Accessing Census Data

Fergal ConlonWest Cork Development Partnership

[With help from a presentation prepared by Aileen Healy – CSO

& Eoighan McCarthy – NUI Maynooth]

Democratisation of Information

Local Communities as Experts

• The Information Age…..• Opportunity for…– Bespoke smart design of services – taking account

of unique local circumstances.– The primary stakeholder – local community – can

also be the most sophisticated authority.– Break-down of barriers between “experts” and

local people.

Census Provides Evidence for…

Making the right decisions about our future

Across all levels of government, business and society.

Deploying our resources where most needed and where they will have most positive impact.

How do we make these decisions and how do we know we are making the best ones?

EducationHealthcare

Migration

Jobs

TravelChildcare

Pensions

Housing

Local services Nursing Homes

Disability Services

Skills Training

Utilities

Carers

INFORMATION ON ......

People

ServicesAccommodation

Government

Local AuthoritiesCitizens

SCHOOLS

Non-Irish Nationals Analysts

Businesses

HospitalsNGOs

ECONOMISTS

StudentsMulti-nationals

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

TransportersPlanners

Investors

Development Companies

Representative Groups

Politicians

Agencies

Media

Marketers

Who uses Census Data?

Educators

CARERS

Healthcare Providers

Publication TimetableTitle of Publication Publication Type Publication Date

Principal Demographic Results Volume 29 MarPopulation Classified by Area Volume 26 AprilProfile 1 – Geography Profile 26 AprilProfile 2 – Ages Profile 24 MayPrincipal Socio-Economic Results Volume 28 JuneProfile 3 – Workers and Employment Profile 26 JulySmall Area Population Statistics Web Tables 31 JulyProfile 4 – Housing Profile 30 AugustProfile 5 – Households, Families and Marital Status Profile 20 September

Profile 6 – Migration and Diversity Profile 11 OctoberProfile 7 – Disability, Carers and Health Profile 1 NovemberProfile 8 – Education Profile 22 NovemberProfile 9 – Commuting Profile 13 December

Formats

2011 Census Data

• 2011 census results are published in a variety of formats:– Results volumes and profiles– Interactive Web tables– Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS)- – Interactive Mapping tools

• All are available online on CSO website at:

www.cso.ie/census

Results Volumes

• Selection of hard copy volumes• To meet needs of heavy users who

need a quick reference publication• Main results in volume format:– This is Ireland – Highlights, Part 1

(Principal Demographic Results)– This is Ireland – Highlights, Part 2

(Principal Socio-Economic Results)– Population by Area

Census Profiles

• Majority of results by way of series of census profiles organised by theme.

• Contents: – Commentary – interpretation and analysis of

results– Thematic maps and charts.– Limited number of tables of data

• Objective to get behind the data and present analysis and commentary on some of the highlights.

• Ideas for generating comparable data at local area

Results Volumes and Profiles

These are the Census reports published by the CSO. PDFs of each hard copy report can be viewed online.

Log on to www.cso.ie and follow the steps set out in the following screenshots:

Web Only Tables

• Accompany each census release• Available as interactive web-only tables on

CSO website.• Data available to download to MS Excel

Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS)

• Include 19,000 new small areas which typically include 75-150 dwellings.

• 10 geographic layers• 600 Tables • 24,000 polygons (including 19,000 Small Areas,

3,400 Electoral divisions etc.)• Tables available:

– by area ( e.g. urban/rural, towns, Electoral Divisions, Police and Health services areas)

– Thematically (Age, Marital Status, etc.)• Access using interactive mapping search tool

(SAPMAP – Bernard’s Part)

Geographical AreasState

4 Provinces

8 Regional Authority Areas

34 Administrative Counties

273 Towns, Pop>1000

3,409 Electoral Divisions

18,488 Small Areas

8 Gaeltacht Areas

Garda Regions,• Divisions• Districts

Health Service Executive•Areas•Local Areas

Urban and Rural areas

of each county

Different levels of geography for which data is available:

Access the census homepage by clicking here or here

Click here to see Census 2011 data

Click on the topic you wish to view below

Profile Contents

Commentary – Visually appealing

Commentary presents interpretation and analysis of some of the data, illustrated by graphs and maps.

Interactive Web Tables

• A series of interactive web tables accompanying each publication are available on line.

• These include – the data tables available in the publication, (often in greater

detail)– For Census profiles, additional web tables which are only

available online.• Interactive tables – allow to select, view, sort, graph, map, print and

download data.• For certain tables data for previous censuses are also

included allowing creation of time series to compare data. • To access: Log on to www.cso.ie and follow the steps set out in the

following screenshots:

• My view: - Not as easy as previous census interactive tables for small areas – This may be a work in progress.

Click to access Census 2011 results

Select the topic you wish to research.

Scroll down and click to select the table you are interested in. This example will look at age groups in towns.

You will see a list of all the interactive tables available for this topic.

You can also download the data in a variety of formats.

1. Select the format you require – e.g. Excel

2. Click on the arrow

A file download dialogue box will appear. You can opt to open or save the file.

When you open the download the data will be presented in an Excel spreadsheet.

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Co. Fingal population aged 0-4 - Census 2011.

You can then use the functionality of Excel to manipulate, analyse and present the data to suit your needs. e.g. to graph the data

You can manipulate the data for example by calculating a percentage and graphing the resulting data.

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Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS)

• 46 tables for 23,074 Geographic areas• Tables are available – Thematically (Age, Marital Status, Education, Economic Status,

etc.)

– Geographically( e.g. Regional Authority, Province,

County, Town, Electoral Divisions, Small Areas)• Access using interactive mapping search tool

(SAPMAP)• 2011 data includes 18,488 new small areas

which typically include 80-100 dwellings.• 16.4 million pieces of data

Use SAPS to ...

• See map and data for a selected geographical area

• See data for selected census themes• Download the data to Excel• See all the data for the selected

geographic level as a pdf• Link to the AIRO site on NIRSI site to see

thematic presentation of the data

• Practice & Play around with tools!