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Equivalised Income

The nominal median equivalised disposable income was €20,869 and the nominal at risk of poverty threshold stood at €12,521 i.e. 60% of the median. In 2017, 15.7% of individuals had an equivalised disposable income below this threshold. The nominal mean equivalised disposable income was €24,983 and 63.3% of individuals had an equivalised disposable income that was less than this amount. The real value, i.e. at 2012 prices, of the at risk of poverty threshold for 2017 was €12,364 and this represents an increase of 2.4% on the real value for 2016 of €12,070. See table 1.1.

Real median equivalised disposable income increased for most socio-economic groups in 2017. An analysis by principal economic status shows that income increased for all groups except for those self-classified as being retired (-3.8%). See table 2.1e.

Individuals with a highest level of educational attainment of ‘third level degree or higher’ continued to have the highest real median equivalised disposable income of the categories analysed in 2017, at €34,050. The real median equivalised disposable income for this group in 2016 was €31,869.

Unemployed individuals had the lowest real median equivalised disposable income of the categories analysed in 2017, at €13,226. The real median equivalised disposable income for this group in 2016 was €13,219.

Real median equivalised disposable income for males was €20,888 in 2017, 2.9% higher than the corresponding 2017 figure for females (€20,291).

Individuals living in the Eastern and Midlands region had a real median equivalised disposable income (€22,413) that was 21.8% higher than those living in the Northern and Western region (€18,402) and 18.5% higher than those living in the Southern region (€18,909).

Composition of income

In 2017, real average weekly equivalised gross income was €618.46, up from €588.00 in 2016, an increase of 5.2%. See table 2.2b.

An analysis of the composition of gross income by year shows real average weekly equivalised direct income in 2017 at €492.22, an increase of 7.9% on the 2016 figure (€456.26). Real average weekly equivalised social transfers decreased to €126.24 in 2017 from €131.74 in 2016, a decrease of 4.2%. See figure 2.1.

	Direct income	Social transfers
2012	376.33	138.63
2013	392.69	136.91
2014	411.21	131.65
2015	434.87	131.98
2016	456.26	131.74
2017	492.22	126.24

Average real weekly equivalised disposable income showed an increase of 5.3% from €449.04 in 2016 to €472.81 in 2017. Average real weekly equivalised tax and social insurance contributions stood at €145.66 in 2017, an increase of 4.8% from the 2016 value of €138.96.

	Total Tax and Social Contributions	Net Disposable Income
2012	106.62	408.34
2013	118.77	410.84
2014	125.87	417
2015	131.39	435.45
2016	138.96	449.04
2017	145.66	472.81

Equality of Income

The quintile share ratio is the share of income of the highest income quintile divided by the share of income of the lowest income quintile, and it stood at 4.8 in 2017. The corresponding value for 2016 was 4.7. See table 1.1 & figures 2.3 & 2.4.

The Gini coefficient measures income equality across the entire income distribution and in 2017 its value was 31.5% compared with 30.7% in 2016. This indicates an increase in income inequality across the total income distribution. This increase is not statistically significant.

	Gini coefficient (%)	Quintile share ratio
2012	31.7	5.1
2013	31.8	5
2014	32.1	5.1
2015	30.8	4.7
2016	30.7	4.7
2017	31.5	4.8

Euro	Quintile 5	Quintile 4	Quintile 3	Quintile 2	Quintile 1
2017	39.87	22.62	16.69	12.56	8.26
2016	39.01	22.75	17.12	12.78	8.34
2015	39.07	22.98	16.98	12.7	8.27
2014	40	22.86	16.71	12.64	7.79
2013	39.85	22.85	16.72	12.59	7.99
2012	39.62	22.99	16.9	12.73	7.76

