Description: <div>Families by family cycle by Electoral Divisions. (Census 2022 Theme 4 Table 5)</div><div><br /></div><div>The data represents Census 2016 theme 4.5, families by family cycle. Attributes include a breakdown of family units by family cycle, number of families and number of persons (e.g. empty nest (No. of families), adolescent (No. of persons)). Census 2016 theme 4 represents Families.</div><div><br /></div><div>About Electoral Divisions (EDs): Electoral Divisions are the smallest legally defined administrative areas in the State. Previously known as District Electoral Divisions (DEDs), they were initially subdivisions of poor law unions, grouping one or more townlands together to elect members to a Board of Guardians. The DED boundaries were drawn by a Poor Law Boundary Commission, with the intention of producing areas of roughly equal 'rateable value' as well as population. EDs are mostly contiguous but may bear little relation to natural community boundaries.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are 3,441 legally defined EDs in the State. However, in order to render them suitable for production of statistics, the CSO has amended some ED boundaries to ensure that statistical disclosure does not occur. This has had the effect of amalgamating some EDs and splitting others. The amending of the Cork City and Cork County boundaries necessitated a redrawing of Electoral Division boundaries within Cork to ensure all EDs in the county were suitable for production of statistical data. For Census 2022, the CSO is publishing data for 3,420 Electoral Divisions.</div><div><br /></div><div>Boundaries used for Census Hub 2022 and are in terms of Web Mercator (EPSG 3857). These boundaries are based on 20m generalised boundaries sourced from Tailte Éireann Open Data Portal. National Statistical Boundaries - 2022</div>