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Table 11– Comparative Age Dependency 2016

Population Age Dependency

Under 15 Over 65 Total Age Under 15: Over 64: Old Age Total Age Total
Depend. Young Age Depend. % Depend. Pop.
Depend. % %

County 29,665 16,077 45,742 23.02 12.47 35.49 128.884

State 1,006,552 637,567 1,644,119 21.14 13.39 34.53 4,761,865

Source: CSO Census of Population 2016

In 2016 Co. Louth had a significantly larger cohort of young age-dependent
population (23.02%) than was the case in the State (21.14%). The county had a
lower percentage of old age dependent population (12.47%) than was the case in
the State (13.39%).

Map 4 – Age Dependency Rates by ED 2016

Source: Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2016 - Haase, T. and Pratschke, J. (2017)

There is evidence of a typical urban-rural differential with age dependency rates
exceeding 38% in nine EDs: Carlingford (41.20%), Jenkinstown (41.07%), Stabannan
(39.63%), Ravensdale (39.62%), Barronstown (39.35%), Dromin (38.94%), Dysart
(38.82%), Greenore, (38.34%), Mansfieldstown (38.27%) and Creggan Upper
(38.01%).