Income Tables 2.1a to 2.6

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Table 2.1a Median real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1a Median real household disposable income¹ by demographic characteristics and year
					All households
		Median real household disposable income¹			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		36,965	38,540	39,005	4.3	1.2
Sex (head of household)
	Male	40,902	42,400	43,954	3.7	3.7
	Female	31,757	32,857	34,136	3.5	3.9
Age group (head of household)
	18-64	41,382	44,188	45,335	6.8	2.6
	65+	25,241	24,859	25,529	-1.5	2.7
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	At work	51,434	51,970	53,549	1.0	3.0
	Unemployed	23,054	23,482	21,316	1.9	-9.2
	Student	15,583	14,339	19,152	-8.0	33.6
	Home duties	24,101	25,027	25,860	3.8	3.3
	Retired	27,037	27,700	26,872	2.5	-3.0
	Not at work due to illness or disability	20,484	22,388	21,130	9.3	-5.6
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	23,877	23,461	23,492	-1.7	0.1
	Lower secondary	30,881	30,904	32,750	0.1	6.0
	Higher secondary	37,848	39,103	38,997	3.3	-0.3
	Post leaving cert	36,463	39,352	38,387	7.9	-2.5
	Third level non degree	45,396	48,391	49,968	6.6	3.3
	Third level degree or above	59,961	60,598	64,103	1.1	5.8
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	13,837	14,045	14,545	-1.7	0.1
	1 adult aged <65	16,611	17,295	18,838	0.1	6.0
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	31,460	31,732	31,222	3.3	-0.3
	2 adults, both aged <65	41,470	41,681	46,699	7.9	-2.5
	3 or more adults	58,117	57,854	59,218	6.6	3.3
	1 adult with children aged under 18	23,259	21,981	24,565	1.1	5.8
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	48,065	52,394	53,587	9.0	2.3
	Other households with children aged under 18	58,073	57,155	57,180	-1.6	0.0
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	20,453	20,208	20,350	-1.2	0.7
	1	34,889	36,042	36,892	3.3	2.4
	2	61,197	61,532	62,807	0.5	2.1
	3+	78,430	78,587	86,508	0.2	10.1
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	40,952	42,919	43,943	4.8	2.4
	Rented at the market rate	35,057	37,179	35,618	6.1	-4.2
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	25,268	26,641	28,646	5.4	7.5
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	39,129	40,687	41,275	4.0	1.4
	Rural areas	33,317	34,384	35,038	3.2	1.9
Region₂
	Northern and Western	32,448	32,331	32,962	-0.4	2.0
	Southern	34,960	36,662	35,811	4.9	-2.3
	Eastern and Midland	40,347	42,888	44,286	6.3	3.3
¹Deflator base year 2012.
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1b Mean real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1b Mean real household disposable income¹ by demographic characteristics and year
					All households
		Mean real household disposable income¹			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		44,311	45,819	47,870	3.4	4.5
Sex (head of household)
	Male	48,060	49,587	52,237	3.2	5.3
	Female	39,375	40,692	42,017	3.3	3.3
Age group (head of household)
	18-64	48,657	50,882	53,436	4.6	5.0
	65+	31,226	31,236	32,265	0.0	3.3
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	At work	57,411	58,512	61,681	1.9	5.4
	Unemployed	27,202	28,862	28,761	6.1	-0.3
	Student	18,580	17,829	23,604	-4.0	32.4
	Home duties	29,928	31,747	31,930	6.1	0.6
	Retired	32,581	34,599	33,928	6.2	-1.9
	Not at work due to illness or disability	24,378	25,760	25,555	5.7	-0.8
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	27,894	27,774	27,820	-0.4	0.2
	Lower secondary	35,485	35,501	38,196	0.0	7.6
	Higher secondary	42,607	44,581	45,219	4.6	1.4
	Post leaving cert	41,780	43,352	44,557	3.8	2.8
	Third level non degree	52,874	55,228	56,259	4.5	1.9
	Third level degree or above	65,535	68,229	72,117	4.1	5.7
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	18,940	18,893	20,309	-0.2	7.5
	1 adult aged <65	24,309	26,190	27,125	7.7	3.6
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	36,113	36,748	37,329	1.8	1.6
	2 adults, both aged <65	47,320	48,452	53,509	2.4	10.4
	3 or more adults	61,688	65,444	67,922	6.1	3.8
	1 adult with children aged under 18	24,846	25,034	26,872	0.8	7.3
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	56,695	58,779	62,676	3.7	6.6
	Other households with children aged under 18	62,196	66,375	68,027	6.7	2.5
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	23,605	24,193	23,768	2.5	-1.8
	1	40,823	41,739	43,397	2.2	4.0
	2	66,195	67,853	69,648	2.5	2.6
	3+	84,020	86,187	94,013	2.6	9.1
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	48,055	49,757	51,946	3.5	4.4
	Rented at the market rate	40,150	41,758	43,887	4.0	5.1
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	30,875	31,774	34,274	2.9	7.9
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	46,209	48,337	49,871	4.6	3.2
	Rural areas	40,876	40,916	43,830	0.1	7.1
Region
	Northern and Western	38,113	37,966	39,097	-0.4	3.0
	Southern	41,756	42,065	43,447	0.7	3.3
