Table 3.1 Full-time education status of persons aged 15-24 by region, 20161 | ||
% of 15-24 | '000 | |
Region | In full-time education | Persons aged 15-24 |
Border | 71.5 | 45.3 |
Midland | 68.7 | 34.3 |
West | 74.2 | 54.0 |
Dublin | 68.9 | 170.7 |
Mid-East | 71.5 | 82.1 |
Mid-West | 72.4 | 57.8 |
South-East | 68.8 | 49.0 |
South-West | 74.2 | 83.2 |
Total | 71.0 | 576.5 |
Source: CSO Census of Population | ||
1 County where persons were enumerated on Census night. |
Table 3.2 Highest level of education completed by region, 20161 | ||||||
% of cohort | '000 | |||||
Region | Primary or no formal | Secondary | Third level | Not stated | Total persons | |
Lower | Upper | |||||
Border | 17.5 | 16.7 | 32.7 | 26.8 | 6.3 | 258.9 |
Midland | 14.2 | 16.5 | 36.4 | 26.4 | 6.5 | 186.5 |
West | 13.9 | 14.0 | 34.0 | 32.8 | 5.4 | 297.3 |
Dublin | 10.6 | 11.6 | 29.0 | 40.7 | 8.1 | 878.8 |
Mid-East | 11.4 | 14.8 | 35.1 | 33.4 | 5.3 | 433.2 |
Mid-West | 12.9 | 16.3 | 35.9 | 29.1 | 5.9 | 309.5 |
South-East | 14.0 | 17.5 | 35.8 | 27.4 | 5.3 | 278.9 |
South-West | 11.5 | 15.1 | 34.4 | 33.0 | 6.0 | 453.9 |
State | 12.5 | 14.5 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 6.4 | 3,097.1 |
Source: CSO Census of Population | ||||||
1 Persons aged 15 & over, whose full-time education has ceased. County where persons were enumerated on Census night. |
Table 3.3 Age at which full-time education ceased by region, 20161 | |||||||
% of region | '000 | ||||||
Region | Under 15 | 15-17 | 18-20 | 21-24 | 25 & over | Not stated | Persons |
Border | 8.5 | 20.9 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 6.2 | 32.6 | 258.9 |
Midland | 6.2 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 13.0 | 6.1 | 34.5 | 186.5 |
West | 6.2 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 8.4 | 32.1 | 297.3 |
Dublin | 5.4 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 19.3 | 10.2 | 32.1 | 878.8 |
Mid-East | 5.4 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 15.9 | 7.7 | 30.8 | 433.2 |
Mid-West | 5.8 | 19.2 | 20.8 | 14.2 | 7.1 | 32.9 | 309.5 |
South-East | 7.2 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 13.9 | 6.9 | 28.5 | 278.9 |
South-West | 5.1 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 8.0 | 32.5 | 453.9 |
Total | 5.9 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 31.9 | 3,097.1 |
Source: CSO Census of Population | |||||||
1 Persons aged 15 & over, whose full-time education has ceased. County where persons were enumerated on Census night. |
Table 3.4 Primary schools, pupils and teachers by county, 2016/2017 | |||||
persons | ratio | pupils | |||
County | Schools | Pupils | Teachers1 | Pupil/school | Average class size |
Border | 416 | 47,086 | 1,985 | 113.2 | 23.7 |
Cavan | 75 | 9,671 | 402 | 128.9 | 24.1 |
Donegal | 175 | 18,697 | 800 | 106.8 | 23.4 |
Leitrim | 37 | 3,656 | 156 | 98.8 | 23.4 |
Monaghan | 62 | 7,614 | 311 | 122.8 | 24.5 |
Sligo | 67 | 7,448 | 316 | 111.2 | 23.6 |
Midland | 240 | 36,771 | 1,501 | 153.2 | 24.5 |
Laois | 64 | 10,846 | 429 | 169.5 | 25.3 |
Longford | 37 | 5,208 | 217 | 140.8 | 24.0 |
Offaly | 66 | 9,677 | 406 | 146.6 | 23.8 |
Westmeath | 73 | 11,040 | 449 | 151.2 | 24.6 |
West | 483 | 51,597 | 2,237 | 106.8 | 23.1 |
Galway City | 25 | 7,334 | 311 | 293.4 | 23.6 |
Galway County | 203 | 22,500 | 952 | 110.8 | 23.6 |
Mayo | 164 | 14,360 | 637 | 87.6 | 22.5 |
Roscommon | 91 | 7,403 | 337 | 81.4 | 22.0 |
