The Central Statistics Office (CSO) this week published their analysis of the 2006 census with respect to Non-Irish Nationals living in Ireland, the findings showed that persons from 188 different countries make up Ireland's non-Irish population.
There were 420,000 non-Irish nationals living in Ireland at the time of the census in April 2006. Eighty two per cent of these people comprised of ten national groups.
With respect to reasons for living in Ireland the Polish are largely here to work while the Chinese are here to study. UK nationals live mainly in rural areas while the Nigerians are highly urbanised.
The United Kingdom was the largest non Irish group. "There were over 112,000 UK nationals living in Ireland. They have been resident here for longer than the other groups, with large numbers having been here since the 1970s and 1980s, and the majority taking up residence here in the 1990s. The characteristics of UK nationals tend to be similar to those of the Irish population." According to the CSO Report.
The housing profile of non Irish nationals is very different to that of the Irish. Owner occupancy is the favoured status for Irish and UK households however for non Irish nationals (excluding UK) almost eighty per cent of these households were in rented accommodation.
UK headed households(50%) preferred living in detached dwellings compared with Irish households (45%) this is in line with the higher proportions of UK nationals living in rural areas. Flats and apartments were most popular among households headed by other nationalities.
The non-Irish national population had a different demographic profile to that of the Irish, which were dominated by people in their twenties and thirties with significantly more men than women. There were few children and elderly persons among the non-Irish nationals.
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