	Eastern and Midland	48,392	51,340	54,177	6.1	5.5
¹Deflator base year 2012.
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1c Median nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1c Median nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
					All households
		Median nominal household disposable income			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		37,391	38,953	39,499	4.2	1.4
Sex (head of household)
	Male	41,374	42,854	44,510	3.6	3.9
	Female	32,123	33,209	34,568	3.4	4.1
Age group (head of household)
	18-64	41,859	44,661	45,909	6.7	2.8
	65+	25,532	25,125	25,852	-1.6	2.9
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	At work	52,027	52,527	54,227	1.0	3.2
	Unemployed	23,320	23,734	21,586	1.8	-9.1
	Student	15,763	14,493	19,394	-8.1	33.8
	Home duties	24,379	25,295	26,187	3.8	3.5
	Retired	27,349	27,997	27,212	2.4	-2.8
	Not at work due to illness or disability	20,720	22,628	21,397	9.2	-5.4
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	24,152	23,712	23,789	-1.8	0.3
	Lower secondary	31,237	31,235	33,165	-0.0	6.2
	Higher secondary	38,284	39,522	39,491	3.2	-0.1
	Post leaving cert	36,883	39,774	38,873	7.8	-2.3
	Third level non degree	45,919	48,909	50,600	6.5	3.5
	Third level degree or above	60,652	61,247	64,914	1.0	6.0
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	13,997	14,195	14,729	1.4	3.8
	1 adult aged <65	16,803	17,480	19,076	4.0	9.1
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	31,823	32,072	31,617	0.8	-1.4
	2 adults, both aged <65	41,948	42,128	47,290	0.4	12.3
	3 or more adults	58,787	58,474	59,968	-0.5	2.6
	1 adult with children aged under 18	23,527	22,216	24,876	-5.6	12.0
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	48,619	52,955	54,265	8.9	2.5
	Other households with children aged under 18	58,743	57,767	57,904	-1.7	0.2
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	20,689	20,425	20,608	-1.3	0.9
	1	35,291	36,428	37,359	3.2	2.6
	2	61,903	62,191	63,602	0.5	2.3
	3+	79,334	79,429	87,603	0.1	10.3
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	41,424	43,379	44,499	4.7	2.6
	Rented at the market rate	35,461	37,577	36,069	6.0	-4.0
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	25,559	26,926	29,009	5.3	7.7
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	39,580	41,123	41,797	3.9	1.6
	Rural areas	33,701	34,752	35,482	3.1	2.1
Region
	Northern and Western	32,822	32,677	33,379	-0.4	2.1
	Southern	35,363	37,055	36,264	4.8	-2.1
	Eastern and Midland	40,812	43,347	44,847	6.2	3.5
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1d Mean nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1d Mean nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
					All households
		Mean nominal household disposable income			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		44,822	46,310	48,476	3.3	4.7
Sex (head of household)
	Male	48,614	50,118	52,898	3.1	5.5
	Female	39,829	41,128	42,549	3.3	3.5
Age group (head of household)
	18-64	49,218	51,427	54,112	4.5	5.2
	65+	31,586	31,571	32,673	0.0	3.5
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	At work	58,073	59,139	62,462	1.8	5.6
	Unemployed	27,516	29,171	29,125	6.0	-0.2
	Student	18,794	18,020	23,903	-4.1	32.6
	Home duties	30,273	32,087	32,334	6.0	0.8
	Retired	32,957	34,970	34,357	6.1	-1.8
	Not at work due to illness or disability	24,659	26,036	25,878	5.6	-0.6
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	28,216	28,072	28,172	-0.5	0.4
	Lower secondary	35,894	35,881	38,679	0.0	7.8
	Higher secondary	43,098	45,059	45,791	4.6	1.6
	Post leaving cert	42,262	43,816	45,121	3.7	3.0
	Third level non degree	53,484	55,820	56,971	4.4	2.1
	Third level degree or above	66,291	68,960	73,030	4.0	5.9
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	19,158	19,095	20,566	-0.3	7.7
	1 adult aged <65	24,589	26,471	27,468	7.7	3.8
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	36,529	37,142	37,802	1.7	1.8
	2 adults, both aged <65	47,866	48,971	54,186	2.3	10.6
	3 or more adults	62,399	66,145	68,782	6.0	4.0
	1 adult with children aged under 18	25,133	25,302	27,212	0.7	7.5
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	57,349	59,409	63,469	3.6	6.8
	Other households with children aged under 18	62,913	67,086	68,888	6.6	2.7
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	23,877	24,452	24,069	2.4	-1.6
	1	41,294	42,186	43,946	2.2	4.2
	2	66,958	68,580	70,530	2.4	2.8
	3+	84,989	87,110	95,203	2.5	9.3
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	48,609	50,290	52,604	3.5	4.6
	Rented at the market rate	40,613	42,205	44,443	3.9	5.3
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	31,231	32,114	34,708	2.8	8.1
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	46,742	48,855	50,502	4.5	3.4
	Rural areas	41,347	41,354	44,385	0.0	7.3
Region
	Northern and Western	38,553	38,373	39,592	-0.5	3.2
	Southern	42,238	42,516	43,997	0.7	3.5
	Eastern and Midland	48,950	51,890	54,863	6.0	5.7
