A statistical portrait of our society.
Family Status:There has been a major increase in lone female parents - they rose by 41 per cent to 102,600 between 2002 and 2006.
Marital Status:Married males worked the longest hours in 2006, with 42 per cent stating they usually worked 40 hours or more a week.
Gender:Women represent 13 per cent of the members of Dáil Éireann, with 22 female TDs out of 166.
Race:44 per cent of people with black ethnicity were employed, compared to 86 per cent of other EU nationals and 17 per cent of Travellers.
Travelling Community:Employment rates were 45 per cent for people with disabilities aged between 25 and 44, compared to 79 per cent overall.
Age:Most EU nationals were aged between 15 and 44, in contrast to UK nationals who tend to have an older age profile than recent immigrants from other EU states.
Travelling Community:Employment rates among Travellers aged between 25 and 44 were just 16 per cent, compared to 79 per cent for the wider community.
Religious belief:87 per cent of the population defined themselves as Roman Catholic last year. People expressing no religious affiliation comprised 6 per cent of the population.
Sexual Orientation:More than 97 per cent said they were heterosexual. Some 2.7 per cent of men said they were homosexual or bisexual, compared to 1.2 per cent of women.
Source: The Central Statistics Office's Equality in Ireland report (2007), based on the nine equality grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, race, sex, religion and membership of the Travelling community.