Economy & employment Regional SDGs Ireland 2017

5.1 Disposable income per person by county, 2010 and 2015

Table 5.1 Disposable income per person by county, 2010 and 2015
		€	%	State=100
Region and county	Disposable income per person		Change in disposable income per person 2010-2015	Index of disposable income per person
Region and county	2010	2015	Change in disposable income per person 2010-2015	2010	2015
Border	17,822	17,641	-1.0	91.1	86.8
Cavan	18,694	18,261	-2.3	95.6	89.8
Donegal	16,345	15,705	-3.9	83.6	77.2
Leitrim	19,407	18,285	-5.8	99.2	89.9
Louth	19,333	18,946	-2.0	98.8	93.2
Monaghan	16,538	17,589	6.4	84.6	86.5
Sligo	18,280	19,001	3.9	93.5	93.4
Midland	17,726	17,846	0.7	90.6	87.8
Laois	18,504	17,935	-3.1	94.6	88.2
Longford	17,621	17,828	1.2	90.1	87.7
Offaly	16,707	17,242	3.2	85.4	84.8
Westmeath	18,038	18,309	1.5	92.2	90.0
West	18,891	18,174	-3.8	96.6	89.4
Galway	19,682	18,991	-3.5	100.6	93.4
Mayo	17,849	17,390	-2.6	91.3	85.5
Roscommon	18,094	16,582	-8.4	92.5	81.5
Dublin	21,416	23,298	8.8	109.5	114.6
Mid-East	19,578	20,441	4.4	100.1	100.5
Kildare	19,870	20,944	5.4	101.6	103.0
Meath	20,308	20,086	-1.1	103.8	98.8
Wicklow	18,308	20,145	10.0	93.6	99.1
Mid-West	19,668	20,353	3.5	100.6	100.1
Clare	18,949	18,082	-4.6	96.9	88.9
Limerick	19,842	22,187	11.8	101.5	109.1
North Tipperary	20,386	19,136	-6.1	104.2	94.1
South-East	18,679	19,503	4.4	95.5	95.9
Carlow	18,768	19,352	3.1	96.0	95.2
Kilkenny	17,948	19,227	7.1	91.8	94.6
South Tipperary	18,509	19,386	4.7	94.6	95.3
Waterford	18,545	20,113	8.5	94.8	98.9
Wexford	19,381	19,335	-0.2	99.1	95.1
South-West	19,154	19,774	3.2	97.9	97.2
Cork	19,760	20,297	2.7	101.0	99.8
Kerry	17,104	17,908	4.7	87.5	88.1
Total	19,558	20,334	4.0	100.0	100.0
Source: CSO County incomes and regional GDP

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Disposable income per person in the Dublin region, at €23,298 in 2015, was 14.6% above the national average of €20,334, while the Mid-East region was 0.5% above at €20,441.
All the other regions were equal to or below the national average. Disposable income per person in the Border region, at €17,641 in 2015, was 13.2% below the national average.
At county level in 2015 disposable income per person was lowest in Donegal at 77.2% of the national average (€15,705), followed by Roscommon (81.5%) and Offaly (84.8%).
Disposable income per person in Ireland rose by 4% between 2010 and 2015, from €19,558 to €20,334. The Dublin region showed the largest increase of 8.8% followed by the Mid-East and South-East which both rose by 4.4%.
Disposable income per person declined by 3.8% in the West and by 1% in the Border between 2010 and 2015.
The largest rise in disposable income between 2010 and 2015 at county level was in Limerick at 11.8% followed by Wicklow at 10% while the largest fall was in Roscommon at 8.4%.