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1e Median equivalised real disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1e Median equivalised real disposable income¹ by demographic characteristics and year
					All persons
		Median equivalised real disposable income¹			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		19,239	20,115	20,608	4.6	2.5
Sex
	Male	19,665	20,471	20,888	4.1	2.0
	Female	18,846	19,690	20,291	4.5	3.1
Age group
	0-17	18,180	18,988	19,367	4.4	2.0
	18-64	20,135	21,153	21,945	5.1	3.7
	65+	17,569	17,896	17,971	1.9	0.4
Principal Economic Status
	At work	24,567	24,876	25,703	1.3	3.3
	Unemployed	12,655	13,219	13,266	4.5	0.4
	Student	14,665	15,534	16,178	5.9	4.1
	Home duties	14,633	14,716	15,091	0.6	2.5
	Retired	18,675	18,832	18,116	0.8	-3.8
	Not at work due to illness or disability	13,171	13,341	13,920	1.3	4.3
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	14,614	14,814	15,104	1.4	2.0
	Lower secondary	16,328	16,892	17,254	3.5	2.1
	Higher secondary	18,559	19,476	19,920	4.9	2.3
	Post leaving cert	18,629	19,472	19,905	4.5	2.2
	Third level non degree	24,567	24,952	25,252	1.6	1.2
	Third level degree or above	31,780	31,869	34,050	0.3	6.8
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	13,837	14,045	14,545	1.5	3.6
	1 adult aged <65	16,611	17,295	18,838	4.1	8.9
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	18,951	19,115	18,808	0.9	-1.6
	2 adults, both aged <65	24,982	25,109	28,132	0.5	12.0
	3 or more adults	20,776	21,219	22,714	2.1	7.0
	1 adult with children aged under 18	13,952	13,693	14,197	-1.9	3.7
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	20,626	22,334	23,108	8.3	3.5
	Other households with children aged under 18	15,972	17,075	17,551	6.9	2.8
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	13,137	13,177	13,453	0.3	2.1
	1	16,983	17,582	18,163	3.5	3.3
	2	25,138	25,740	25,703	2.4	-0.1
	3+	23,620	24,814	27,231	5.1	9.7
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	21,581	22,686	23,232	5.1	2.4
	Rented at the market rate	16,973	17,272	16,124	1.8	-6.6
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	13,306	14,280	14,927	7.3	4.5
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	19,724	20,985	20,800	6.4	-0.9
	Rural areas	18,628	18,663	20,052	0.2	7.4
Region
	Northern and Western	17,398	16,854	18,402	-3.1	9.2
	Southern	18,389	19,303	18,909	5.0	-2.0
	Eastern and Midland	20,510	21,851	22,413	6.5	2.6
¹Deflator base year 2012.
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1f Mean equivalised real disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1f Mean equivalised real disposable income¹by demographic characteristics and year
					All persons
		Mean equivalised real disposable income¹			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		22,722	23,431	24,671	3.1	5.3
Sex
	Male	23,092	23,575	25,107	2.1	6.5
	Female	22,359	23,288	24,243	4.2	4.1
Age group
	0-17	21,636	21,993	23,036	1.7	4.7
	18-64	23,538	24,504	26,006	4.1	6.1
	65+	21,101	21,388	21,852	1.4	2.2
Principal Economic Status
	At work	27,855	28,445	30,301	2.1	6.5
	Unemployed	14,898	15,906	16,249	6.8	2.2
	Student	16,889	19,384	19,757	14.8	1.9
	Home duties	17,647	17,810	18,066	0.9	1.4
	Retired	21,774	22,379	22,331	2.8	-0.2
	Not at work due to illness or disability	14,849	15,442	15,528	4.0	0.6
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	16,851	16,791	17,192	-0.4	2.4
	Lower secondary	18,394	19,121	19,972	4.0	4.5
	Higher secondary	20,425	21,722	22,549	6.4	3.8
	Post leaving cert	20,993	21,291	22,333	1.4	4.9
	Third level non degree	26,803	27,604	29,051	3.0	5.2
	Third level degree or above	33,848	35,260	37,024	4.2	5.0
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	18,940	18,893	20,309	-0.2	7.5
	1 adult aged <65	24,309	26,190	27,125	7.7	3.6
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	21,755	22,138	22,487	1.8	1.6
	2 adults, both aged <65	28,506	29,187	32,234	2.4	10.4
	3 or more adults	23,175	24,732	25,553	6.7	3.3
	1 adult with children aged under 18	14,890	14,681	15,208	-1.4	3.6
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	24,162	24,865	26,408	2.9	6.2
	Other households with children aged under 18	18,474	19,534	20,343	5.7	4.1
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	15,072	15,436	15,477	2.4	0.3
	1	20,889	21,638	22,875	3.6	5.7
	2	28,552	29,180	30,075	2.2	3.1
	3+	26,814	27,335	30,613	1.9	12.0
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	24,933	25,946	27,058	4.1	4.3
	Rented at the market rate	19,807	19,583	20,921	-1.1	6.8
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	15,648	16,187	17,998	3.4	11.2
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	23,336	24,243	25,264	3.9	4.2
	Rural areas	21,552	21,722	23,376	0.8	7.6
Region
	Northern and Western	20,004	19,819	20,827	-0.9	5.1
	Southern	21,519	21,616	22,667	0.5	4.9
	Eastern and Midland	24,527	25,980	27,379	5.9	5.4
¹Deflator base year 2012.
