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Limerick

Limerick, comprising the legally defined administrative area of Limerick City and its suburbs in counties Limerick and Clare, had a population of 87,000 according to the results of the 2002 Census of Population. Limerick is the fastest growing commercial and industrial centre in provincial Ireland. The city is competitive in the areas of food processing, aviation and R&D into the growth of technology based enterprise. As an administrative and regional capital, Limerick contains a large concentration of office development and supports a wide range of medical and educational facilities. The Council has 17 directly elected members, representing four local electoral areas. The Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) of Limerick, which covers the administrative area of Limerick City and its suburbs and hinterland in the counties of Limerick and Clare and Tipperary, had a population of 224,000 inhabitants in 2002.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2001	54,023						353
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	1996	0%						222
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	25%						297
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	16%						273
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	67%						305
Percentage of households living in social housing	2001	12%						192
Average living area in m2 per person
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	317.51						250
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	10%						308
Unemployment rate - female	2001	8%						307
Employment rate	2001	59%						273
Activity rate	2001	59%						307
GDP per head (€)	2001	€25,036						296
Median disposable annual household income(€)
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	48%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2001	0						221
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2001	57%						175
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2001	21						177

SUB CITY LEVEL

6 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS	YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4
Percentage of households that are 1-person households
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)