Factsheets - Distribution

In 2003, the Department of the Environment estimates there are 5,740 Traveller families. According to Census 2002, the Traveller population accounts for 0.6% of the general population.

Fifty per cent all Travellers live in 4 counties:


23% in Dublin

13% in Galway

6% in Limerick

7% in Cork



About 15,000 Irish Travellers live in Britain and 10,000 Travellers of Irish descent live in the United States of America (Travellers Health Status Study, Health Research Board (HRB), 1986.)

2003 Report from Department of Environment and Local Government:

County

S.L.A.
Housing *

Group Housing

Halting site

Roadside

Other

Total

Carlow

40

15

10

8

6

79

Cavan

27

11

17

7

0

62

Clare

36

19

33

34

25

147

Cork City

143

0

66

9

6

224

Cork County

99

14

12

43

9

177

Donegal

97

12

28

5

2

144

Dublin City

101

153

171

71

4

500

Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown

50

24

36

10

0

120

Fingal

57

30

180

15

0

282

Galway City

143

26

42

0

2

213

Galway County

203

44

31

56

27

361

Kerry

178

0

46

6

46

260

Kildare

25

8

29

16

0

78

Kilkenny

35

0

16

7

16

74

Laois

47

4

19

17

11

98

Leitrim

0

2

41

3

1

47

Limerick City

8

9

36

0

2

55

Limerick County

124

16

31

111

28

310

Longford

155

0

15

13

15

198

Louth

125

16

6

11

34

192

Mayo

119

5

6

42

19

191

Meath

68

41

52

4

14

179

Monaghan

47

0

6

3

20

76

Offaly

65

0

28

42

27

162

Roscommon

13

10

18

12

3

56

Sligo

27

0

30

30

4

91

South Dublin

113

23

257

29

9

431

Tipperary N.R.

73

9

18

28

11

132

Tipperary S.R.

44

5

22

22

5

101

Waterford City

98

0

21

4

4

127

Waterford County

11

0

11

2

0

24

Westmeath

71

6

35

0

27

139

Wexford

105

28

15

96

23

267

Wicklow

66

12

30

32

3

143

Total

2613

545

1398

788

396

5740

* Standard Local Authority Housing

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