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1g Median equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1g Median equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
					All persons
		Median equivalised nominal disposable income			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		19,461	20,331	20,869	4.5	2.6
Sex
	Male	19,892	20,690	21,152	4.0	2.2
	Female	19,063	19,901	20,548	4.4	3.3
Age group
	0-17	18,390	19,191	19,612	4.4	2.2
	18-64	20,367	21,380	22,223	5.0	3.9
	65+	17,772	18,088	18,198	1.8	0.6
Principal Economic Status
	At work	24,850	25,143	26,028	1.2	3.5
	Unemployed	12,801	13,361	13,434	4.4	0.5
	Student	14,834	15,700	16,383	5.8	4.4
	Home duties	14,802	14,874	15,282	0.5	2.7
	Retired	18,890	19,034	18,345	0.8	-3.6
	Not at work due to illness or disability	13,323	13,484	14,096	1.2	4.5
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	14,783	14,973	15,295	1.3	2.2
	Lower secondary	16,516	17,073	17,472	3.4	2.3
	Higher secondary	18,773	19,685	20,172	4.9	2.5
	Post leaving cert	18,844	19,681	20,157	4.4	2.4
	Third level non degree	24,850	25,219	25,572	1.5	1.4
	Third level degree or above	32,146	32,210	34,481	0.2	7.1
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	13,997	14,195	14,729	1.4	3.8
	1 adult aged <65	16,803	17,480	19,076	4.0	9.1
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	19,170	19,320	19,046	0.8	-1.4
	2 adults, both aged <65	25,270	25,378	28,488	0.4	12.3
	3 or more adults	21,016	21,446	23,002	2.0	7.3
	1 adult with children aged under 18	14,113	13,840	14,377	-1.9	3.9
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	20,864	22,573	23,401	8.2	3.7
	Other households with children aged under 18	16,156	17,258	17,773	6.8	3.0
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	13,288	13,318	13,623	0.2	2.3
	1	17,179	17,770	18,393	3.4	3.5
	2	25,428	26,016	26,028	2.3	0.0
	3+	23,892	25,080	27,576	5.0	10.0
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	21,830	22,929	23,526	5.0	2.6
	Rented at the market rate	17,169	17,457	16,328	1.7	-6.5
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	13,459	14,433	15,116	7.2	4.7
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	19,951	21,210	21,063	6.3	-0.7
	Rural areas	18,843	18,863	20,306	0.1	7.6
Region
	Northern and Western	17,599	17,035	18,635	-3.2	9.4
	Southern	18,601	19,510	19,148	4.9	-1.9
	Eastern and Midland	20,747	22,085	22,697	6.4	2.8
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.1h Mean equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1h Mean equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
					All persons
		Mean equivalised nominal disposable income			% change
		2015	2016	2017	2015-2016	2016-2017
		€	€	€	%	%
State		22,984	23,682	24,983	3.0	5.5
Sex
	Male	23,358	23,828	25,425	2.0	6.7
	Female	22,617	23,538	24,550	4.1	4.3
Age group
	0-17	21,886	22,229	23,328	1.6	4.9
	18-64	23,809	24,767	26,335	4.0	6.3
	65+	21,344	21,617	22,129	1.3	2.4
Principal Economic Status
	At work	28,176	28,750	30,685	2.0	6.7
	Unemployed	15,070	16,076	16,455	6.7	2.4
	Student	17,084	19,592	20,007	14.7	2.1
	Home duties	17,850	18,001	18,295	0.8	1.6
	Retired	22,025	22,619	22,614	2.7	0.0
	Not at work due to illness or disability	15,020	15,607	15,725	3.9	0.8
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	17,045	16,971	17,410	-0.4	2.6
	Lower secondary	18,606	19,326	20,225	3.9	4.7
	Higher secondary	20,661	21,955	22,834	6.3	4.0
	Post leaving cert	21,235	21,519	22,616	1.3	5.1
	Third level non degree	27,112	27,900	29,419	2.9	5.4
	Third level degree or above	34,238	35,638	37,493	4.1	5.2
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	19,158	19,095	20,566	-0.3	7.7
	1 adult aged <65	24,589	26,471	27,468	7.7	3.8
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	22,006	22,375	22,772	1.7	1.8
	2 adults, both aged <65	28,835	29,500	32,642	2.3	10.7
	3 or more adults	23,442	24,997	25,876	6.6	3.5
	1 adult with children aged under 18	15,062	14,838	15,401	-1.5	3.8
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	24,441	25,131	26,742	2.8	6.4
	Other households with children aged under 18	18,687	19,743	20,600	5.7	4.3
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	15,246	15,601	15,673	2.3	0.5
	1	21,130	21,870	23,165	3.5	5.9
	2	28,881	29,493	30,456	2.1	3.3
	3+	27,123	27,628	31,000	1.9	12.2
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	25,221	26,224	27,400	4.0	4.5
	Rented at the market rate	20,035	19,793	21,186	-1.2	7.0
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	15,828	16,360	18,226	3.4	11.4
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	23,605	24,503	25,584	3.8	4.4
	Rural areas	21,801	21,955	23,672	0.7	7.8
Region
	Northern and Western	20,235	20,031	21,091	-1.0	5.3
	Southern	21,767	21,848	22,954	0.4	5.1
	Eastern and Midland	24,810	26,258	27,726	5.8	5.6
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.2a Composition of nominal household income and nominal equivalised income by year