Dublin | 444 | 136,548 | 5,463 | 307.5 | 25.0 |
Dublin City | 190 | 45,682 | 1,940 | 240.4 | 23.5 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 63 | 19,219 | 732 | 305.1 | 26.3 |
Fingal | 92 | 36,928 | 1,398 | 401.4 | 26.4 |
South Dublin | 99 | 34,719 | 1,393 | 350.7 | 24.9 |
Mid-East | 367 | 90,184 | 3,500 | 245.7 | 25.8 |
Kildare | 101 | 29,086 | 1,128 | 288.0 | 25.8 |
Louth | 71 | 16,878 | 663 | 237.7 | 25.5 |
Meath | 114 | 26,547 | 1,015 | 232.9 | 26.2 |
Wicklow | 81 | 17,673 | 694 | 218.2 | 25.5 |
Mid-West | 402 | 54,720 | 2,269 | 136.1 | 24.1 |
Clare | 112 | 13,647 | 582 | 121.8 | 23.4 |
Limerick | 134 | 22,471 | 914 | 167.7 | 24.6 |
Tipperary | 156 | 18,602 | 773 | 119.2 | 24.1 |
South-East | 290 | 50,971 | 2,025 | 175.8 | 25.2 |
Carlow | 42 | 7,549 | 294 | 179.7 | 25.7 |
Kilkenny | 72 | 10,959 | 440 | 152.2 | 24.9 |
Waterford | 74 | 14,160 | 558 | 191.4 | 25.4 |
Wexford | 102 | 18,303 | 733 | 179.4 | 25.0 |
South-West | 473 | 77,487 | 3,172 | 163.8 | 24.4 |
Cork City | 50 | 13,455 | 583 | 269.1 | 23.1 |
Cork County | 292 | 48,196 | 1,924 | 165.1 | 25.0 |
Kerry | 131 | 15,836 | 665 | 120.9 | 23.8 |
Total | 3,115 | 545,364 | 22,152 | 175.1 | 24.6 |
Source: Department of Education & Skills | |||||
1 Teaching teachers, i.e., excludes teachers in full-time management roles, (see Appendix 1). |
Table 3.5 Second level schools and pupils by county, 2016/2017 | |||
number | ratio | ||
County | Schools | Pupils | Pupil/school |
Border | 70 | 30,864 | 440.9 |
Cavan | 11 | 5,202 | 472.9 |
Donegal | 27 | 12,969 | 480.3 |
Leitrim | 7 | 2,543 | 363.3 |
Monaghan | 12 | 5,360 | 446.7 |
Sligo | 13 | 4,790 | 368.5 |
Midland | 44 | 24,078 | 547.2 |
Laois | 8 | 4,681 | 585.1 |
Longford | 9 | 3,799 | 422.1 |
Offaly | 12 | 7,066 | 588.8 |
Westmeath | 15 | 8,532 | 568.8 |
West | 79 | 32,205 | 407.7 |
Galway City | 9 | 5,031 | 559.0 |
Galway County | 36 | 13,785 | 382.9 |
Mayo | 26 | 10,137 | 389.9 |
Roscommon | 8 | 3,252 | 406.5 |
Dublin | 177 | 87,964 | 497.0 |
Dublin city | 76 | 30,101 | 396.1 |
Fingal | 32 | 21,558 | 673.7 |
Dún Laoighaire-Rathdown | 31 | 14,689 | 473.8 |
South Dublin | 38 | 21,616 | 568.8 |
Mid-East | 90 | 55,240 | 613.8 |
Kildare | 28 | 18,368 | 656.0 |
Louth | 18 | 11,573 | 642.9 |
Meath | 21 | 14,264 | 679.2 |
Wicklow | 23 | 11,035 | 479.8 |
Mid-West | 74 | 36,663 | 495.4 |
Clare | 18 | 8,200 | 455.6 |
Limerick | 26 | 15,170 | 583.5 |
Tipperary | 30 | 13,293 | 443.1 |
South-East | 66 | 34,134 | 517.2 |
Carlow | 11 | 5,490 | 499.1 |
Kilkenny | 16 | 7,513 | 469.6 |
Waterford | 17 | 8,921 | 524.8 |
Wexford | 22 | 12,210 | 555.0 |
South-West | 111 | 51,109 | 460.4 |
Cork City | 27 | 11,294 | 418.3 |
Cork County | 58 | 29,291 | 505.0 |
Kerry | 26 | 10,524 | 404.8 |
Total | 711 | 352,257 | 495.4 |
Source: Department of Education & Skills |
Table 3.6 Leaving Certificate candidates by sex and county, 2018 | |||
% | |||
Region and county | Male | Female | Total |
Border | 2,362 | 2,321 | 4,683 |
Cavan | 416 | 338 | 754 |
Donegal | 999 | 1,019 | 2,018 |
Leitrim | 215 | 222 | 437 |
Monaghan | 360 | 385 | 745 |
Sligo | 372 | 357 | 729 |
Midland | 1,829 | 1,887 | 3,716 |
Laois | 447 | 435 | 882 |
Longford | 290 | 284 | 574 |
Offaly | 446 | 420 | 866 |
Westmeath | 646 | 748 | 1,394 |
West | 2,477 | 2,681 | 5,158 |
Galway | 1,465 | 1,515 | 2,980 |
Mayo | 763 | 873 | 1,636 |
Roscommon | 249 | 293 | 542 |
Dublin | 6,733 | 7,072 | 13,805 |
