Wednesday, July 19, 2006
10% growth in Longford Population in Four Years
The population of County Longford has taken a major jump since 2002. Figures released today from the CSO show that 34,361 people are currently living in the county. This is an increase of 3,393 over the 2002 figures. The strong growth will come as no surprise to locals who see the demand for housing and retail throughout the county. Longford town grew to 7,612, an increase of 11.4%. The fastest growing town in the county is Edgeworthstown with a huge increase of 40% making it one of the fastest growing towns in the country. Most of the increase comes from net migration rather than an increase in births. Given the amount of construction throughout the county, the increase will be even more dramatic in the next four years. The figures are still well short of the 1926 figure of 39,847 but we should hit it by 2010. Full details are available at the CSO website.
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The town should be bigger than this. The population of Longford town was 7,557 in 2002 (6,831 in urban part and a further 726 in Longford rural part of the town). The 7,612 from the 2006 preliminary report is only the urban part so expect the Town's population to be at least 8,500 when the full report comes out. Wow such growth in the county! Over 34,000...
brilliant blog by the way, for an ex-pat Longfordian like me...
I am not sure how the CSO breaks down the town boundary. Some parts of the town fall under the town council area and others under the county council. I think the town boundary needs to be redrawn to take in the urban areas which are not included. The growth in Longford is only getting started and I expect faster growth in the next few years.
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