5.2 Gross Value Added at basic prices by region, 2010 and 2015

Table 5.2 Gross Value Added at basic prices by region, 2010 and 2015
		€	%	State=100
Region	Gross Value Added per person		Change in Gross Value Added per person 2010-2015	Index of Gross Value Added per person
Region	2010	2015	Change in Gross Value Added per person 2010-2015	2010	2015
Border, Midland and Western	21,759	23,606	8.5	65.0	45.0
Border	19,617	19,060	-2.8	58.6	36.3
Midland	19,046	22,320	17.2	56.9	42.5
West	25,992	29,677	14.2	77.7	56.6
Southern and Eastern	37,782	63,179	67.2	112.9	120.4
Dublin¹	51,062	:	:	152.6	:
Mid-East	24,643	36,091	46.5	73.7	68.8
Dublin plus Mid-East ¹	43,289	:	:	129.4	:
Mid-West	28,442	38,109	34.0	85.0	72.6
South-East	22,619	33,039	46.1	67.6	63.0
South-West ¹	39,648	:	:	118.5	:
State	33,455	52,461	56.8	100.0	100.0
Source: CSO County incomes and regional GDP
¹Data for 2015 suppressed for reasons of confidentiality

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Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices per person was €52,461 in 2015, an increase of 56.8% on the 2010 value of €33,455.
GVA differs from household income principally in that company profits are included in GVA whereas they are not included in household income. Company profits are substantial and may be remitted abroad and not distributed to households in a region, see Appendix 1 for more information.
GVA per person was €63,179 in the Southern and Eastern region in 2015 compared to €23,606 in the Border, Midland and Western region.
GVA per person increased by 67.2% between 2010 and 2015 in the Southern and Eastern region, compared to just 8.5% in the Border, Midland and Western region.
GVA in Dublin is exaggerated compared with the other regions due to the large number of people commuting to work into the county from adjoining counties.

5.3 Gross Value Added by sector and region, 2015

Table 5.3 Gross Value Added by sector and region, 2015¹
Region	Agriculture		Industry		Services		Total GVA
Region	€m	%	€m	%	€m	%	€m	%
Border, Midland and Western	729	31.2	10,551	10.5	18,370	13.1	29,635	12.2
Border	334	14.3	2,334	2.3	7,252	5.2	9,915	4.1
Midland	163	7.0	2,038	2.0	4,171	3.0	6,368	2.6
West	232	9.9	6,180	6.1	6,947	5.0	13,353	5.5
Southern and Eastern	1,611	68.8	90,082	89.5	121,955	86.9	213,542	87.8
Dublin ²	63	2.7	:	:	74,594	53.2	:	:
Mid-East	293	12.5	7,827	7.8	11,254	8.0	19,364	8.0
Dublin plus Mid-East ²	356	15.2	:	:	85,849	61.2	:	:
Mid-West	210	9.0	6,388	6.3	8,014	5.7	14,604	6.0
South-East	499	21.3	5,302	5.3	10,816	7.7	16,608	6.8
South-West ²	546	23.3	:	:	17,277	12.3	:	:
State	2,340	100.0	100,633	100.0	140,325	100.0	243,178	100.0
Source: CSO County incomes and regional GDP
¹Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices. Total GVA does not equal the sum of the three sectors shown due to the
effect of the Statistical Discrepancy, see Appendix 1.
² Data suppressed for reasons of confidentiality

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Total Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2015 was €243.2 billion. Services accounted for 58% of this (€140.3 billion) while Industry accounted for 41%, at €100.6 billion.
Most of the GVA (87.8%) generated in 2015 was in the Southern and Eastern region, with just 12.2% generated in the Border, Midland and Western region.
Over half (53.2%) of the GVA in Services was generated in the Dublin region while the South-West was responsible for 12.3%.
The Midland region was responsible for the smallest proportion of GVA in Services at just 3%.