Table 2.2b Composition of real household income and real equivalised income by year

Table 2.3a Nominal median income measures by year

Table 2.3b Nominal mean income measures by year

Table 2.4 Average weekly equivalised income by net disposable equivalised income deciles and composition of net equivalised disposable income, 2017

Table 2.4 Average weekly equivalised income by net disposable equivalised income deciles and composition of net equivalised disposable income, 2017
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		< 210.06	< 259.56	< 299.06	< 343.43	< 399.94	< 458.91	< 535.56	< 649.47	< 830.84	> 830.84
Average Weekly Equivalised Income		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Direct Income
	Employee income	24.68	70.27	100.08	174.18	245.87	340.02	424.65	542.06	731.65	1,091.87	374.59
	Employer's social insurance contributions	1.98	6.35	10.27	18.74	27.21	38.71	49.15	64.45	85.60	138.31	44.08
	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment	12.44	9.87	16.03	21.58	27.06	34.11	37.37	71.86	97.82	334.21	66.25
	Other direct income	3.42	2.73	1.87	4.10	6.97	7.87	9.68	12.78	14.22	71.66	13.53
	Total Direct Income	42.52	89.23	128.24	218.59	307.11	420.71	520.85	691.14	929.29	1,636.05	498.45
Social Transfers
	Unemployment benefits	48.57	37.11	24.39	18.93	13.31	11.14	9.59	6.55	5.56	31.25	20.64
	Old-age benefits	9.42	32.11	72.23	43.26	39.06	27.79	30.58	20.48	22.51	30.16	32.77
	Occupational pension	1.31	1.92	3.16	8.56	20.62	23.03	31.56	38.64	52.73	56.37	23.79
	Family/children related allowances	30.05	39.19	42.26	44.80	36.25	23.26	23.57	22.75	17.25	11.88	29.12
	Housing allowances	4.02	8.12	7.91	4.82	4.16	2.03	1.42	0.75	0.63	0.81	3.47
	Other social transfers	30.58	41.93	22.10	21.79	18.29	12.88	14.00	7.00	5.18	6.81	18.05
	Total Social Transfers	123.96	160.38	172.05	142.15	131.69	100.14	110.71	96.17	103.86	137.27	127.84
Gross Income		166.48	249.61	300.29	360.74	438.80	520.85	631.56	787.31	1,033.15	1,773.32	626.29
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	1.59	5.49	8.72	19.81	38.49	51.54	84.39	131.70	218.03	444.14	100.41
	Employer's social insurance contributions	1.98	6.35	10.27	18.74	27.21	38.71	49.15	64.45	85.60	138.31	44.08
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	3.83	1.12	0.71	1.72	3.55	1.44	4.21	1.95	1.73	9.84	3.01
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	7.40	12.96	19.70	40.27	69.25	91.70	137.75	198.10	305.35	592.30	147.50
Net Disposable Income		159.08	236.65	280.59	320.47	369.55	429.15	493.81	589.21	727.80	1,181.02	478.79

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Table 2.5 Average weekly household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2017

Table 2.5 Average weekly household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2017
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		< 266.2	< 382.1	< 502.5	< 617.9	< 757.0	< 917.8	< 1,103.1	< 1,361.3	< 1,705.2	> 1,705.2
Average Weekly household Income		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Direct Income
	Employee income	13.21	24.66	78.85	160.03	331.74	559.00	785.57	1,092.01	1,515.75	2,516.23	707.95
	Employer's social insurance contributions	0.66	1.58	7.25	15.09	33.13	58.34	87.87	126.40	180.08	314.48	82.52
	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment	8.24	11.92	29.19	41.39	59.57	62.66	109.80	119.47	193.44	637.03	127.31
	Other direct income	2.17	8.12	13.69	14.31	19.27	11.93	20.13	31.40	30.72	131.09	28.29
	Total Direct Income	24.28	46.28	128.97	230.82	443.72	691.92	1,003.37	1,369.28	1,919.99	3,598.83	946.07
Social Transfers
	Unemployment benefits	30.15	49.04	43.18	59.88	53.22	37.70	19.23	22.40	21.99	53.37	39.02
	Old-age benefits	83.55	143.69	181.58	187.79	151.83	139.64	126.92	119.94	77.39	88.55	130.07
	Family/children related allowances	6.48	30.46	54.65	66.73	67.09	71.16	60.68	50.38	40.89	40.31	48.88
	Housing allowances	11.46	14.73	14.07	12.93	7.72	4.25	1.86	1.25	0.77	1.58	7.06
	Other social transfers	52.03	38.96	47.85	44.48	44.06	43.82	40.32	23.71	17.20	14.43	36.68
	Total Social Transfers	183.66	276.87	341.33	371.81	323.93	296.57	249.01	217.68	158.24	198.23	261.71
Gross Income		207.94	323.15	470.30	602.63	767.65	988.49	1,252.38	1,586.96	2,078.23	3,797.06	1,207.78
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	0.67	1.57	7.49	16.43	41.41	76.26	140.13	230.21	375.82	1,008.93	189.96
	Employer's social insurance contributions	0.66	1.58	7.25	15.09	33.13	58.34	87.87	126.40	180.08	314.48	82.52
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	2.49	0.54	2.31	3.73	3.81	4.94	4.07	6.45	7.28	27.32	6.29
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	3.82	3.69	17.05	35.25	78.35	139.53	232.06	363.07	563.17	1,350.73	278.77
Net Disposable Income		204.12	319.46	453.25	567.38	689.30	848.96	1,020.32	1,223.89	1,515.06	2,446.33	929.01

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Table 2.6 Demographic characteristics of individuals by net disposable equivalised income deciles, 2017

