The SILC (Survey on Income and Living Conditions) household survey 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.
| Table 8.1 Average weekly household and individual disposable income, 2006-2016 | |||||||||||
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| Statistic | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Household disposable income | 836.44 | 919.66 | 939.89 | 880.78 | 826.96 | 801.43 | 803.51 | 820.77 | 835.92 | 868.01 | 891.70 |
| Equivalised disposable income per individual | 406.84 | 452.47 | 467.24 | 447.03 | 424.26 | 410.88 | 413.52 | 421.53 | 429.21 | 446.55 | 457.11 |
| Source: CSO | |||||||||||
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The percentage of people considered to be experiencing ‘enforced deprivation’, is defined as not being able to afford two or more basics, such as going without heating in the past year, or being unable to afford items such as two pairs of strong shoes, a warm waterproof coat or a meal with meat, chicken fish every second day.
| Consistent povery rate | Deprivation rate | Deprivation rate for those at risk of poverty | At risk of poverty rate | |
| 2006 | 6.6 | 14 | 38.6 | 17 |
| 2007 | 5.1 | 11.8 | 31.1 | 16.5 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 13.7 | 29.1 | 14.4 |
| 2009 | 5.5 | 17.1 | 38.8 | 14.1 |
| 2010 | 6.3 | 22.6 | 42.9 | 14.7 |
| 2011 | 6.9 | 24.5 | 43.2 | 16 |
| 2012 | 8.5 | 26.9 | 48.9 | 17.3 |
| 2013 | 9.1 | 30.5 | 55.1 | 16.5 |
| 2014 | 8.8 | 29 | 51.2 | 17.2 |
| 2015 | 8.7 | 25.5 | 51.5 | 16.9 |
| 2016 | 8.3 | 21 | 50.7 | 16.5 |
Most common types of deprivation experienced at an overall level were:
| X-axis label | Quintile 5 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 2 | Quintile 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 38.82 | 22.83 | 17.21 | 12.81 | 8.33 |
| 2015 | 39.03 | 22.99 | 17.09 | 12.66 | 8.22 |
| 2014 | 39.95 | 22.88 | 16.76 | 12.63 | 7.78 |
| 2013 | 40 | 22.83 | 16.7 | 12.53 | 7.93 |
| 2012 | 39.64 | 22.99 | 16.95 | 12.7 | 7.72 |
| 2011 | 39.14 | 22.92 | 17.06 | 12.88 | 8 |
| 2010 | 39.88 | 22.32 | 16.89 | 12.68 | 8.23 |
| 2009 | 37.96 | 22.85 | 17.32 | 13.07 | 8.8 |
| 2008 | 39.15 | 22.58 | 16.96 | 12.67 | 8.64 |
| 2007 | 39.79 | 22.89 | 16.73 | 12.33 | 8.26 |
| 2006 | 40.54 | 22.32 | 16.63 | 12.3 | 8.21 |
Figure 8.2 displays the proportion of total income received by each quintile (or 20% of the population).
The share of total income received in 2016 by the 20% of the population with the lowest income (bottom quintile) was 8.3%. By comparison, the total income received by the 20% of population with the highest income (top quintile) in 2016 was 38.8%, a multiple of 4.7. In other words, the bottom quintile have to work for 4.7 years to generate the same income that the top quintile receive in one year.
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