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Poverty and Deprivation

At Risk of Poverty

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In 2019, the ‘at risk of poverty’ rate was 12.8% compared with 14.0% in 2018. While the change between 2018 and 2019 is not statistically significant, there is a statistically significant change in the at risk of poverty rate between 2017 (15.7%) and 2019. See table 3.1 & figure 3.1.

An individual is defined as being at risk of poverty if their nominal equivalised disposable income is under the at risk of poverty threshold, i.e. 60% of the median nominal equivalised disposable income. See At Risk of Poverty Indicators Explained (Pdf 717kb).

X-axis label	At Risk of Poverty	Deprivation	Consistent Poverty	Deprivation rate for those at risk of poverty
2004	19.4	14.1	6.6	33.8
2005	18.3	14.8	7	38
2006	17	14	6.6	38.6
2007	16.5	11.8	5.1	31.1
2008	14.4	13.7	4.2	29.1
2009	14.1	17.1	5.5	38.8
2010	14.7	22.6	6.3	42.9
2011	16	24.5	6.9	43.2
2012	16.9	27	8.2	48.8
2013	16.2	30.5	9	55.3
2014	16.7	28.9	8.3	49.7
2015	16.3	25.4	8.5	51.9
2016	16.2	21	8.2	50.4
2017	15.7	18.8	6.7	42.8
2018	14	15.1	5.6	40.3
2019	12.8	17.8	5.5	42.7

An analysis by socio-demographic characteristics showed that those most at risk of poverty in 2019 were those individuals who were not at work due to illness or disability (37.5%) and individuals who were unemployed (35.4%). This compares with an at risk of poverty rate of 4.6% for those that described their principal economic status as ‘at work’. See figure 3.2.

X-axis label	At Risk of Poverty	Deprivation	Consistent Poverty
At work	4.6	11.4	1.3
Unemployed	35.4	36	20.2
Student	19.4	17.3	5.4
Home duties	22.8	24.2	9.9
Retired	11.1	9.4	2.1
Not at work due to permanent illness or disability	37.5	43.3	18.1

The at risk of poverty rate for individuals in households with one adult and one or more children aged under 18 was 29.7%, compared with 6.1% for persons in households composed of two adults, where at least one is aged 65 or over and there are no children under 18.

At risk of poverty rate anchored at a moment in time

For a given year, the “at risk of poverty rate anchored at a moment in time” is the share of the population whose income in a given year is below the at risk of poverty threshold calculated in the standard way for a previous base year and then adjusted for inflation. The purpose of this indicator is to get some indication of the changes in ‘absolute poverty’ over time. The deflator is derived from the monthly CPI and takes into account the rolling nature of the income data collected by SILC.

In 2019, the at risk of poverty rate anchored at 2004 was 4.7%, compared with 19.4% in 2004.

X-axis label	At Risk of Poverty Anchored at 2004	At Risk of Poverty
2004	19.4	19.4
2005	17.9	18.3
2006	15.7	17
2007	11.5	16.5
2008	10.3	14.4
2009	10.9	14.1
2010	13.2	14.7
2011	16.1	16
2012	18.3	16.9
2013	18.2	16.2
2014	17.7	16.7
2015	14.5	16.3
2016	12.9	16.2
2017	11.1	15.7
2018	6.6	14
2019	4.7	12.8

Impact of social transfers on the at risk of poverty rate

In 2019, if all social transfers and pension income were excluded from income, the ‘at risk of poverty’ rate would have been 41.4%, little changed from the 2018 rate of 40.9%. In the period since 2004, the ‘at risk of poverty’ rate without social transfers peaked at 50.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest in 2004 (39.8%). The general decrease between 2011 and 2019 shows a decreasing dependence of individuals on social transfers to remain above the ‘at risk of poverty’ threshold during this period. See table 3.3. & figure 3.4.

X-axis label	Including all Social Transfers (60% median income threshold)	Including Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits but Excluding all Other Social Transfers	Excluding all Social Transfers
2004	19.4	32.7	39.8
2005	18.3	31.9	40
2006	17	32.2	40.2
2007	16.5	33.1	40.9
2008	14.4	34.6	43
2009	14.1	36	46.2
2010	14.7	39.1	50.2
2011	16	39.8	50.7
2012	16.9	39.1	50.2
2013	16.2	38.1	49.5
2014	16.7	37.1	49
2015	16.3	34.7	46.2
2016	16.2	33.4	44.9
2017	15.7	32.3	43.8
2018	14	30.2	40.9
2019	12.8	30.6	41.4

Deprivation

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Up until 2019 the CSO published Deprivation results as part of annual SILC publication. In 2020 these results were published in a separate earlier release. See SILC: Enforced Deprivation 2019.

