Almost 12% of Cavan population are non-Irish nationals

Almost 12% of the population in County Cavan are non-Irish nationals, according to the latest analysis of Census 2011. The Central Statistics Office released the figures today, showing that 8,409 (or 11.6%) non-Irish nationals were living in the county at the time of the Census last year. This is largely in line with the national average of 12%. Of the non-Irish nationals resident in County Cavan, 2,118 were UK nationals (the largest non-Irish nationality in the county), followed by Polish nationals with 1,889 persons. Today's publication "Profile 6 Migration and Diversity - A Profile of Diversity in Ireland " presents a profile of the non-Irish nationals living in Ireland in April 2011, along with results on recent migration, foreign languages and ability to speak English. Deirdre Cullen, senior statistician at the CSO: "This report provides further analysis of the non-Irish population living in Ireland at the time of the last census. It examines aspects such as mixed nationality households, age structure and marital status, numbers by towns, as well as new data on ability to speak English by year of arrival into Ireland." The full report is available on the CSO website at www.cso.ie/census along with all the data which is available in a range of interactive web tables.