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The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) in Ireland is a household survey covering a broad range of issues in relation to income and living conditions. It is the official source of data on household and individual income and also provides a number of key national poverty indicators, such as the at risk of poverty rate, the consistent poverty rate and rates of enforced deprivation. A summary of the key results of the 2012 survey and comparable results from previous years is presented below:
Note Revised SILC results have been produced for reference years 2012-2014. See Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2015 |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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Income | € | € | € | € | € | € |
Nominal Income - Equivalised disposable income per individual |
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Median | 19,7943 | 20,758 | 20,107 | 18,591 | 18,148 | 17,702 |
Mean | 23,610 | 24,380 | 23,326 | 22,138 | 21,440 | 20,856 |
At risk of poverty threshold (60% of median income) | 11,8763 | 12,455 | 12,064 | 11,155 | 10,889 | 10,621 |
Real Income1 - Equivalised disposable income per individual |
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Median |
20,633 | 20,681 | 20,107 | 19,273 | 18,555 | 17,702 |
Mean | 24,611 | 24,290 | 23,326 | 22,950 | 21,920 | 20,856 |
At risk of poverty threshold (60% of median income) |
12,380 | 12,409 | 12,064 | 11,564 | 11,133 | 10,621 |
Poverty & deprivation rates | % | % | % | % | % | % |
At risk of poverty rate | 16.5 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 16.5 |
Deprivation rate2 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 17.1 | 22.6 | 24.5 | 26.9 |
Consistent poverty rate | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 |
Income equality indicators | ||||||
Gini coefficient (%) | 31.7 | 30.6 | 29.3 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 31.2 |
Income quintile share ratio | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
1 Deflator base year 2012
2 Experienced two or more types of enforced deprivation
3 Amended
Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2012 (PDF 308KB)
For more information contact:
Caitriona O‘Brien on 021 4535201 or Patrick Foley on 021 4535012 or
by email at Caitriona.OBrien@cso.ie, Patrick.Foley@cso.ie
Central Statistics Office 16 April 2014
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