In 2019, 17.8% of the population were defined as living in enforced deprivation, i.e. experienced two or more of the eleven types of deprivation. This compares with 15.1% in 2018 and a high of 30.5% in 2013. The increase in the enforced deprivation rate between 2018 and 2019 was statistically significant.

Deprivation by poverty status

The deprivation rate for those at risk of poverty was 42.7% in 2019 compared with a high of 55.3% in 2013. The deprivation rate for those not at risk of poverty was 14.2% in 2019, compared with a high of 25.8% in 2013. See table 3.3.

Consistent Poverty

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The consistent poverty measure is defined as people who are both at risk of poverty and experiencing enforced deprivation. The consistent poverty rate in 2019 was 5.5% compared with 5.6% in 2018, this is not a statistically significant change. See table 3.1 & figure 3.1.

An analysis of consistent poverty rates by principal economic status shows that the consistent poverty rate was highest among unemployed individuals (20.2%) and lowest among those who were at work (1.3%) and those who were retired (2.1%).

Further analysis of consistent poverty rates by household composition shows that individuals living in households where there was one adult and one or more children aged under 18 had the highest consistent poverty rate at 17.1%. The consistent poverty rate was lowest for individuals living in households where there were two more adults, with at least one aged 65 or over, and no children (1.0%).

X-axis label	At Risk of Poverty	Deprivation	Consistent Poverty
1 adult aged 65 years and over	17.6	14.3	4.1
1 adult aged less than 65 years	28.8	20.9	10
2 adults, at least 1 aged 65 years and over	6.1	9.3	1
2 adults, both aged less than 65 years	10	11.2	4.2
3 or more adults	6.7	14.1	2.1
1 adult, with children under 18 years	29.7	45.4	17.1
2 adults, with 1-3 children under 18 years	11.9	17.1	6.1
Other households with children under 18 years	12.7	22.1	5.2

The male and female consistent poverty rates were 5.4% and 5.6% respectively. In terms of age, children aged 0-17 were most likely to be in consistent poverty (8.1%), followed by persons aged 18-64 (5.1%) and those aged 65 and over (2.3%).

An analysis of consistent poverty rates by tenure status shows that the rate for those living in owner-occupied dwellings was 1.8% compared with 13.5% for those living in renting accommodation.

	At Risk of Poverty	Deprivation	Consistent Poverty
Owner-occupied	7.3	10.3	1.8
Rented or rent free	24.8	34.4	13.5

Poverty and Deprivation Tables 3.1 to 3.7

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Table 3.1 At risk of poverty, deprivation and consistent poverty rates by year

Table 3.1 At risk of poverty, deprivation and consistent poverty rates by year
%
		At risk of poverty rate		Deprivation rate¹		Consistent poverty rate
		2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019

State		14.0	12.8	15.1	17.8	5.6	5.5
Sex
	Male	13.0	12.6	14.7	17.4	5.1	5.4
	Female	14.9	12.9	15.6	18.3	6.2	5.6
Age group
	0-17	15.9	15.3	19.7	23.3	7.7	8.1
	18-64	13.7	12.3	14.8	17.1	5.6	5.1
	65+	11.4	10.5	8.2	11.2	1.7	2.3
Principal Economic Status (aged 16 years and over)
	At work	5.1	4.6	9.5	11.4	1.6	1.3
	Unemployed	47.3	35.4	41.6	36.0	27.6	20.2
	Student	22.2	19.4	15.6	17.3	7.8	5.4
	Home duties	23.2	22.8	21.0	24.2	8.4	9.9
	Retired	12.3	11.1	8.0	9.4	1.9	2.1
	Not at work due to illness or disability	47.7	37.5	36.7	43.3	21.3	18.1
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)
	Primary or below	24.4	21.2	21.9	23.3	9.6	9.5
	Lower secondary	21.8	19.9	17.4	19.3	8.0	7.1
	Higher secondary	12.6	12.8	15.1	20.6	4.5	5.8
	Post leaving cert	12.9	13.0	16.2	21.1	6.1	3.2
	Third level non degree	8.5	8.6	10.7	12.0	3.1	2.8
	Third level degree or above	5.6	3.0	5.7	5.3	1.4	0.8
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	19.7	17.6	13.8	14.3	3.5	4.1
	1 adult aged <65	34.0	28.8	23.9	20.9	13.6	10.0
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	6.9	6.1	4.6	9.3	0.8	1.0
	2 adults, both aged <65	14.5	10.0	9.5	11.2	4.8	4.2
	3 or more adults	7.5	6.7	12.7	14.1	4.1	2.1
	1 adult with children aged under 18	33.5	29.7	42.7	45.4	19.2	17.1
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	9.9	11.9	14.3	17.1	5.0	6.1
	Other households with children aged under 18	15.5	12.7	15.9	22.1	4.5	5.2
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	38.6	34.1	28.9	31.9	17.8	17.3
	1	15.8	14.0	18.5	20.0	5.4	4.5
	2	3.0	3.0	7.0	10.9	0.8	0.8
	3+	0.5	0.0	8.6	7.4	0.0	0.0
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	9.1	7.3	10.0	10.3	2.5	1.8
	Rented or rent free	25.5	24.8	27.4	34.4	13.0	13.5
Urban/rural location²
	Urban areas	13.9	13.2	16.2	19.8	5.9	6.5
	Rural areas	14.1	11.8	12.7	13.5	5.0	3.1
Region
	Northern and Western	20.1	18.6	17.2	19.5	7.8	6.9
	Southern	15.0	13.3	15.2	17.1	6.5	5.7
	Eastern and Midland	11.1	10.4	14.4	17.7	4.2	4.8
¹Experienced two or more types of enforced deprivation.
²2018 estimates for urban/rural have been revised.

