What the census figures show
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l Two thirds of Chinese were living in the greater-Dublin area, compared with fewer than one-in-five Latvians, who favoured smaller towns.
l The Chinese and the French had the highest proportion of single people (69pc and 71pc respectively), while two thirds of Nigerians and Filipinos were married.
l Latvian men had the highest percentage at work (97pc) while over one-in-five Nigerian men were unemployed.
l Almost one-in-three non-Irish nationals held a third-level qualification.
l Nearly half of Nigerian children aged five to 19 could speak Irish.
l Flats and apartments accounted for just 7pc of dwellings for Irish nationals but over 35pc for non-Irish nationals.
l A third of the 4,288 Brazilian community were living in Co Galway.
l 35pc of the Indian community indicated Roman Catholic for their religion and 40pc identified Hindu.
l One-in-five British nationals marked their background as 'Irish'.
90pc of the 63,000 Polish arrived in the country in 2004 or later. An extra 10,000 were here on census night.