How many houses in athlone

If they come to fruition, these projects will be the most significant housing developments on the east side of Athlone in over a decade - and will help to effect a rebalancing of the distribution of housing in the region, after most of the most significant housing projects of recent times arose in the Bealnamulla and Monksland areas on the Roscommon side of Athlone. Pre-application consultation is mandatory for prospective applicants prior to making an application for strategic housing development SHD.

The over units proposed in these two applications come on top of a house plan being pursued by a consortium Alanna-Roadbridge at a site at Lissywollen South in Athlone under a deal with Westmeath County Council. The location of the Lissywollen South site, which will cater for some houses, is identified in red. This is separate from the two private developments which could be in the pipeline.

The project also involves, and is dependent on, the development of a controversial link road which must be completed by the end of September Published: Wed 14 Aug , AM. The population of pre-school age was 1, , of primary school going age was 1, and of secondary school going age was 1, There were 2, persons aged 65 years and over.

The number of persons aged 18 years or over was 15, Of the 16, persons aged 15 years and over, 7, were single, 6, were married, were separated, were divorced and were widowed.

There were 7, private households in Athlone in April , of which 2, were single person households. Of the 4, families in the area, 1, were couples with no children.

The average number of children per family was 1. A further 5. Non-Irish nationals accounted for Polish 1, persons were the largest group, followed by UK nationals persons.

Polish was the most common foreign language spoken at home with 1, speakers. There were 16, Roman Catholics in the area at census time. A further 2, were adherents of other stated religions e. Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian, Orthodox , while 1, persons indicated that they had no religion. There were 9, persons aged 15 years and over in the labour force and of these, The unemployment rate for this area was Of the 6, persons aged 15 years and over who were outside the labour force, Of the 7, workers enumerated in Athlone , 1, worked outside the area.