10 things you need to know from the Census results

The first results from the 2016 Census have been released. Here's a quick look at what you need to know.

1. The population has grown by 169,724 since 2011

There are now 4,757,976 people living in Ireland.

2. There are 2,022,895 houses in the country

But 259,562 of them are unoccupied.

3. 29.5% of houses in Leitrim are not lived in - the highest percent in the country

The lowest percent of vacancy is in Kildare, which stands at 6.3%

4. 28,558 less people are moving around the country

6,731 people left Donegal while 7,981 moved to Dublin

5. The five cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford have all grown faster than their surrounding counties

Cork City has grown by 5.4 per cent compared with 4.2 per cent for the county; Galway City has increased by 5.3 per cent, far stronger than the county which is showing an increase of 2.2 per cent, while Waterford City has seen growth of 3.5 per cent compared with only 1.4 per cent for the county.

6. The average number of persons per TD for the country as a whole now sits at 30,114

This is above the constitutional limit of 30,000, and 25 constituencies now have more than 30,000 persons per TD.

7. The fastest growing constituency was Dublin Fingal

It increased by 10,596 persons or 7.5 per cent over the five years.

8. The number of holiday homes increased marginally by 1,809

Irish people own 59,395 holiday homes.

9. Not all counties experienced population growth since 2011

Three counties witnessed population decline over the five years, namely Donegal (-1.5%), Mayo (-0.2%) and Sligo (-0.1%).

10. There are more women than men living in Ireland

There are 978 males per 1,000 females.

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