Population trends in Ireland

D-A-V-E

i was thinking of posting this in the census area but theres nothing there so i said id post here,
next year is when the next census is taking place in ireland, i was just curious as to what other people thought they would see, there is a global recession on around the world, does this mean that towns and cities will see a massive influx in population as people will go to bigger places to work?

discuss..

Long Onion

D-A-V-E I don't care how enticing you try to make it - I'M NOT GOING TO LIMERICK!

citizen_p

i wouldnt say there would be huge amounts going to irish cities...maybe more going abroad to canada/ australia

DrumSteve

Speaking like a dope

Boxfresh

This time next year their'll be only about 5 people left in this country including Brian Cowen

Cookie_Monster

There'll be loads more Jedi and Pastafarians thats for sure

D-A-V-E

Long Onion wrote: »

D-A-V-E I don't care how enticing you try to make it - I'M NOT GOING TO LIMERICK!

shame, you'll be missing out!:D



seriously tho on a countrywide scale anyone who works for the cso or anything?!

An Fear Aniar

Probably emigration will be up slightly. Also, will there be more or less Brazilians in Gort?

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D-A-V-E

i'll be curious to see the population of dublin..will people move there to seek jobs or will there be a huge number who left..possibly to other parts of the country as its just too expensive there

Capt'n Midnight

Church of Ireland's population rises by 46% http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0214/1233867937744.html


The population recorded in the 1841 census was 8.12 million

jumpguy

Doubt there'll be a larger influx of people in the city...people have been migrating to the cities for years, even during the Celtic Tiger.
I'd say there'd be a decline in population overall.

GeeNorm

I think the next census is 2011 and its one of those things that they postpone if we're broke

j1smithy

Census forum tbh

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=541

Unbelievably we have one!

Victor

D-A-V-E wrote: »

next year is when the next census is taking place in ireland,

Last Sunday in April, 2011.

JupiterKid

The CSO's April 2009 Pop and Migration Estimates will be released shortly, and you can use these estimates to track the big population changes between each Census.

For 2011, I think the following will be the case:

Population around 4.5 to 4.6 million. Net emigration back with a vengeance, but very high birth rates mean natural increase keeps pop figures in growth territory.

By 2016, if things haven't improved, then you will see population loss fuelled by high emigration. This is what happened in the 80s - the population figures tend to have a inertia in relation to the economy and only really respond after a five year period. Pop continued to grow between 1981 and 1986 but then declined from '86 to '91.

Ireland has been gradually urbanising for over 150 years and will continue to do so.

gurramok

JupiterKid wrote: »

For 2011, I think the following will be the case:

Population around 4.5 to 4.6 million. Net emigration back with a vengeance, but very high birth rates mean natural increase keeps pop figures in growth territory.

I reckon 4.2 million if not less. Alot of immigrants have gone home and natives have jumped ship. Of course the economic situation will still be appalling in 2011 to deter any population growth.

Watch out for the unoccupied houses/apts. At least 250,000 detected in the last census, expect that to skyrocket.

gurramok

NBB Bohs wrote: »

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE EMPTY HOUSES? WILL THEY GIVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE?


whose gonna want to buy them anymore, now that the great rush to buy your own place has come to an end?

NAMA will buy them courtesy of your taxes and your future children's taxes.

Napoli

The whole world has been urbanising for the past few decades. Farming as a way of life is dead. Farming has become an industry now with "companies" controlling huge mega-farms.

If the USA, UK and France are anything to go by we can expect to see "white-flight" in our cities soon, where the native white populations move out to the suburbs to escape the crime waves brought on by foreign immigrants in the inner city.

I remember hearing on the news a while back that whites are officially a minority in North inner city Dublin now. I'll try and find a link.

grenache

JupiterKid wrote: »

Ireland has been gradually urbanising for over 150 years and will continue to do so.

Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin laddy! I call for the a chulchie revolution. Let us defend our green fields with the finest wavin pipes we can find. That'll teach the townies!