social Capital
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Voter Engagement
This map reveals that voter engagement within the city centre area tends to be lower than in areas
north and south of the city.
Source: DECLG
Scale: Local Polling Distrct
Release Frequency: Quarterly updates
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Volunteer Activity
A higher than state average number of volunteers for social/charity, religious and political causes
reside in the Dublin city administrative area. There is a slightly lower number of volunteers for
sporting related activities/events than for the state average and than in the three other Local
Authority areas in Co. Dublin.
South Dublin
Fingal
DLR
Dublin City
State
In Dublin City, other Local Authority areas in Co. Dublin, and the State in general, there are higher
numbers of female volunteers than male volunteers.
46%
44%
State Dublin City DLR Fingal South Dublin
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Labour Force/ Industry
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The GDP per capita of persons living in the Southern and Eastern region of the country is 35600
Euro while the GDP in the border, Midland and Western region is 20700 and accounts for 37% of
GDP compared with the Southern and Eastern region 63% of National GDP.
63%
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Average
arnings by Sector earnings by selected sectors (ITC
2008-2014 Earnings per Week (Euro) All NACE Codes
and manufacturing) have not undergone
1042.34 significant
1038.7 1037.21
changes in the period since 730
2012 when a slight rise on 2009 to 2012 720
710
earnings is notable. 700
690
The three graphs show
Earnings per Week that
(Euro) ITC average 680
earnings per week is now at the same
Earnings per Week (Euro) Manufacturing
670
value as in 2008, and a decrease of 12% 660
650
in the number of workers. The average 640
hourly paid hours has gone down by 3%.
0
2008Q1 2009Q1 2010Q1 2011Q1 2012Q1 2013Q1 2014Q1
2%
-2%
-8%
-3%
3%
3%
0%
-12%
Hourly Earnings excluding Irregular Bonuses (Euro) Average Hourly earnings (Euro)
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Business Demography
Business demography figures available for Dublin show relative consistency in the number of ac-
tive enterprises, persons engaged and number of employees since 2010. This follows a drop from
2008 levels over the two year period to 2010.
There has been a gradual increase in Dublin’s share of business as a percentage of national total
over the period 2008 to 2012.
50%
40% 2008
Active Enterprises (Number) 30% 2009
Persons Engaged (Number) 20% 2010
Employees (Number) 10% 2011
0% 2012
Active Enterprises Persons Engaged Employees (Number)
(Number) As % of (Number) as % State State
State
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Level of SMEs
These charts show the type of business by sector. Micro enterprises (<10 employees) comprise
by far the biggest share of business type for all sectors classified - distribution, active industry,
construction, services, financial and insurance and total business economy.
4%
12% 12% 1% 8%1%
0%
3%
7%1% 8% 2%
Source: CSO
Scale: National
Release Frequency: Annually
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This map series shows the spatial distribution of persons working in manufacturing, transport,
public administration, commerce and trade, and other sectors. Higher numbers of people working
in manufacturing live to the north and west of the city centre area. Those working in transport are
most densely concentrated in the east city centre and in pockets of the north city administrative area.
High numbers of people employed in the commerce and trade sector reside in neighbourhoods
south of the city centre.
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Employment Density
This map shows that there is a lower employment density of metres per employee within the city
centre area and immediate surrounds. Higher employment densities of metres per employee are
available in a number of EDs located north of the city centre area.
Legend
Employment Density of Metres per Employee
< 10
11 - 20
21 - 50
51 - 100
> 101
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Comparatively high numbers of people employed in professional occupations live within the DCC
administrative area (both in comparison to other labour force categories and to other Local Authority
areas, with the exception of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown).
pations (Total)
ns (Total)
(Total)
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New VAT registrations for Dublin City as compared to Dublin County are indicated in the figure
below
State Total of Vat Registrations By Month 2014 Dublin County/City Vat Registrations
247,000
246,000
Dublin County 34,602
245,000
244,000
243,000
242,000
Dublin City 41,144
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Unemployment
This map shows the 2011 Students are most likely to reside in
unemployment rate by ED. the city centre and immediate sur-
rounds.
