Population Statistics
Ireland
Population
|
4,757,976 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
Language
|
English [official] |
|
| Gaelic [official] | 39.8% |
|---|---|
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| Catholic Christianity | 78.3% |
|---|---|
| No Religion | 9.8% |
| Church of Ireland | 2.7% |
| Other Christianity | 2.6% |
| Islam | 1.3% |
| Other | 1.7% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ethnicity
| White Irish | 82.2% |
|---|---|
| Other White | 9.5% |
| Asian | 2.1% |
| Black | 1.3% |
| Other | 1.5% |
| Irish Travellers | 0.7% |
| Not Stated 2.6 % | |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Cultural Dimensions
|
28 |
|
|
70 |
|
|
68 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
65 |
|
Australians with Irish Ancestry
| 2,388,058 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Irish in Australia
Population
|
74,888 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in Ireland. |
Median Age
| 41 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Gender
| Male | 53.1% |
|---|---|
| Female | 47.0% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| Catholic Christianity | 71.7% |
|---|---|
| No Religion | 16.9% |
| Anglican Christianity | 2.8% |
| Other Religion | 5.1% |
| Not Stated | 3.2% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ancestry
| Irish | 88.0% |
|---|---|
| English | 4.9% |
| Australian | 1.7% |
| Scottish | 1.6% |
| Other Ancestry | 3.8% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| English | 94.3% |
|---|---|
| Irish | 2.0% |
| Other Languages | 3.0% |
|
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 96.3% speak English fluently. |
|
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Diaspora
| New South Wales | 32.1% |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | 24.1% |
| Victoria | 20.9% |
| Queensland | 15.2% |
| Other | 7.7% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 2007 | 55.7% |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | 22.4% |
| 2012 - 2016 | 19.3% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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