Among people living in County Cavan at the time of the Census, 60,348 had been born in Ireland, and 12,184 had been born in other countries. The largest group of those born abroad (9,976) were born in other EU 27 countries excluding Northern Ireland. Social Class, Employment and Education Census 2011 taken at the height of the economic downturn recorded that the number of unemployed was 7,331 or 21.2 per cent of – – the total labour force, an increase of 4,810 compared to 2006. Male unemployment accounted for 65 per cent of all those unemployed in the county in 2011. In December 2015, were 5,458 people on the live register in the county. This represented a very significant drop (32 per cent) from a peak of 7,988 in July 2010. Males account for 58 per cent of the live register (3,192 males versus 2,266 females) (Dec 2015). Like any other part of the country, Cavan was massively affected by the economic downturn after 2007, reflected in the drop in the absolute deprivation score from -2.8 in 2006 to -11.0 in 2011. This represents a drop of 8.2, compared to a nationwide drop of 6.5. This also implies that the relative position of Cavan significantly worsened from the thirteenth most disadvantaged to the eighth most disadvantaged local authority area in Ireland. In 2011 the deprivation index shows that of the 89 EDs in County Cavan in 2011, 72 (80% of EDs) are marginally below average while 12 are marginally above average and 5 EDs are in the disadvantaged range. Mapping shows that many of the rural parts of the county are more disadvantaged with even more ED’s falling into the ‘marginally below average’ category. In particular the North West of Cavan and Cavan Urban area has significantly worsened over this period falling into the category. The most affluent areas still tend to be in the surroundings of Cavan town, but excluding the ‘disadvantaged’ town centre itself.
Among people living in County Cavan at the time of the Census, 60,348 had been born in Ireland, and 12,184 had been born in other countries. The largest group of those born abroad (9,976) were born in other EU 27 countries excluding Northern Ireland. Social Class, Employment and Education Census 2011 – taken at the height of the economic downturn – recorded that the number of unemployed was 7,331 or 21.2 per cent of the total labour force, an increase of 4,810 compared to 2006. Male unemployment accounted for 65 per cent of all those unemployed in the county in 2011. In December 2015, were 5,458 people on the live register in the county. This represented a very significant drop (32 per cent) from a peak of 7,988 in July 2010. Males account for 58 per cent of the live register (3,192 males versus 2,266 females) (Dec 2015). Like any other part of the country, Cavan was massively affected by the economic downturn after 2007, reflected in the drop in the absolute deprivation score from -2.8 in 2006 to -11.0 in 2011. This represents a drop of 8.2, compared to a nationwide drop of 6.5. This also implies that the relative position of Cavan significantly worsened from the thirteenth most disadvantaged to the eighth most disadvantaged local authority area in Ireland. In 2011 the deprivation index shows that of the 89 EDs in County Cavan in 2011, 72 (80% of EDs) are marginally below average while 12 are marginally above average and 5 EDs are in the disadvantaged range. Mapping shows that many of the rural parts of the county are more disadvantaged with even more ED’s falling into the ‘marginally below average’ category. In particular the North West of Cavan and Cavan Urban area has significantly worsened over this period falling into the ‘disadvantaged’ category. The most affluent areas still tend to be in the surroundings of Cavan town, but excluding the town centre itself.
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