Mid-East | 4,133 | 3,996 | 8,129 |
Kildare | 1,396 | 1,241 | 2,637 |
Louth | 842 | 875 | 1,717 |
Meath | 1,078 | 1,093 | 2,171 |
Wicklow | 817 | 787 | 1,604 |
Mid-West | 2,871 | 3,031 | 5,902 |
Clare | 568 | 670 | 1,238 |
Limerick | 1,254 | 1,241 | 2,495 |
Tipperary | 1,049 | 1,120 | 2,169 |
South-East | 2,479 | 2,596 | 5,075 |
Carlow | 391 | 450 | 841 |
Kilkenny | 514 | 511 | 1,025 |
Waterford | 745 | 698 | 1,443 |
Wexford | 829 | 937 | 1,766 |
South-West | 3,936 | 3,992 | 7,928 |
Cork | 3,103 | 3,112 | 6,215 |
Kerry | 833 | 880 | 1,713 |
Total | 26,820 | 27,576 | 54,396 |
Source: State Examinations Commissions |
Table 3.7 Third level full-time students by type of college and county, 2016/2017 1 | |||||||
number | % of row | ||||||
County | Universities | Institutes of Technology | Other | Total | Universities | Institutes of Technology | Other |
Border | 6,267 | 7,072 | 522 | 13,861 | 45.2 | 51.0 | 3.8 |
Cavan | 1,262 | 1,037 | 73 | 2,372 | 53.2 | 43.7 | 3.1 |
Donegal | 2,168 | 3,158 | 170 | 5,496 | 39.4 | 57.5 | 3.1 |
Leitrim | 595 | 530 | 55 | 1,180 | 50.4 | 44.9 | 4.7 |
Monaghan | 1,054 | 988 | 75 | 2,117 | 49.8 | 46.7 | 3.5 |
Sligo | 1,188 | 1,359 | 149 | 2,696 | 44.1 | 50.4 | 5.5 |
Midland | 4,915 | 4,256 | 443 | 9,614 | 51.1 | 44.3 | 4.6 |
Laois | 1,245 | 1,058 | 150 | 2,453 | 50.8 | 43.1 | 6.1 |
Longford | 695 | 584 | 45 | 1,324 | 52.5 | 44.1 | 3.4 |
Offaly | 1,322 | 1,107 | 123 | 2,552 | 51.8 | 43.4 | 4.8 |
Westmeath | 1,653 | 1,507 | 125 | 3,285 | 50.3 | 45.9 | 3.8 |
West | 10,808 | 6,372 | 871 | 18,051 | 59.9 | 35.3 | 4.8 |
Galway | 6,679 | 3,324 | 537 | 10,540 | 63.4 | 31.5 | 5.1 |
Mayo | 2,788 | 2,047 | 219 | 5,054 | 55.2 | 40.5 | 4.3 |
Roscommon | 1,341 | 1,001 | 115 | 2,457 | 54.6 | 40.7 | 4.7 |
Dublin | 22,784 | 13,646 | 2,900 | 39,330 | 57.9 | 34.7 | 7.4 |
Mid-East | 12,901 | 9,231 | 1,053 | 23,185 | 55.6 | 39.8 | 4.5 |
Kildare | 4,484 | 2,595 | 320 | 7,399 | 60.6 | 35.1 | 4.3 |
Louth | 1,897 | 2,249 | 152 | 4,298 | 44.1 | 52.3 | 3.5 |
Meath | 3,937 | 2,388 | 344 | 6,669 | 59.0 | 35.8 | 5.2 |
Wicklow | 2,583 | 1,999 | 237 | 4,819 | 53.6 | 41.5 | 4.9 |
Mid-West | 10,182 | 6,245 | 1,808 | 18,235 | 55.8 | 34.2 | 9.9 |
Clare | 2,756 | 1,594 | 458 | 4,808 | 57.3 | 33.2 | 9.5 |
Limerick | 4,333 | 2,400 | 820 | 7,553 | 57.4 | 31.8 | 10.9 |
Tipperary | 3,093 | 2,251 | 530 | 5,874 | 52.7 | 38.3 | 9.0 |
South-East | 7,020 | 7,245 | 624 | 14,889 | 47.1 | 48.7 | 4.2 |
Carlow | 883 | 1,103 | 78 | 2,064 | 42.8 | 53.4 | 3.8 |
Kilkenny | 1,915 | 1,404 | 192 | 3,511 | 54.5 | 40.0 | 5.5 |
Waterford | 1,818 | 2,466 | 160 | 4,444 | 40.9 | 55.5 | 3.6 |
Wexford | 2,404 | 2,272 | 194 | 4,870 | 49.4 | 46.7 | 4.0 |
South-West | 14,822 | 9,573 | 1,288 | 25,683 | 57.7 | 37.3 | 5.0 |
Cork | 11,718 | 7,216 | 876 | 19,810 | 59.2 | 36.4 | 4.4 |
Kerry | 3,104 | 2,357 | 412 | 5,873 | 52.9 | 40.1 | 7.0 |
Total3 | 89,699 | 63,640 | 9,509 | 162,848 | 55.1 | 39.1 | 5.8 |
Source: Department of Education & Skills | |||||||
1 Domiciliary origin of students, i.e., county where students come from. | |||||||
2 "Other" includes teacher training, other aided by Departments and non-aided. | |||||||
3 Total excludes "unspecified" and students from Northern Ireland. |
Table 3.8 Nationality by county, 2016 | |||||||
% of row | |||||||
County | Irish | Non-Irish | UK | Other EU | Africa | Asia | Other2 |
Border | 89.3 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