Table 2.6 Demographic characteristics of individuals by net disposable equivalised income deciles, 2017
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		< 210.06	< 259.56	< 299.06	< 343.43	< 399.94	< 458.91	< 535.56	< 649.47	< 830.84	> 830.84
Distribution across deciles		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
	Male	9.1	10.3	9.5	9.8	10.3	10.6	10.1	9.9	10.0	10.4	100.0
	Female	10.9	9.7	10.5	10.1	9.7	9.5	9.9	10.1	10.0	9.7	100.0
Age group
	0-17	11.6	10.3	10.8	11.6	9.6	9.9	10.1	10.4	8.7	7.0	100.0
	18-64	10.4	9.7	7.3	8.8	9.6	10.4	10.2	10.3	11.1	12.3	100.0
	65+	5.3	10.8	20.5	12.4	12.5	8.7	9.0	7.7	7.6	5.5	100.0
Principal Economic Status (aged 16 years and over)
	At work	3.0	4.6	5.5	7.7	9.6	12.3	12.1	13.9	15.0	16.3	100.0
	Unemployed	29.8	21.1	8.9	12.2	9.1	5.3	5.2	3.1	3.1	2.5	100.0
	Student	25.3	14.4	7.6	8.8	9.9	9.2	7.0	6.4	5.2	6.2	100.0
	Home duties	17.6	15.6	19.8	11.6	10.5	6.1	7.1	4.4	3.6	3.8	100.0
	Retired	6.0	10.2	18.5	12.6	12.5	8.6	9.3	7.5	8.0	6.7	100.0
	Not at work due to illness or disability	15.6	29.4	16.4	12.9	9.6	6.0	7.0	1.2	1.2	0.8	100.0
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)
	Primary or below	13.0	17.3	21.6	15.1	11.3	7.6	6.7	4.0	2.0	1.5	100.0
	Lower secondary	14.8	14.2	10.9	11.9	12.2	8.8	10.4	7.8	5.0	3.8	100.0
	Higher secondary	10.9	10.2	9.0	10.2	12.3	12.6	11.5	8.5	8.6	6.1	100.0
	Post leaving cert	11.6	9.9	11.6	9.5	9.0	13.2	9.4	11.6	7.9	6.4	100.0
	Third level non degree	6.9	5.5	5.6	7.1	9.7	10.1	11.0	16.7	13.7	13.6	100.0
	Third level degree or above	3.7	3.4	2.7	4.3	5.7	7.5	9.6	11.3	22.0	29.9	100.0
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	6.3	20.8	28.1	9.4	7.5	4.8	6.0	5.6	4.7	6.7	100.0
	1 adult aged <65	19.3	19.4	4.7	4.6	5.4	4.5	10.2	7.2	9.0	15.8	100.0
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	5.4	7.8	17.9	13.6	13.2	9.4	9.5	9.1	9.5	4.6	100.0
	2 adults, both aged <65	7.6	7.5	4.7	7.0	6.3	9.4	6.6	10.2	14.8	26.0	100.0
	3 or more adults	9.5	7.8	3.9	7.8	14.1	10.6	11.3	12.1	11.3	11.5	100.0
	1 adult with children aged under 18	28.7	17.8	10.6	16.2	10.8	6.6	4.4	2.6	1.9	0.5	100.0
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	5.2	6.9	9.9	10.4	8.8	10.4	11.9	13.6	12.7	10.2	100.0
	Other households with children aged under 18	16.2	12.8	11.3	10.6	11.2	13.5	10.4	5.7	5.0	3.4	100.0
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	28.5	20.8	17.3	11.0	7.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	2.4	2.1	100.0
	1	9.0	12.1	12.7	14.1	11.5	9.1	9.7	6.1	7.1	8.5	100.0
	2	1.6	4.2	5.2	7.3	11.5	12.1	13.1	15.3	15.1	14.6	100.0
	3+	1.8	0.5	3.7	6.1	6.8	19.2	13.0	17.0	16.4	15.2	100.0
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	6.4	6.7	7.9	9.3	10.5	10.7	12.3	12.1	12.2	11.9	100.0
	Rented at the market rate	14.7	18.0	12.6	12.2	7.4	10.9	4.3	5.3	7.4	7.1	100.0
	Rented at below the market rate or rent free	20.8	16.9	16.6	11.0	9.9	6.5	5.2	5.2	3.3	4.6	100.0
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	9.8	9.5	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.5	9.8	9.4	11.2	10.8	100.0
	Rural areas	10.5	11.0	9.9	10.0	10.0	11.1	10.5	11.4	7.5	8.2	100.0
Region
	Northern and Western	12.1	14.4	10.9	9.9	10.4	13.1	9.5	8.3	6.1	5.1	100.0
	Southern	10.4	10.4	12.6	12.3	9.6	8.6	9.0	11.0	9.5	6.6	100.0
	Eastern and Midland	8.9	8.1	8.0	8.5	10.1	9.9	10.9	9.9	11.7	14.0	100.0
Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect for the SILC survey from 2017. Data from 2012 to 2016 has also been revised to reflect these changes. Please see background notes of the 2017 SILC release for additional information.