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2019 Table 3.1 (XLS 40KB)

Table 3.2 Nominal at risk of poverty thresholds by year

Table 3.3 Key national indicators of poverty and social exclusion by year

Table 3.3 Key national indicators of poverty and social exclusion¹ by year
% of individuals
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
National/NAPS Indicators
At risk of poverty rate
	Including all social transfers (60% median income threshold)	16.7	16.3	16.2	15.7	14.0	12.8
	Including old-age and survivors' benefits but excluding all other social transfers (60% threshold)	37.1	34.7	33.4	32.3	30.2	30.6
	Excluding all social transfers (60% median income threshold)	49.0	46.2	44.9	43.8	40.9	41.4
	Including all social transfers (40% median income threshold)	4.7	3.4	3.8	3.3	3.0	2
	Including all social transfers (50% median income threshold)	9.1	8.1	9.2	8.1	6.9	5.7
	Including all social transfers (70% median income threshold)	24.4	25.3	26.0	24.6	24.1	23.2

	Relative at risk of poverty gap	18.9	16.5	18.7	17.5	16.4	14.7

	At risk of poverty anchored at 2004	17.7	14.5	12.9	11.1	6.6	4.7
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2005	18.3	14.8	13.2	11.4	7.0	5
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2006	19.2	15.7	14.1	12.3	7.4	5.3
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2007	22.6	19.2	17.7	15.7	10.6	7.5
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2008	22.7	19.4	17.8	15.9	10.8	7.7
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2009	21.4	18.0	16.2	14.4	9.3	6.7
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2010	19.3	16.4	14.4	12.4	7.6	5.4
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2011	17.7	14.4	12.8	11.1	6.6	4.7
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2012	16.3	13.0	11.6	9.8	6.0	4
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2013	16.1	12.5	11.4	9.6	5.8	3.8
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2014	16.7	13.4	12.2	10.2	6.2	4.1
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2015	19.2	16.3	14.4	12.3	7.5	5.3
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2016	21.4	18.0	16.2	14.4	9.3	6.7
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2017	22.5	19.2	17.6	15.7	10.6	7.5
	At risk of poverty anchored at 2018	28.4	25.4	23.0	20.4	14.0	10.8
Deprivation rate²		28.9	25.4	21.0	18.8	15.1	17.8
	Those at risk of poverty	49.7	51.9	50.4	42.8	40.3	42.7
	Those NOT at risk of poverty	24.8	20.2	15.3	14.3	11.1	14.2
Consistent Poverty rate (60% median income threshold)		8.3	8.5	8.2	6.7	5.6	5.5
	Consistent poverty rate (40% median income threshold)	1.8	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.9	0.7
	Consistent poverty rate (50% median income threshold)	4.4	4.1	4.7	3.5	2.6	2.5
	Consistent poverty rate (70% median income threshold)	12.3	12.5	11.4	10.0	8.1	8.5
¹ See background notes for further information.
² Experienced two or more types of enforced deprivation.