Cavan | 87.1 | 11.7 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Donegal | 91.4 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
Leitrim | 87.5 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Monaghan | 87.8 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
Sligo | 89.4 | 9.2 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
Midland | 87.9 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
Laois | 88.7 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
Longford | 83.6 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
Offaly | 89.9 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Westmeath | 87.4 | 11.3 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
West | 88.0 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
Galway City | 79.1 | 18.6 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 4.5 |
Galway County | 90.6 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
Mayo | 89.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
Roscommon | 88.7 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Dublin | 83.0 | 14.7 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
Dublin City | 79.7 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 6.4 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 87.5 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Fingal | 82.0 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
South Dublin | 87.1 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
Mid-East | 88.8 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
Kildare | 88.4 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
Louth | 88.5 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
Meath | 88.8 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
Wicklow | 89.7 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
Mid-West | 89.3 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
Clare | 89.1 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
Limerick | 88.8 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
Tipperary | 90.0 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
South-East | 89.5 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
Carlow | 87.9 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
Kilkenny | 90.6 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Waterford | 88.7 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
Wexford | 90.1 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
South-West | 87.7 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
Cork City | 84.4 | 14.1 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
Cork County | 88.8 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
Kerry | 87.5 | 10.8 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
Total | 87.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Source: CSO Census of Population | |||||||
1 Persons usually resident and present in the state by nationality and county where enumerated. |
Table 3.9 Proportion of managers, directors and senior officials who are female, 2012 and 2017 | ||
% | ||
Region | 2012 | 2017 |
Border | 36.8 | * |
Midland | * | 35.7 |
West | 32.8 | 34.1 |
Dublin | 31.4 | 37.9 |
Mid-East | 29.3 | 32.7 |
Mid-West | 36.6 | 30.2 |
South-East | 32.3 | 29.3 |
South-West | 36.3 | 33.7 |
Total | 32.4 | 34.8 |
Source: CSO Labour Force Survey | ||