5.4 Annual % change in GDP per employed person at current market prices by region

Table 5.4 Annual % change in GDP per employed person at current market prices by region¹
			€			%
Region	GDP per employed person			Annual % change in GDP per person
	2014	2015	2016	2014	2015	2016
Border, Midland & Western	62,202	64,853	67,734	3.4	4.3	4.4
Border	55,801	55,327	58,295	-2.5	-0.8	5.4
Midland	52,620	59,154	62,621	3.1	12.4	5.9
West	74,942	78,494	81,003	9.3	4.7	3.2
Southern & Eastern	115,729	156,916	159,447	6.3	35.6	1.6
Dublin	152,648	*	*	7.3	*	*
Mid-East	70,319	89,669	90,924	5.4	27.5	1.4
Mid-West	83,109	103,328	104,364	1.4	24.3	1.0
South-East	70,592	86,623	88,718	-9.2	22.7	2.4
South-West	126,281	*	*	14.0	*	*
Total	102,302	133,780	136,765	6.1	30.8	2.2
Source: CSO County Incomes and Regional GDP
¹ The * symbol indicates that data is suppressed for reasons of confidentiality.

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GDP per employed person rose from €102,302 in 2014 to €133,780 in 2015 at current market prices, a rise of 30.8%. (GDP in constant prices per employed person is not available by region.)
This unprecedented increase in GDP in 2015 was due to the globalisation activities of a very small number of companies. Modified GNI, (GNI*), a new indicator recommended by the Economic Statistics Review Group, is designed to exclude globalisation effects that are disproportionately impacting the measurement of the size of the Irish economy but it is not yet available on a regional basis. See Appendix 1 for more details.
The large annual % change in GDP per employed person in 2015 was concentrated in the Southern & Eastern region with an increase of 35.6% compared to a rise of just 4.3% in the Border, Midland & Western region.
In 2016 GDP per employed person rose by 2.2%, from €133,780 in 2015 to €136,765 in 2016.
GDP per employed person was €67,734 in 2016 in the Border, Midland & Western region, 42.5% of the Southern & Eastern region value of €159,447.

5.5 Annual % change in GDP per person at current market prices by region

Table 5.5 Annual % change in GDP per person at current market prices by region¹
			€			%
Region	GDP per person			Annual % change in GDP per person
	2014	2015	2016	2014	2015	2016
Border, Midland & Western	23,756	25,436	26,675	3.1	7.1	4.9
Border	19,957	20,538	21,885	-1.8	2.9	6.6
Midland	21,050	24,050	25,382	6.3	14.3	5.5
West	29,865	31,978	33,033	5.7	7.1	3.3
Southern & Eastern	49,054	68,078	70,953	8.3	38.8	4.2
Dublin	68,793	*	*	11.0	*	*
Mid-East	30,115	38,890	40,707	9.6	29.1	4.7
Mid-West	32,276	41,064	42,567	-0.9	27.2	3.7
South-East	28,031	35,601	37,423	-4.3	27.0	5.1
South-West	51,694	*	*	10.6	*	*
Total	42,203	56,529	58,961	7.5	33.9	4.3
	Source: CSO County Incomes and Regional GDP
¹ The * symbol indicates that data is suppressed for reasons of confidentiality.

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GDP per person rose from €42,203 to €56,529 between 2014 and 2015, a rise of 33.9%, at current market prices. (GDP in constant prices per person is not available by region).
This unprecedented increase in GDP in 2015 was due to the globalisation activities of a very small number of companies. Modified GNI, (GNI*), a new indicator recommended by the Economic Statistics Review Group, is designed to exclude globalisation effects that are disproportionately impacting the measurement of the size of the Irish economy but it is not yet available on a regional basis. See Appendix 1 for more details.
The large annual % change in GDP per person in 2015 was concentrated in the Southern & Eastern region with an increase of 38.8% compared to a change of just 7.1% in the Border, Midland & Western region.
In 2016 GDP per person rose by 4.3%, from €56,529 in 2015 to €58,961 in 2016.
GDP per person was €26,675 in the Border, Midland & Western region in 2016, 37.6% of the Southern & Eastern region value of €70,953.

