Total number of Ukrainians living in Westmeath revealed by CSO
The number of Ukrainian refugees living in Westmeath since the Russian invasion began has been revealed by the Central Statistics Office (CSO.)
The data shown according to local electoral area indicates that 310 Ukrainians are living in Athlone, Westmeath and eight on the Roscommon side of town.
Twenty-seven Ukrainians are currently living in Moate whilst 104 refugees are living in Ballinasloe and 46 in Ballymahon.
2.44% of Ukrainians in Ireland are living in the five aforementioned local electoral areas with the highest percentage in the Athlone, Westmeath district at 1.55%.
Statistician, Karola Graupner, said: “This Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland release is based on administrative data up to 22 May 2022. It is the first publication by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) providing insights into Ireland’s response to the Ukrainian crisis. This release includes an analysis of Ukrainian arrivals who are availing of support and services from the Department of Social Protection.
Based on the local post office address as per the process through which refugees were seeking assistance from the Department, we also show two maps in this release based on mapping 29,718 individuals, or 90% of arrivals, to a local post office: the first map is a count of arrivals by Local Electoral Area (LEA), and the second is the rate of arrivals by LEA (per 100 of the Census 2016 population).
Using the local post office address as a proxy for place of residence, arrivals from Ukraine are present in all LEAs and North Inner City in Dublin had the highest number of associated arrivals from Ukraine at 1,156.”
There were 33,151 arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland by the week ending May 22, of which 29% were aged 14 or under.
Women aged 20 and over account for 48% of arrivals to date, while individuals aged 0-19 account for 38%.
The highest percentage of those arriving (43% or 14,271 individuals) were categorised as 'One parent with children' under the broad relationship classification headings used.
In total, 29,718 Ukrainians are living in Ireland as of May 23.