Population change in Co. Laois, 2002-11, by electoral division
The provisional Census 2011 figures published today offer some interesting insights in terms of demographic change in Ireland over the last five years. Despite speculation that population growth levels may have slowed during the Celtic Tiger era, the percentage level of population growth nationally proved to be similar to that for the 2006 Census (although this of course was covering a much shorter time period due to the postponing of the 2001 Census until 2002). As always, there is a very definite geography to population change and population growth levels have been especially concentrated on the counties in the Dublin commuter belt, and the county to especially stand out in this regard, having experienced the greatest percentage increase in population since 2006, is Laois (more…)
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