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Table 4.1 Share of Equivalised Income by Decile
 201420152016201720182019
Deciles%%%%%%
12.973.293.353.323.593.98
24.834.984.994.935.205.31
35.895.925.925.876.096.17
46.756.786.866.697.096.99
57.767.897.967.728.038.02
68.959.099.168.978.999.17
710.4210.5210.5310.3210.3210.40
812.4412.4612.2212.3112.1511.98
915.3015.1714.7515.2014.5914.33
1024.7023.9024.2524.6823.9523.65
Table 4.2 Sample size by demographic characteristics and year
  Number of households Number of individuals
  201720182019 201720182019
State5,0294,3824,183 12,61211,13010,698
Sex1
Male2,8502,5312,417 6,1685,4785,224
Female2,1791,8511,766 6,4445,6525,474
Age group1
 0-17000 3,1722,8752,773
 18-643,2102,8332,679 6,9016,0875,822
 65+1,8191,5491,504 2,5392,1682,103
Principal Economic Status (aged 16 years and over)1
 At work2,4102,2102,090 4,7194,4044,164
 Unemployed278182173 570404381
 Student643624 899656614
 Home duties540438415 1,152943895
 Retired1,3631,2131,183 1,8351,6371,627
 Not at work due to illness or disability337275257 539451440
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)1
Primary or below1,164908827 1,6721,2941,169
Lower secondary772651620 1,7121,4431,409
Higher secondary790704658 2,0361,7561,667
Post leaving cert 622573514 1,1921,080969
Third level non degree721642598 1,3231,2291,111
 Third level degree or above906866923 1,7651,6991,816
Household composition
 1 adult aged 65+858715676 858715676
 1 adult aged <65651557514 651557514
 2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+819698679 1,6381,3961358
 2 adults, both aged <65595527493 1,1901,054986
 3 or more adults507420421 1,7391,4321,434
 1 adult with children aged under 18229213178 678611496
 2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 181,013912905 4,0093,6093,581
 Other households with children aged under 18357340317 1,8491,7561,653
Number of persons at work in the household
 02,0731,6831,622 3,6312,8662,766
 11,4631,2911,205 3,6493,2433,067
 21,2751,1771,155 4,4214,0424,040
3+218231201 911979825
Tenure status
 Owner-occupied3,7873,3163,152 9,2858,2727,875
 Rented or rent free1,2421,0661,031 3,3272,8582,823
Urban/rural location2
 Urban areas3,1082,6822,625 8,0987,0166,912
 Rural areas1,9211,7001,558 4,5144,1143,786
Region
 Northern and Western1,003898847 2,2782,0482,007
 Southern1,8861,6031,469 4,6153,9803,611
 Eastern and Midland2,1401,8811,867 5,7195,1025,080
1Sex, age group, Principal Economic Status and highest education level attained refers to that of the head of household.
22018 estimates for urban/rural have been revised.

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