5.6 Employment by broad economic sector and region, 2017

Table 5.6 Employment by broad economic sector and region, 2017¹
	000 persons				% of row
Region	Agriculture	Industry	Services	Total	Agriculture	Industry	Services	Total
Border	22.3	37.7	116.9	176.9	12.6	21.3	66.1	100.0
Midland	9.9	24.9	82.4	117.2	8.4	21.2	70.3	100.0
West	13.0	43.5	137.7	194.5	6.7	22.4	70.9	100.0
Dublin	..	79.8	562.9	649.6	..	12.3	86.7	100.0
Mid-East	11.4	61.1	245.8	319.2	3.6	19.2	77.2	100.0
Mid-West	15.4	45.9	151.5	214.1	7.2	21.6	71.2	100.0
South-East	17.0	41.0	126.2	184.4	9.2	22.3	68.5	100.0
South-West	19.0	73.1	232.9	325.0	5.8	22.5	71.7	100.0
State	110.9	406.9	1,656.2	2,180.9	5.1	18.7	76.2	100.0
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey
¹ .. Indicates that the observation is missing or falls under the limit of discretion/uncertainty.

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The Services sector accounted for 76.2% of people employed in 2017 and 86.7% of all workers in Dublin.
The South-West (22.5%) and the West (22.4%) had the highest proportions of persons employed in Industry while Dublin, at 12.3%, had the lowest.
Nationally, 5.1% of workers were in Agriculture with the highest proportions in the Border (12.6%) and South-East (9.2%).

5.7 Employment rate by sex and region, 2017

Table 5.7 Employment rate by sex and region, 2017
% persons aged 15-64
Region	Males		Females		Total
	2012	2017	2012	2017	2012	2017
Border	58.9	73.7	53.2	62.1	56.1	67.9
Midland	57.4	65.5	45.4	53.4	51.4	59.4
West	62.5	69.7	57.0	58.5	59.7	64.1
Dublin	65.1	73.9	59.4	64.5	62.2	69.1
Mid-East	65.9	73.8	56.7	61.8	61.3	67.7
Mid-West	62.6	72.3	54.7	62.6	58.7	67.5
South-East	61.8	69.9	52.3	61.3	57.0	65.6
South-West	64.7	75.2	59.1	65.1	61.9	70.1
Total	63.4	72.6	56.3	62.3	59.8	67.4
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey

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The highest employment rate in 2017 was in the South-West at 70.1%, above the national average of 67.4%. The lowest rate of employment was in the Midland region at 59.4%.
The Border region had the largest increase in the rate of employment between 2012 and 2017, with a rise of 11.8 percentage points, while the West had the smallest increase of 4.4 percentage points.
The highest employment rate for both men and women in 2017 was in the South-West at 75.2% for men and 65.1% for women. The lowest employment rate in 2017 was in the Midland region for both men and women, at 65.5% for men and 53.4% for women.
Employment rates were higher for men than women in all regions in both 2012 and in 2017.

5.8 Unemployment rate by sex and region, 2017

Table 5.8 Unemployment rate by sex and region, 2017
% persons aged 15-74
Region	Males		Females		Total
	2012	2017	2012	2017	2012	2017
Border	18.2	5.6	11.1	4.8	15.0	5.3
Midland	23.8	11.3	19.6	8.5	22.1	10.1
West	19.6	8.0	14.8	6.7	17.4	7.4
Dublin	15.3	6.9	9.7	6.3	12.7	6.6
Mid-East	18.2	7.7	13.8	7.3	16.2	7.5
Mid-West	21.0	9.2	17.2	8.1	19.3	8.7
South-East	19.5	8.2	14.0	4.2	17.1	6.4
South-West	18.6	6.0	11.7	4.2	15.5	5.2
Total	18.4	7.5	12.9	6.2	15.9	6.9
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey

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The unemployment rate dropped in all regions between 2012 and 2017, with the largest drop of 12 percentage points in the Midland region.
The highest unemployment rate in 2017 was in the Midland region at 10.1% while the lowest rate of 5.2% was in the South-West.
Unemployment rates were higher for men than for women in all regions in both 2012 and in 2017.