* Indicates that the estimates for the numerator had less than 30 persons in a cell and are not produced as estimates are too small to be considered reliable. |
Table 3.10 Proportion of local government seats held by women by county, 2014 | ||||
number of seats | % | |||
Region and county | Male | Female | Total | % held by women |
Border | 116 | 22 | 138 | 15.9 |
Cavan | 15 | 3 | 18 | 16.7 |
Donegal | 34 | 3 | 37 | 8.1 |
Leitrim | 15 | 3 | 18 | 16.7 |
Louth | 22 | 7 | 29 | 24.1 |
Monaghan | 16 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 |
Sligo | 14 | 4 | 18 | 22.2 |
Midland | 66 | 10 | 76 | 13.2 |
Laois | 16 | 3 | 19 | 15.8 |
Longford | 16 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 |
Offaly | 17 | 2 | 19 | 10.5 |
Westmeath | 17 | 3 | 20 | 15.0 |
West | 86 | 19 | 105 | 18.1 |
Galway city | 15 | 3 | 18 | 16.7 |
Galway county | 33 | 6 | 39 | 15.4 |
Mayo | 25 | 5 | 30 | 16.7 |
Roscommon | 13 | 5 | 18 | 27.8 |
Dublin | 123 | 60 | 183 | 32.8 |
Dublin city | 44 | 19 | 63 | 30.2 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 23 | 17 | 40 | 42.5 |
Fingal | 29 | 11 | 40 | 27.5 |
South Dublin | 27 | 13 | 40 | 32.5 |
Mid-East | 85 | 27 | 112 | 24.1 |
Kildare | 30 | 10 | 40 | 25.0 |
Meath | 29 | 11 | 40 | 27.5 |
Wicklow | 26 | 6 | 32 | 18.8 |
Mid-West | 75 | 11 | 86 | 12.8 |
Clare | 25 | 3 | 28 | 10.7 |
Limerick city | 18 | 3 | 21 | 14.3 |
Limerick county | 16 | 3 | 19 | 15.8 |
North Tipperary | 16 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 |
South-East | 109 | 21 | 130 | 16.2 |
Carlow | 16 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 |
Kilkenny | 19 | 5 | 24 | 20.8 |
South Tipperary | 16 | 6 | 22 | 27.3 |
Waterford city | 15 | 3 | 18 | 16.7 |
Waterford county | 12 | 2 | 14 | 14.3 |
Wexford | 31 | 3 | 34 | 8.8 |
South-West | 98 | 21 | 119 | 17.6 |
Cork city | 26 | 5 | 31 | 16.1 |
Cork county | 43 | 12 | 55 | 21.8 |
Kerry | 29 | 4 | 33 | 12.1 |
State | 758 | 191 | 949 | 20.1 |
Source: Department of Environment, Community and Local Government |
Table 3.11 Number of third level grants awarded by county, 2015/2016 | ||
Region and county | Number of grants awarded | Grants awarded per 1,000 population |
Border | 9,349 | 23.7 |
Cavan | 1,647 | 21.6 |
Donegal | 3,894 | 24.5 |
Leitrim | 824 | 25.7 |
Monaghan | 1,486 | 24.2 |
Sligo | 1,498 | 22.9 |
Midland | 6,005 | 20.5 |
Laois | 1,452 | 17.1 |
Longford | 917 | 22.4 |
Offaly | 1,641 | 21.0 |
Westmeath | 1,995 | 22.5 |
West | 10,123 | 22.3 |
Galway | 5,453 | 21.1 |
Mayo | 3,180 | 24.4 |
Roscommon | 1,490 | 23.1 |
Dublin | 15,423 | 11.4 |
Mid-East | 11,515 | 16.7 |
Kildare | 3,320 | 14.9 |
Louth | 2,802 | 21.7 |
Meath | 3,186 | 16.3 |
Wicklow | 2,207 | 15.5 |
Mid-West | 9,568 | 20.2 |
Clare | 2,516 | 21.2 |
Limerick | 3,817 | 19.6 |
Tipperary | 3,235 | 20.3 |
South-East | 8,564 | 20.3 |
Carlow | 1,287 | 22.6 |
Kilkenny | 1,715 | 17.3 |
Waterford | 2,457 | 21.1 |
Wexford | 3,105 | 20.7 |
South-West | 12,170 | 17.6 |
Cork | 8,848 | 16.3 |
Kerry | 3,322 | 22.5 |
Total1 | 82,717 | 17.4 |
Source: Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) | ||
1 Total excludes 1,253 for which no county data was available. |
Grants awarded per 1,000 population | |
Border | 23.7083885954257 |
Midland | 20.5438913996189 |
West | 22.3412026686735 |
Dublin | 11.4468378509365 |
Mid-East | 16.7160963741386 |
Mid-West | 20.2168322877687 |
South-East | 20.2908577412797 |
South-West | 17.6229953299786 |
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