Some 9% of Offalians are non-Irish

Almost one in ten Offaly are non-Irish nationals according to the latest figures from the Census 2011 results. Statistics released last Thursday revealed that there were 7,041 non-Irish nationals living in Offaly at the time of the Census, accounting for 9.2% of the population of the county, compared to 12% for the State as a whole. Of the 7,041 non-Irish nationals resident in the county, 1,865 were UK nationals - the largest non-Irish nationality in the county - followed by Polish nationals with 1,566 persons. Some 299 of the non-Irish nationals recorded as living in Offaly at April 2011 had arrived in Ireland in the previous twelve months.