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2019 Table 3.3 (XLS 37KB)

Table 3.4 The number of deprivation items experienced by year

Table 3.5a Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by poverty status and year

Table 3.5a Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by poverty status and year
% of individuals
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Deprivation Indicators
	% of individuals
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	15.7	13.5	9.1	8.1	7.1	8.6
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	22.2	18.3	15.3	13.2	10.3	11.7
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	5.2	5.0	2.9	3.3	2.8	3.1
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	7.6	6.9	5.6	5.3	4.0	4.5
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	3.5	3.5	2.3	1.7	1.6	1.7
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	10.6	10.4	9.4	8.0	7.5	7.7
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	3.7	2.8	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.4
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	8.9	9.0	5.9	4.4	4.4	4.9
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	25.8	24.5	21.1	20.4	17.8	18.1
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	19.1	16.6	13.9	13.9	11.7	13.6
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	6.5	5.5	4.4	4.2	3.2	4.3
	% of individuals at risk of poverty¹
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	29.4	28.8	24.7	22.5	19.0	26.1
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	38.2	38.8	36.2	31.0	29.1	30.8
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	10.9	15.3	8.1	7.8	9.9	10.7
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	16.0	15.9	13.4	11.7	11.3	13.7
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	6.8	8.3	5.5	4.6	4.5	6.1
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	20.8	26.6	27.1	21.0	23.2	23.6
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	8.4	8.1	5.0	3.2	4.4	5.2
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	17.2	20.6	15.7	13.1	12.5	14.7
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	38.8	44.1	41.1	43.3	34.1	38.7
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	31.9	34.6	32.6	28.6	27.5	30.5
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	11.3	14.9	12.8	14.4	9.4	14.5
	% of individuals not at risk of poverty
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	12.9	10.5	6.0	5.4	5.1	6.0
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	19.0	14.3	11.2	9.9	7.2	8.9
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	4.1	3.0	1.9	2.5	1.6	2.0
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	5.9	5.1	4.1	4.2	2.8	3.1
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.2	1.1	1.0
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	8.5	7.2	6.0	5.6	4.9	5.3
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	2.7	1.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	7.2	6.7	4.0	2.7	3.1	3.5
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	23.1	20.7	17.2	16.1	15.1	15.1
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	16.6	13.1	10.2	11.2	9.2	11.1
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	5.5	3.7	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.8
¹ Including all social transfers, 60% median income threshold.

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2019 Table 3.5a (XLS 36KB)

Table 3.5b Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by deprivation status and year

Table 3.5b Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by deprivation status and year
% of individuals
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Deprivation Indicators
	% of individuals
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	15.7	13.5	9.1	8.1	7.1	8.6
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	22.2	18.3	15.3	13.2	10.3	11.7
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	5.2	5.0	2.9	3.3	2.8	3.1
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	7.6	6.9	5.6	5.3	4.0	4.5
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	3.5	3.5	2.3	1.7	1.6	1.7
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	10.6	10.4	9.4	8.0	7.5	7.7
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	3.7	2.8	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.4
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	8.9	9.0	5.9	4.4	4.4	4.9
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	25.8	24.5	21.1	20.4	17.8	18.1
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	19.1	16.6	13.9	13.9	11.7	13.6
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	6.5	5.5	4.4	4.2	3.2	4.3
	% of individuals experiencing deprivation
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	48.8	48.0	38.5	37.6	38.9	39.0
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	63.9	63.1	60.6	61.3	54.7	58.9
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	17.4	19.2	12.9	16.4	17.8	16.2
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	25.8	24.7	23.6	23.7	23.4	21.9
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	11.7	12.6	10.1	8.5	10.3	9.3
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	33.3	36.8	38.7	38.5	41.6	37.0
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	12.7	10.6	8.4	8.3	7.2	7.4
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	29.9	34.7	26.4	22.3	27.2	26.9
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	69.8	69.2	71.9	75.8	77.3	74.7
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	59.2	57.7	58.7	63.1	61.3	65.7
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	21.4	20.3	19.7	20.6	20.0	23.2
	% of individuals not experiencing deprivation
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	2.2	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.4	2.0
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	5.2	3.1	3.2	2.1	2.3	1.5
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	0.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.7
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.0	1.4	1.3
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.1
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	7.8	9.2	7.6	7.5	7.1	5.8
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	2.8	2.6	2.0	2.5	2.9	2.3
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2019 Table 3.5b (XLS 36KB)

Table 3.5c Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by consistent poverty status and year