5.9 Long term unemployment rate by region, 2012 & 2017

Table 5.9 Long term unemployment rate by region, 2012 & 2017
				% of persons aged 15-74
Region	2012			2017
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Border	12.2	6.7	9.8	2.6	2.2	2.4
Midland	16.3	11.2	14.2	6.0	5.4	5.7
West	12.6	6.8	9.9	4.8	2.7	3.8
Dublin	10.3	4.5	7.6	3.4	2.1	2.8
Mid-East	11.0	6.6	9.0	4.5	2.4	3.6
Mid-West	13.9	8.2	11.4	3.8	4.2	4.0
South-East	13.4	6.6	10.4	4.8	1.5	3.3
South-West	12.2	6.2	9.5	2.3	1.3	1.9
Total	12.1	6.4	9.5	3.8	2.4	3.2
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey

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The long-term unemployment rate in 2012 at 9.5% was about three times higher than the rate in 2017 of 3.2%.
The highest rate was in the Midland region in 2017 at 5.7% compared to just 1.9% in the South-West.
The highest rates of long-term unemployment for men and for women were in the Midland region in both 2012 and 2017.
Men had higher rates of long-term unemployment than women in all regions in 2012 and 2017 with the exception of the Mid-West in 2017.

5.10 Travel by Irish residents by region, 2017

Table 5.10 Travel by Irish residents by region, 2017
	'000		'000		'000		'000
Region	Domestic				International
	Trips	Nights per trip	Trips	Nights per trip	Trips	Nights per trip	Trips	Nights per trip
	2012		2017		2012		2017
Border	779	2.5	867	2.4	506	9.9	822	6.7
Midland	420	2.6	461	2.3	317	7.2	361	8.0
West	945	2.5	952	2.3	487	8.0	540	6.5
Dublin	2,416	3.1	2,750	3.1	2,618	7.6	3,210	6.9
Mid-East	956	3.0	1,180	3.0	792	7.7	1,004	6.7
Mid-West	764	3.3	812	2.3	438	7.5	538	8.1
South-East	804	2.7	1,022	2.5	591	8.4	712	7.7
South-West	1,208	2.8	1,581	2.3	873	8.7	983	7.3
Total	8,291	2.9	9,626	2.7	6,623	8.0	8,171	7.1
CSO Household Travel Survey

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There were 9.626 million domestic trips taken by Irish residents in 2017, an increase of 16.1% on 2012. The number of trips taken by residents of the South-West rose by 30.9%, while there were also large increases in the South-East (27.1%) and the Mid-East (23.4%).
The number of nights per domestic trip in 2017 was highest for people from Dublin at 3.1 and lowest for the Midland, West, Mid-West and South-West regions at 2.3.
The total number of international trips by Irish residents was 8,171 million in 2017, an increase of 23.4% on 2012.
The number of trips taken by Border residents had very sharp growth at 62.5% between 2012 and 2017, while the number taken by residents of the South-West grew by just 12.6%.
The number of nights per international trip fell from 8 in 2012 to 7.1 in 2017 for Irish residents.
People living in the West had an average of 6.5 nights per international trip in 2017 compared to 8.1 for Mid-West residents.

5.11 Means of travel to work by region, 2016

Table 5.11 Means of travel to work by region, 2016¹
								% of row
Means of travel	On foot	Cycle	Bus or train	Motor cycle	Car driver	Car passenger	Lorry or van	Work mainly from home	All means of travel
Border	6.7	0.6	1.3	0.1	63.8	5.1	11.5	10.8	100.0
Midland	7.0	1.1	3.0	0.2	63.9	4.7	9.5	10.6	100.0
West	7.5	1.7	2.6	0.2	64.2	4.1	9.2	10.5	100.0
Dublin	12.0	6.7	20.7	0.7	45.5	2.8	3.3	8.3	100.0
Mid-East	6.5	1.2	8.3	0.4	63.9	4.1	7.6	7.9	100.0
Mid-West	8.0	1.1	1.8	0.2	65.3	4.5	7.9	11.1	100.0
South-East	8.0	1.1	1.5	0.2	64.6	4.9	8.6	11.1	100.0
South-West	8.6	1.4	3.6	0.3	63.8	4.2	7.8	10.3	100.0
Total	8.9	2.9	8.9	0.4	58.5	3.9	7.0	9.6	100.0
Source: CSO Census of Population
¹Persons at work aged 15 years and over, usually resident in each regional authority, and present in their usual residence on Census night.