Legend
% of Residents that are Students
< 10%
11% - 15%
16% - 20%
21% - 25%
> 25%
Legend
Participation Rate
% of Persons At Work Who are of Working Age
50 - 60%
61% - 70%
71% - 80%
81% - 90%
91% - 95%
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600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2002Q1
2008Q1
2003Q1
2005Q1
2006Q1
2009Q1
2000Q1
2004Q1
2011Q1
2007Q1
2012Q3
2013Q3
2012Q1
1998Q3
2001Q3
2010Q3
2013Q1
2014Q3
2015Q1
1998Q1
1999Q3
2001Q1
2010Q1
2014Q1
2002Q3
2003Q3
2008Q3
1999Q1
2005Q3
2000Q3
2004Q3
2006Q3
2009Q3
2011Q3
2007Q3
All NACE economic sectors All NACE economic sectors (Male) All NACE economic sectors (Female)
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10%
Dublin County All Ages
20000
5%
0
0%
2002M06
2003M06
2008M06
2005M06
2004M06
2006M06
2009M06
2011M06
2007M06
2012M06
2013M06
2010M06
2014M06
2015M05
Under 25
88%
n County 02 - 2014 86%
84%
Under 25 Unemployment as % of Total 82%
80%
25%
78%
20% 76%
Dublin County Under 25
15% 74%
Dublin County 25 and Over
10%
Dublin County All Ages Under 25
5%
0%
2015M05
2011M06
Dublin County Under 25 20
Dublin County 25 and Over 88
Dublin County All Ages 109
76%
74%
Under 25
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Invest
The graph shows that foreign direct investment is heavily related to Sales and Exports and has
increased annually since 2009. The other sectors of Direct Expenditure in the Irish Economy, Payroll
Costs, Irish Materials and Irish Services have stagnated in comparison to Sales and Exports. Sales
and Exports account for over 90% of Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland.
40,000
Irish Materials
20,000
Irish Services
-
2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: IDA
Scale: National
Release Frequency: Monthly
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Engineering 51%
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Hardware , ICT
Medical Technology
ICT _Software
mber
80 Engineering
60 Financial Services
40 Hardware , ICT
20 Medical Technology
ICT _Software
0
Number
Source: IDA
Scale: National / Regional
Release Frequency: Annual
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Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
These charts show a higher total for GDP gross tonnes of imports and exports at Dublin Port in Q4
2014 than in Q4 of 2013.
GDP Gross Tonnes "000" 2014 Q4 GDP Gross Tonnes '000 2013 Q4
9000 8000
8000 7000
7000 6000
6000
5000
5000
4000
4000 7791 7357
3000
3000
4714 2000 4437
2000
3077 2920
1000 1000
0 0
Imports Exports Total Imports Exports Total
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In this graph showing gross tonnage of vessels arriving at all Irish Ports since 1999 a gradual
downward trend in the number of arrivals in the period from 1999 to 2011 is apparent. From 2011
to 2013, a more stable trend in gross tonnage of arrivals is notable.
This graph shows gross tonnage of vessels arriving at Dublin Port since 1999. A notable decrease
occurred in the period 2010 to 2011 with a further decrease noted for 2012. A slight increase on the
2012 figure was recorded in 2013.