Table 3.5c Percentage of the population experiencing each type of deprivation by consistent poverty status
% of individuals
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Deprivation Indicators
	% of individuals
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	15.7	13.5	9.1	8.1	7.1	8.6
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	22.2	18.3	15.3	13.2	10.3	11.7
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	5.2	5.0	2.9	3.3	2.8	3.1
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	7.6	6.9	5.6	5.3	4.0	4.5
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	3.5	3.5	2.3	1.7	1.6	1.7
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	10.6	10.4	9.4	8.0	7.5	7.7
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	3.7	2.8	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.4
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	8.9	9.0	5.9	4.4	4.4	4.9
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	25.8	24.5	21.1	20.4	17.8	18.1
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	19.1	16.6	13.9	13.9	11.7	13.6
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	6.5	5.5	4.4	4.2	3.2	4.3
	% of individuals in consistent poverty
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	55.7	54.7	47.9	51.0	42.8	52.5
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	68.9	66.5	64.9	66.7	64.1	67.1
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	20.9	28.7	16.1	17.6	23.9	24.9
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	31.9	29.5	26.2	26.5	26.5	31.3
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	13.7	15.9	10.6	9.8	11.1	14.2
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	38.7	46.7	46.6	47.3	47.8	51.8
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	16.9	15.5	9.1	7.6	10.9	11.3
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	34.6	38.5	30.6	30.2	29.0	34.4
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	67.6	75.0	71.1	81.5	72.9	75.1
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	59.2	61.2	61.5	61.5	57.3	69.7
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	22.0	27.6	24.7	31.6	22.6	34.0
	% of individuals not in consistent poverty
	Without heating at some stage in the last year	12.0	9.7	5.6	5.0	4.9	6.1
	Unable to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight	18.0	13.9	10.9	9.3	7.1	8.5
	Unable to afford two pairs of strong shoes	3.8	2.8	1.7	2.3	1.5	1.9
	Unable to afford a roast once a week	5.4	4.8	3.8	3.8	2.7	3.0
	Unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day	2.6	2.3	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.0
	Unable to afford new (not second-hand) clothes	8.0	7.0	6.1	5.2	5.1	5.1
	Unable to afford a warm waterproof coat	2.5	1.7	1.2	1.2	0.6	0.8
	Unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm	6.6	6.3	3.7	2.5	2.9	3.2
	Unable to afford to replace any worn out furniture	22.0	19.8	16.6	15.9	14.5	14.8
	Unable to afford to have family or friends for a drink or meal once a month	15.5	12.5	9.6	10.5	9.0	10.3
	Unable to afford to buy presents for family or friends at least once a year	5.1	3.5	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.6

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Table 3.6 Profile of population at risk of poverty, experiencing deprivation and in consistent poverty by demographic characteristics and year