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More than half (58.5%) of people travelled to work by driving a car in 2016.
More than 63% of people in all regions, with the exception of Dublin, drove to work while just 45.5% of Dublin workers commuted by car.
About one in ten (8.9%) workers commuted to work by walking, with the same proportion using the bus/train.
People in Dublin were the most likely to walk to work, at 12%, while the rate for walking in the Mid-East was just 6.5%.
The highest proportion of workers using the bus or train was in Dublin at 20.7%, compared to less than 2% of workers in the Border, Mid-West or South-East.

	On foot	Cycle	Bus or train
Border	6.67853072324089	0.58920370851746	1.30637926322876
Midland	7.02288325482101	1.12034439563154	3.04080876515111
West	7.53942666040066	1.66122034120591	2.58964578847856
Dublin	11.9780029790403	6.69885094158953	20.705826417704
Mid-East	6.5365512416929	1.18782791185729	8.33578174186779
Mid-West	8.03805336648508	1.14394865036469	1.79809092897808
South-East	7.95380443063047	1.10857177682299	1.50592680622848
South-West	8.56561211225065	1.39735175912851	3.57291772513376

5.12 Time taken to travel to work by region, 2016

Table 5.12 Time taken to travel to work by region, 2016¹
						% of row
Region	Minutes						Not
	< 15	15-29	30-44	45-59	60-89	90 & over	Stated
Border	33.4	28.9	15.5	4.7	5.1	3.4	9.0
Midland	29.2	26.4	15.2	5.5	9.0	6.0	8.7
West	27.9	29.5	19.4	6.3	6.2	2.6	8.2
Dublin	13.7	30.0	26.6	10.1	8.6	1.7	9.3
Mid-East	20.8	24.3	20.0	9.9	13.9	4.4	6.8
Mid-West	28.8	31.0	19.2	5.5	4.9	2.4	8.2
South-East	31.2	30.9	15.4	4.9	5.9	3.9	7.7
South-West	25.7	32.4	21.2	6.2	5.1	1.8	7.6
Total	22.9	29.3	21.1	7.6	7.8	2.8	8.3
Source: CSO Census of Population
¹ Persons at work aged 15 years and over (excluding those who work mainly at or from home) usually resident in each region and present in their usual residence on Census night.

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More than half (52.2%) of all workers took less than 30 minutes to travel to work in 2016.
Workers in Dublin and the Mid-East were less likely to have a short commute, with 43.7% of Dublin workers and 45.1% of workers in the Mid-East taking less than 30 minutes to travel to work.
In contrast, more than 60% of workers from the Border and the South-East had a commute of less than 30 minutes.
Just over one in ten workers had a commute of one hour or more with Mid-East and Midland workers most likely to have long travel times to work.
Just over 18% of workers from the Mid-East and 15% of Midland workers had a long commute of one hour or more compared to just 7.3% of workers from the Mid-West.

5.13 Time leaving home to go to work by region, 2016

Table 5.13 Time leaving home to go to work by region, 2016¹
						% of row
Departure time	Before 06:30am	06:31 - 07:30	07:31 - 08:30	08:31 - 09:30	After 09:30	Not stated
Border	8.0	17.8	33.2	24.2	10.8	6.1
Midland	11.8	20.7	30.8	21.0	9.6	6.1
West	7.5	20.8	32.2	22.1	11.8	5.7
Dublin	8.0	24.3	34.7	15.9	10.1	7.0
Mid-East	12.2	26.7	30.9	16.2	9.4	4.5
Mid-West	7.9	22.1	34.3	20.3	9.7	5.7
South-East	9.9	20.4	34.6	20.2	9.6	5.2
South-West	7.7	23.8	34.9	18.6	9.7	5.3
Total	8.9	23.0	33.6	18.6	10.1	5.9
Source: CSO Census of Population
¹ Persons at work aged 15 years and over (excluding those who work mainly at or from home) usually resident in each region and present in their usual residence on Census night.