Number of Arrivals Trend to all Ports Number of Arrivals Trend to Dublin Port
20000
18000 8000
16000 7800
7600
14000
7400
12000
7200
10000 7000
8000 6800
6000 6600
4000 6400
6200
2000
6000
0
2001
2010
1999
2012
2013
2007
2011
2000
2004
2006
2009
2005
2003
2008
2002
2001
2010
1999
2012
2013
2007
2011
2000
2004
2006
2009
2005
2003
2002
2008
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Property
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Housing Completions
SES COMPLETED BY TYPE - Pre 2005
Dublin city housing completions
pre 2005 and post 2005 and NEW HOUSES COMPLETED BY TYPE - Post 2005
broken down by dwelling type1994
are 7,000
set out in the tables below. 1995 2005
6,000
1996 2006
In both periods (1994 to 2005
1997 5,000 2007
and 2005-2013), significantly
1998 4,000 2008
higher numbers of apartments
1999
were constructed than any other 2009
3,000
house type. The boom period 2000 2010
2,000
between 2005 and 2008 followed
2001 2011
by a substantial drop in housing
2002
1,000
2012
completions from 2009 onwards 0
2003 2013
is clearly apparent. Individual House Scheme House Apartments
Semi- Detached Terraced Apartment
- Pre 2005
Source: DOECLG
Scale: Regional / County
Release Frequency: Monthly
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Housing Vacancy
This map shows the number of unoccupied houses in the DCC area. At this time, EDs in and around
Dublin port had the highest levels of occupancy along with some EDs to the south and north of the
city centre.
Source: Census
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
Release Frequency: Quinquennial
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Housing Stock
This map visualises the percentage of owner occupied housing in 2011. The ED’s highlighted in red
show the highest percentage of owner occupancy. Areas north of the city centre appear to have the
overall higher owner occupancy rates of homes in the DCC area.
Legend
Owner Occupied (With / Without Loan or Mortgage)
< - 30%
31% - 50%
51% - 60%
61% - 70%
> 71%
Source: Census
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
Release Frequency: Quinquennial
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Housing Affordability
Border Dublin Mid East Mid West Mid- South South West State Border Dublin Mid East Mid West Mid- South South West State
lands East West lands East West
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The number of property transactions in 2014 per region is set out in the chart below.
The number of property transactions was substantially higher in Dublin than any other region in
Ireland.
This is mirrored in the graph below which shows that 33% (10,849) of all property transactions in the
country occurred in the Dublin Region.
Region
Number of Property Transactions 2014
12000 10849
10000
8000
6000
4291
3644 3422
4000 2833 2967
2646
1852
2000
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Residential Rental
The average cost of rental for a property in Dublin City in 2013 was over €1,100 (a decrease on the
2008 average rental cost). The breakdown of rental costs per property type shows that one and two
bedroom apartments and terrace houses have decreased the most in this period (with respective
average rental fees of €1,023 and €1,087 respectively.
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Commercial Property
This chart shows the national stock of commercial properties in 2014 classified by total stock, and
then broken out into occupied stock and vacant stock.
150,000
100,000
50,000 28,465
21,344
1,602 1,602
-
Total Stock Occupied Vacant
8% 9%
Occupied State
Unocupied Dublin
92% 91%
Source: CBRE
Scale: Street / Shopping Centre / County
Release Frequency: Quarterly,Annual
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This chart shows new building commencements at selected years over the past decade (2004,
2007, 2011, 2014). New builds fell dramatically between the years 2004 and 2007 with a substantial
decline again to the period 2011. A slight recovery is notable by 2014, with the highest number of
new builds occurring in the Fingal Local Authority area.
ow
Source: DOECLG
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
Release Frequency: Annual
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Planning Permissions
Planning applications received by the four Dublin Local Authorities in 2013 are set out in the chart
below. Dublin City has the second highest share of all planning applications (after Fingal).
23%
29% Dublin City
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
South Dublin
32% 16%
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The figures below show that DCC had the largest quantum of residential zoned land up to 2013.
In 2010 DCC could accommodate 67,014 housing units on residential zoned land. Since 2011 the
number of housing units that can be accommodated on residential zoned land has fallen across all
areas.