Table 3.6 Profile of population at risk of poverty¹, experiencing deprivation² and in consistent poverty by demographic characteristics and year
% of individuals
		2018				2019
		Population	At risk of poverty	Deprivation rate²	In consistent poverty	Population	At risk of poverty	Deprivation rate²	In consistent poverty
State		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sex
	Male	49.5	46.3	48	44.7	49.5	48.9	48.3	48.6
	Female	50.5	53.7	52	55.3	50.5	51.1	51.7	51.4
Age group
	0-17	24.8	29.3	33.6	35.4	24.4	30.4	33.1	37.6
	18-64	61.3	59.3	58.9	60.3	61.4	57.9	58.0	56.3
	65+	13.9	11.4	7.5	4.3	14.2	11.7	8.9	6.1
Principal Economic Status
	At work	44.0	16.1	27.5	12.2	44.5	15.4	27.2	10.5
	Unemployed	3.7	12.7	10.3	18.4	3.3	10.9	7.9	14.6
	Student	7.2	12.0	7.8	10.5	7.3	10.6	6.8	6.9
	Home duties	7.1	12.2	10.2	11.0	6.8	13.4	10.2	13.7
	Retired	11.6	9.5	5.7	3.6	11.9	9.9	6.0	4.3
	Not at work due to illness or disability	3.8	12.3	8.7	13.7	3.8	12.3	10.1	13.9
	Children under 16 years of age	22.2	23.7	28.5	29.1	21.9	26.1	29.9	34.3
	Other	0.6	1.5	1.3	1.5	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	9.3	16.3	13.5	16.0	8.9	14.8	11.7	15.5
	Lower secondary	12.6	19.6	14.4	17.8	13.1	20.4	14.1	17.0
	Higher secondary	16.9	15.2	16.8	13.4	16.4	16.4	18.9	17.5
	Post leaving cert	10.8	9.9	11.5	11.6	9.6	9.7	11.4	5.6
	Third level non degree	11.1	6.8	7.8	6.2	10.5	7.0	7.1	5.3
	Third level degree or above	16.4	6.6	6.2	4.0	18.4	4.3	5.5	2.6
	Children under 16 years of age	22.3	23.7	28.5	29.1	22.4	26.1	29.9	34.3
	Other³	0.6	1.9	1.2	2.0	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.1
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	4.5	6.9	4.5	3.1	4.6	7.0	4.1	3.8
	1 adult aged <65	5.5	12.3	8.0	12.2	5.6	11.5	6.0	9.4
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	8.9	4.5	2.8	1.3	9.0	4.4	4.8	1.6
	2 adults, both aged <65	11.4	11.5	6.9	9.5	11.5	8.7	7.0	8.5
	3 or more adults	15.8	7.0	11.0	9.6	16.0	7.4	11.1	5.5
	1 adult with children aged under 18	5.4	14.6	17.2	20.9	5.8	13.8	15.1	18.7
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	31.6	23.4	31.0	29.3	31.2	31.0	31.9	37.1
	Other households with children aged under 18	16.9	19.8	18.7	14.3	16.3	16.2	20.1	15.5
Number of persons at work
	0	19.9	58.4	40.3	66.8	19.4	59.2	39.7	70.5
	1	28.1	32.9	35.5	28.1	28.8	31.6	32.4	23.9
	2	38.7	8.3	17.6	5.1	38.4	9.2	23.8	5.5
	3+	13.3	0.4	6.5	0.0	13.4	0.0	4.1	0.0
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	70.4	45.9	46.4	31.5	68.6	39.2	39.7	22.2
	Rented or rent free	29.6	54.1	53.6	68.5	31.4	60.8	60.3	77.8
Urban/rural location⁴
	Urban areas	69.0	68.6	74.0	72.2	69.1	71.3	76.7	82.4
	Rural areas	31.0	31.4	26.0	27.8	30.9	28.7	23.3	17.6
Region
	Northern and Western	49.1	39.0	46.7	37.1	49.2	40.5	49.4	43.4
	Southern	17.7	25.3	20.0	24.4	17.7	25.3	19.0	21.9
	Eastern and Midland	33.2	35.7	33.3	38.6	33.1	34.2	31.7	34.7
¹Including all social transfers, 60% median income threshold.
²Experienced two or more types of enforced deprivation.
³ Including missing highest education level.
⁴2018 estimates for urban/rural have been revised.

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Table 3.7 Summary of deprivation indicators by net equivalised income decile, 2019

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Table 3.2 Nominal at risk of poverty thresholds by year
€
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
National income definition, national equivalence scale
	At risk of poverty threshold
	60% of median income	11,031	11,677	12,199	12,521	13,723	14,387
	40% of median income	7,354	7,784	8,132	8,348	9,149	9,592
	50% of median income	9,193	9,731	10,166	10,435	11,436	11,990
	70% of median income	12,870	13,623	14,232	14,608	16,010	16,785
	Illustrative values (60% level)
	1 adult, no children	11,031	11,677	12,199	12,521	13,723	14,387
	2 adults, 2 children	25,592	27,091	28,302	29,049	31,837	33,378

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Table 3.7 Summary of deprivation indicators by net equivalised income decile, 2019
		Number of deprivation indicators experienced
Distribution across deciles		0	1	2	3+	Total	2+
Decile	Weekly threshold (€)	%	%	%	%	%	%
2019		70.4	11.7	5.9	12.0	100.0	17.8
1	< 255.55	39.9	16.2	6.9	37.0	100.0	43.9
2	< 301.30	50.9	16.0	8.4	24.7	100.0	33.1
3	< 348.66	55.1	16.0	10.1	18.8	100.0	28.9
4	< 395.99	63.2	12.3	12.4	12.0	100.0	24.4
5	< 455.95	70.0	12.1	7.8	10.1	100.0	17.9
6	< 519.82	66.2	18.1	8.4	7.3	100.0	15.7
7	< 596.57	81.1	12.3	1.5	5.2	100.0	6.6
8	< 695.99	88.3	7.4	1.5	2.8	100.0	4.3
9	< 855.13	94.8	3.1	1.1	0.9	100.0	2.0
10	> 855.13	94.9	3.5	0.9	0.8	100.0	1.7