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Table 2.2a Composition of nominal household income¹ and nominal equivalised income¹ by year
		Nominal household income¹				Nominal equivalised income¹
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2014	2015	2016	2017
Average Weekly Income		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Direct Income
	Employee income	608.43	641.96	682.53	707.95	319.61	339.03	359.65	374.59
	Employer's social insurance contributions	70.82	73.82	77.26	82.52	37.46	39.42	41.02	44.08
	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment	86.36	97.37	94.42	127.31	45.96	50.48	48.05	66.25
	Other direct income	28.87	23.24	26.21	28.29	13.51	10.93	12.43	13.53
	Total direct income	794.48	836.38	880.42	946.07	416.54	439.88	461.15	498.45
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related payments	51.59	47.06	44.70	39.02	27.03	24.75	23.24	20.64
	Old-age related payments	71.15	73.88	74.95	75.77	30.66	31.82	32.11	32.77
	Occupational pension	55.22	56.43	57.94	54.30	24.09	24.59	25.23	23.79
	Family/children related allowances	50.99	52.40	50.84	48.88	29.44	30.32	29.54	29.12
	Housing allowances	8.41	7.71	8.44	7.06	4.17	3.87	4.15	3.47
	Other social transfers	36.87	37.54	38.50	36.68	17.98	18.16	18.88	18.05
	Total social transfers	274.25	275.02	275.36	261.71	133.36	133.50	133.15	127.84
Gross Income		1,068.73	1,111.40	1,155.78	1,207.78	549.90	573.38	594.30	626.29
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	167.50	173.70	185.65	189.96	87.64	91.15	96.95	100.41
	Employer's social insurance contributions	70.82	73.82	77.26	82.52	37.46	39.42	41.02	44.08
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	5.14	4.90	5.37	6.29	2.39	2.33	2.48	3.01
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	243.47	252.41	268.27	278.77	127.50	132.91	140.45	147.50
Net Disposable Income		825.26	858.99	887.51	929.01	422.41	440.47	453.85	478.79
¹ Household income is averaged over households while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Table 2.2b Composition of real household income¹ and real equivalised income¹ by year
		Real household income¹				Real equivalised income¹
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2014	2015	2016	2017
Average Weekly Income		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Direct Income
	Employee income	600.64	634.64	675.30	699.10	315.52	335.17	355.84	369.91
	Employer's social insurance contributions	69.91	72.98	76.44	81.49	36.98	38.97	40.59	43.53
	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment	85.25	96.26	93.42	125.72	45.37	49.90	47.54	65.42
	Other direct income	28.50	22.98	25.93	27.94	13.34	10.81	12.30	13.36
	Total direct income	784.31	826.85	871.09	934.24	411.21	434.87	456.26	492.22
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related payments	50.93	46.52	44.23	38.53	26.68	24.47	22.99	20.38
	Old-age related payments	70.24	73.04	74.16	74.82	30.27	31.46	31.77	32.36
	Occupational pension	54.51	55.79	57.33	53.62	23.78	24.31	24.96	23.49
	Family/children related allowances	50.34	51.80	50.30	48.27	29.06	29.97	29.23	28.76
	Housing allowances	8.30	7.62	8.35	6.97	4.12	3.83	4.11	3.43
	Other social transfers	36.40	37.11	38.09	36.22	17.75	17.95	18.68	17.82
	Total social transfers	270.74	271.88	272.44	258.44	131.65	131.98	131.74	126.24
Gross Income		1,055.05	1,098.73	1,143.53	1,192.68	542.86	566.85	588.00	618.46
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	165.36	171.72	183.68	187.59	86.52	90.11	95.92	99.15
	Employer's social insurance contributions	69.91	72.98	76.44	81.49	36.98	38.97	40.59	43.53
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	5.07	4.84	5.31	6.21	2.36	2.30	2.45	2.97
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	240.35	249.53	265.43	275.29	125.87	131.39	138.96	145.66
Net Disposable Income		814.70	849.20	878.10	917.40	417.00	435.45	449.04	472.81
¹Household income is averaged over households while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Table 2.3a Nominal median income measures by year ¹
							€
		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
National income definition
	Total gross household income	37,098	38,332	39,523	42,790	44,676	45,631
	Total disposable household income	33,785	34,436	35,305	37,391	38,953	39,499
National income definition, national equivalence scale
	Equivalised total disposable income	17,937	17,983	18,385	19,461	20,331	20,869
	Equivalised total disposable income including old-age and survivors' benefits but excluding all other social transfers	14,051	14,727	15,068	16,596	16,953	18,182
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers	10,633	10,979	11,410	13,136	14,107	15,162
¹Gross and disposable household income is averaged over households, while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Table 2.3b Nominal mean income measures by year ¹
							€
		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
National income definition
	Total gross household income	51,925	54,131	55,766	57,993	60,309	63,022
	Total disposable household income	41,399	42,164	43,062	44,822	46,310	48,476
National income definition, national equivalence scale
	Equivalised total disposable income	21,307	21,656	22,041	22,984	23,682	24,983
	Equivalised total disposable income including old-age and survivors' benefits but excluding all other social transfers	16,910	17,329	18,031	19,064	19,849	21,364
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers	14,075	14,522	15,162	16,119	16,814	18,352
¹Gross and disposable household income is averaged over households, while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2017

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