70000
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown
60000
Fingal
50000
South Dublin
40000
Dublin City Council
30000
Kildare
20000 Meath
10000 Wicklow
0
2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Year Drawdowns
Total Drawdowns 2005 - 2012
2005 201,260
250000 2006 203,953
2007 158,098
200000 2008 110,305
2009 45,818
150000 2010 27,666
2011 14,273
100000
2012 15,881
2013 14,985
50000
2014 14,536
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Property Repossessions
The graph shows that the number of repossessions has increased in Dublin since 2012 growing to
634 from 454. During this period the number of total restructured mortgages grew from 21,748 to
24,945 and the number of mortgages in arrears grew from 18% to 22%. Interestingly the balance
due on mortgages decreased from 31,158,585 to 28,822,373.
400
Reposesions Residential
300
properties in possession Dublin
200
100
0
2012 2013 2014
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Transport
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Mode of Travel
In 2011 the most popular mode of travel for Dublin residents was walking, followed by the private
car. Over 50,000 people travelled by bus, minibus or coach.
100,000 <15min
40,000 1h_<1.30h
21,058 22,075
1.30>
20,000 14,707
3,232 NotStated
-
Persons Travelling
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Air Passengers
The graph shows the number of persons travelling into Dublin Airport monthly from January 2011
to December2014. An increase in air travel is notable during the summer months (from April to
August each year).
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
0
2011M01
2011M03
2011M05
2011M07
2011M09
2011M11
2012M01
2012M03
2012M05
2012M07
2012M09
2012M11
2013M01
2013M03
2013M05
2013M07
2013M09
2013M11
2014M01
2014M03
2014M05
2014M07
2014M09
2014M11
Source: DAA
Scale: National
Release Frequency: Annual
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The table shows the number of cars per household. A total of 41% of households (396,696) have one
car, with 40% of households having two cars. 16% of households have 3 cars or more.
30,000
One motor car
No motor car One motor car Two motor cars Three motor cars Four or more Rest
Total 36,696 36,388 14,221 2,343 588
% of Total 41% 40% 16% 3% 1%
Source: Census
Scale: National / Regional / Local *
Release Frequency: Quinquennial
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Tourism
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
3000
Visitors
2000 Revenue
1000
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
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Domestic tourism
Domestic Revenue
The line graph (€m) that the number of
shows % of Domestic Tourists to Dublin
domestic visitors to Dublin has increased 25%
since 2008 from 15% to 20%.
20%
The chart shows the proportion of
domestic trips to regions of Ireland. 15%
A total of 20% of domestic tourism in
Ireland is to Dublin, with the South West 10%
also accounting for 20% of domestic
tourist. In terms of revenue, the south 5%
west receives over 50 million euro more
Dubllin East & South Dublin
than East South from
West Shannon
domesticWest North West
tourism. 0%
Midlands 2010 2011 2012 2013
Dubllin 300
8%
20% East & Midlands 250
15% 200
South East
150
South West
13% 100
10%
Shannon
50
14% West
20% 0
North West D
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Failte Ireland has compiled a large inventory of data relating to the main tourist attractions in the
country. The table shows the fee paying attractions in Dublin. The Guinness Storehouse receives
over 1,100,000 visitors in 2013 and was closely followed by Dublin Zoo which received over 1,000000
persons.
The second table evaluates the performance of fee paying attractions in Dublin over the period
2009 - 2013.
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
44% 400,000
200,000
0
50%
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This table indicates the air passenger throughput of Irish airports. Dublin Airport has by far the
highest number of passenger throughput - over 10 million in 2013. An increase is passenger
numbers is apparent over the summer months, with a sharp decline during the months January
and February.
Shannon 668,698
639,544
Knock 337,429
328,129
Departures 154,254
Kerry
151,788
Arrivals
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Dublin 10,075,763
Passenger Cars, Motorcycles and Accompanying 10,072,811
160,787 197,093 207,233 196,795 204,613
Trailers/Caravans Handled (Number)
Cork 1,130,402
1,122,234
Passenger Buses Handled (Number) 24,229 27,467 28,825 27,966 4,508
Cruise Ships Visits to Irish Ports (Number)
0 83
5,000,000 76 10,000,000 85 85
15,000,000 87
Passenger Visits to Irish Ports (Number) 74,206 71,837 91,742 93,336 86,771
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
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The number of passenger buses passing through Dublin port fell dramatically in 2012 and 2013 on
previous years.