Open in Excel: Regional SGDs Ireland 2017 Table 5.13 (XLS 10KB)

Commuters from the Mid-East, Midland and Dublin were more likely to leave for work by 7.30am.
About 39% of Mid-East workers and about 32% of Midland and Dublin workers started their journey to work by 7.30am compared to 25.8% of commuters in the Border region.
Workers in the Border and West region were more likely to leave for work after 8.30am than workers in other regions. About a third of commuters from the Border (35%) and West (33.9%) region started their journey after 8.30am compared to 25.6% of workers in the Mid-East.

5.14 Drivers with current penalty points by licensing authority, 2017

Table 5.14 Drivers with current penalty points by licensing authority, 2017
					number	%
Region and county	Licence holders with penalty points				Total licence holders	Proportion of total licence holders who have penalty points
Region and county	1-3	4-6	7+	Total	Total licence holders	Proportion of total licence holders who have penalty points
Border	29,444	7,165	1,069	37,678	253,133	14.9
Cavan	6,121	1,681	261	8,063	47,779	16.9
Donegal	10,156	2,403	326	12,885	99,787	12.9
Leitrim	2,520	512	85	3,117	21,796	14.3
Monaghan	5,455	1,367	211	7,033	40,698	17.3
Sligo	5,192	1,202	186	6,580	43,073	15.3
Midland	24,441	7,268	1,357	33,066	177,903	18.6
Laois	7,081	2,111	407	9,599	47,614	20.2
Longford	3,494	1,000	208	4,702	25,139	18.7
Offaly	6,403	1,958	324	8,685	48,718	17.8
Westmeath	7,463	2,199	418	10,080	56,432	17.9
West	40,936	11,011	1,930	53,877	290,895	18.5
Galway	24,300	7,382	1,314	32,996	160,586	20.5
Mayo	10,569	2,128	347	13,044	87,304	14.9
Roscommon	6,067	1,501	269	7,837	43,005	18.2
Dublin	86,963	25,972	4,484	117,419	713,102	16.5
Mid-East	57,313	15,388	2,523	75,224	419,426	17.9
Kildare	20,755	5,840	928	27,523	134,869	20.4
Louth	7,658	2,143	286	10,087	73,958	13.6
Meath	16,363	4,157	653	21,173	119,961	17.6
Wicklow	12,537	3,248	656	16,441	90,638	18.1
Mid-West	45,509	13,579	2,152	61,240	305,900	20.0
Clare	11,892	3,542	638	16,072	79,424	20.2
Limerick	17,841	5,640	857	24,338	120,580	20.2
Tipperary	15,776	4,397	657	20,830	105,896	19.7
South-East	40,729	11,152	1,985	53,866	270,960	19.9
Carlow	5,449	1,467	249	7,165	38,678	18.5
Kilkenny	9,480	2,552	366	12,398	60,795	20.4
Waterford	10,266	2,632	399	13,297	73,735	18.0
Wexford	15,534	4,501	971	21,006	97,752	21.5
South-West	56,220	15,575	2,422	74,217	434,843	17.1
Cork	43,987	12,577	2,030	58,594	337,208	17.4
Kerry	12,233	2,998	392	15,623	97,635	16.0
Total	381,555	107,110	17,922	506,587	2,866,162	17.7
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Just over one in six (17.7%) Irish drivers had penalty points in December 2017.
In the Mid-West region 20% of drivers had penalty points compared to 14.9% in the Border region.
The counties with the highest proportions of drivers with penalty points were Wexford (21.5%), Galway (20.5%), Kildare (20.4%) and Kilkenny (20.4%).
The lowest rates of penalty points were in Donegal at 12.9% followed by Louth at 13.6% and Leitrim at 14.3%.