The majority of passengers using Irish Ports are accompanied by car, motorcycles or trailers/
caravans.
91,742 93,336
86,771
24
74,206 71,837
20
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
28825
Passeng
6,771 27467 27966
Cruise S
24229
Passeng
Passen
4508 4517
Arrivals
Departu
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Retail
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Retail Rents
The table below shows rents for prime retail units in Dublin in 2015. Grafton Street has the highest
retail rent in the city (5,000 euro per metre square) followed by Henry Street (over 3,000 euro per
metre square). Other prime retail locations are the main shopping hubs on the outskirts of the city
such as Dundrum, Blanchardtown and Liffey Valley
Source: CBRE
Scale: Local
Release Frequency: Quarterly, Annual
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Investment
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Invest
The graph shows that foreign direct investment is heavily related to Sales and Exports and has
increased annually since 2009. The other sectors of Direct Expenditure in the Irish Economy - Payroll
Costs, Irish Materials and Irish Services have stagnated in comparison to Sales and Exports.
Sales and Exports account for over 90% of Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland.
40,000
Irish Materials
20,000
Irish Services
-
2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: IDA
Scale: Local
Release Frequency: Monthly
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Education
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Educational Attainment
Percentage ofasDublin
educational City
highest
21% - 30%
31% - 40%
level attained
with primary education as
highest level attained
Legend
% Third level qualification and above
< 25%
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The graph shows the number and gender of students that reside in the DCC area, and the educational
institutions that they are attending.
Over 2,000 students from the DCC area attend university in the city, with a slightly higher number
of female students. Institutes of Technology have the second highest number of DCC resident
students, with a higher proportion of male students.
Institutes of Technology
13322
Colleges
1665
Universits
21214
Total Male Enroled Total Dubln Female Enrolled Total Dublin Enroled
Source: HEA
Scale: County / College
Release Frequency: Annual
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Education
Students - College Type
This graph shows total number of students enrolled in Dublin educational institutes. Over 50,000
students are enrolled in Universities, with 30,000 enrolled in Institutes of Technologies.
Institutes oF Technology
29,303
Colleges
7,785
University
52,759
Source: DOE
Scale: County / College
Release Frequency: Annual
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Crime and Public Safety
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Crime
Recorded crime
The tables below show the number and percentage breakdown of all crimes reported in Dublin in
2013 and 2014. The highest number of offences occurred in the theft and related offences category.
Damage to property and public order offences were the second and third highest crime related
offence categories.
4,757 5%
11,884 10%
12,356 12%
1,278 1%
6,803 7%
2,301 2%
38,530 41%
2013 2013
10,047 12%
1,896 2%
39
0%
2,128
2%
4,124
4%
596
1%
22
0%
4,578
9,886 5%
11,386 12%
1,185 13%
6,623 1%
2,279 7%
39,460 2%
2014
11,119 40%
2,004 2014
10%
53 2%
1,753
0%
4,166
2%
623
4%
37
1%
0%
Sexual offences
Homicide offences
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Crime Victimisation
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Irish Language
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
Of Irish speakers, 50% reported that they speak Irish on a weekly basis, with 36% speaking Irish on
a daily basis within the education system. Just 8% speak Irish daily outside of the education system.
4%
32%
Yes (Speak Irish)
No (Speak Irish)
Irish Speakers
2%
Daily Within education system
4%
8% Daily Within and Outside education
system
36%
Daily Outside educaton system
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ICT and data connectivity
Dublin City: Socio Economic Profile
The map on the left shows the variations in broadband connectivity throughout the DCC area. A
number of EDs in the west and north of the city have broadband connectivity of less than 60%.
The map on the right shows the percentage of households with a PC. Three EDs in the DCC area
have a lower than 55% rate of households with a PC.
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