5.15 Persons aged 15-24 neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rate) by region, 2012 and 2017

Table 5.15 Persons aged 15-24 neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rate) by region, 2012 and 2017
						%
Region	2012			2017
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Border	27.5	17.5	22.7	12.1	13.8	12.9
Midland	27.0	28.7	27.9	18.1	17.4	17.8
West	19.3	9.1	14.3	7.4	8.6	8.0
Dublin	18.9	12.2	15.6	10.0	8.9	9.4
Mid-East	23.0	18.1	20.5	11.6	12.8	12.2
Mid-West	21.3	19.9	20.7	9.7	8.4	9.0
South-East	21.6	15.8	18.7	14.4	8.5	11.5
South-West	17.6	15.2	16.4	11.9	10.6	11.2
Total	21.1	15.7	18.4	11.3	10.5	10.9
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey

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The proportion of young people aged 15-24 neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rate) fell sharply from 18.4% in 2012 to 10.9% in 2017.
The overall NEET rate was higher for males than for females in both 2012 and 2017.
The West region had the lowest NEET rate at 8% in 2017 while the Midland rate was more than double this, at 17.8%
The Midland region had the highest NEET rate for both young men and women in 2017.

5.16 Road Freight activity by region, 2017

Table 5.16 Road Freight activity by region, 2017
tonnes carried (thousands)
Region of origin	Region of destination
Region of origin	Border	Midland	West	Dublin	Mid-East	Mid-West	South-East	South-West	Total
Border	10,153	658	543	2,187	1,408	160	414	226	15,749
Midland	837	3,897	584	1,074	668	408	537	371	8,376
West	589	430	6,819	646	266	420	256	164	9,590
Dublin	2,228	1,368	1,112	19,911	8,402	1,154	1,606	1,887	37,668
Mid-East	1,983	694	241	4,363	7,577	312	849	350	16,369
Mid-West	106	379	511	789	315	10,495	913	2,236	15,744
South-East	208	545	198	929	1,213	778	9,192	1,065	14,128
South-West	88	202	153	872	270	1,876	1,452	16,976	21,889
Total	16,192	8,173	10,161	30,771	20,119	15,603	15,219	23,275	139,513
Source: CSO Road Freight Survey

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There were 139.5 million tonnes of road freight carried within Ireland in 2017.
More than a quarter (27.0%) of all goods carried in Ireland originated in Dublin in 2017. The South-West was the origin of 15.7% of all road freight while 11.7% was sent from the Mid-East.
Dublin was the destination for 22.1% of all road freight while 16.7% was sent to the South-West.
Road freight carried within the Dublin region accounted for one in seven (14.3%) tonnes of goods.
The Midlands was the origin and destination of just 2.8% of all goods carried in 2017.

Regional SDGs Ireland 2017

Economy & employment

5.1 Disposable income per person by county, 2010 and 2015

5.2 Gross Value Added at basic prices by region, 2010 and 2015

5.3 Gross Value Added by sector and region, 2015

5.4 Annual % change in GDP per employed person at current market prices by region

5.5 Annual % change in GDP per person at current market prices by region

5.6 Employment by broad economic sector and region, 2017

5.7 Employment rate by sex and region, 2017

5.8 Unemployment rate by sex and region, 2017

5.9 Long term unemployment rate by region, 2012 & 2017

5.10 Travel by Irish residents by region, 2017

5.11 Means of travel to work by region, 2016

5.12 Time taken to travel to work by region, 2016

5.13 Time leaving home to go to work by region, 2016

5.14 Drivers with current penalty points by licensing authority, 2017

5.15 Persons aged 15-24 neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rate) by region, 2012 and 2017

5.16 Road Freight activity by region, 2017

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