Sustainability Women and Men in Ireland 2019

Ireland: Population by age group, 2018

Table 1.1 Ireland: Population by age group, 2018
			'000
Age	Men	Women	Total	Men per 100 women
0-14	515.9	492.8	1,008.8	104.7
15-24	308.5	297.0	605.5	103.9
25-34	306.3	320.7	626.9	95.5
35-44	376.3	391.9	768.2	96.0
45-54	322.2	325.6	647.9	99.0
55-64	261.0	265.4	526.4	98.3
65-74	194.2	199.1	393.5	97.5
75-79	57.6	64.2	121.9	89.7
80-84	37.5	47.6	85.1	78.8
85 and over	26.2	46.8	73.0	56.0
Total	2,405.8	2,451.3	4,857.0	98.1
Source: CSO Demography

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There are more males than females in the 0-14 and 15-24 age groups in Ireland because more boys are born than girls.

As more males than females have emigrated in recent years, there are fewer men than women in the 25-34 and 35-44 age groups.

The ratio of men to women in Ireland decreased with age in 2018, from 99 men per 100 women in the 45-54 age group to just 56 men per 100 women in the 85 years and over age group.

Age	Males	Females
0	31225	30171
1	31538	30401
2	33068	31552
3	32181	30681
4	33063	31368
5	34358	32465
6	35072	33475
7	36468	34828
8	37046	35726
9	37281	35538
10	37097	35389
11	36754	35125
12	34619	32761
13	33434	31798
14	33303	31139
15	33023	31833
16	32769	32073
17	32596	31885
18	31964	30901
19	31942	30945
20	32072	30756
21	31986	30905
22	30047	28976
23	29089	28260
24	28341	27711
25	28578	27706
26	28510	27739
27	28686	28815
28	30399	29857
29	29152	29804
30	31414	32339
31	29736	32070
32	31156	33814
33	33582	36389
34	33934	36373
35	35149	38385
36	36696	40395
37	38186	40998
38	40469	42284
39	41477	43009
40	38247	40375
41	37775	38751
42	37033	37887
43	37554	37930
44	36802	37512
45	36077	36798
46	35711	36109
47	34527	35056
48	35005	34953
49	33364	33459
50	31833	31515
51	31133	31472
52	30717	30794
53	30569	31069
54	30280	31120
55	29498	30387
56	28754	29670
57	28053	28424
58	28022	28657
59	26816	27619
60	26858	27007
61	25518	26214
62	25097	25289
63	24412	24693
64	24074	24624
65	22903	23261
66	22717	23231
67	21491	21832
68	20994	21225
69	20328	21306
70	19898	20497
71	19389	19790
72	18323	18869
73	17373	18194
74	15801	16706
75	14670	15567
76	13161	14553
77	11766	12752
78	10704	12138
79	10294	11847
80	9325	11266
81	8384	10171
82	7632	9516
83	6996	9142
84	6361	8643
85	5503	7599
86	4462	6373
87	3641	5613
88	3225	5132
89	2684	4568
90	2131	4047
91	1633	3242
92	1237	2678
93	942	2176
94	792	1781
95	561	1460
96	426	1159
97	304	931
98	244	709
99+	522	1493

EU: Men per 100 women, 2018

Table 1.2 EU: Men per 100 women, 2018¹
					number
Country	0-14	15-24	25-64	65 & over	Total
Malta	107	109	107	83	102
Luxembourg	106	105	104	82	101
Sweden	106	109	104	86	101
Denmark	105	105	101	85	99
Slovenia	106	107	106	73	99
Netherlands	105	104	101	85	99
Ireland	105	104	97	88	98
United Kingdom	105	106	98	84	97
Germany	106	110	102	77	97
Finland	105	105	103	78	97
Belgium	105	104	101	78	97
Czechia	105	105	103	72	97
Austria	106	107	100	76	97
Spain	106	105	100	76	96
Romania	106	105	102	68	96
EU28	105	106	99	76	96
Slovakia	105	105	101	65	95
Cyprus	105	97	95	86	95
Italy	106	108	98	77	95
Bulgaria	106	106	102	67	94
Greece	106	106	96	80	94
Poland	105	105	99	65	94
France	104	104	96	75	94
Croatia	106	105	99	68	93
Hungary	106	106	98	61	91
Portugal	105	104	92	72	90
Estonia	106	105	99	52	89
Lithuania	105	106	93	51	86
Latvia	106	106	93	49	85

Iceland	105	105	107	91	104
Norway	105	107	105	86	102
Switzerland	106	107	102	80	98
Source: Eurostat, CSO Demography
¹Population on 1 January

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Ireland had 98 men per 100 women in 2018, above the EU average of 96 men per 100 women.

There were more women than men in all EU countries except Malta, Luxembourg and Sweden.

Latvia had the least gender balanced population in the EU at 85 men per 100 women.

All EU countries had more males than females for those aged under 25 as more boys are born than girls.

However, the ratio of men per 100 women declines for older age groups as life expectancy for males is lower than for females.

Ireland: Migration by age group, 2009 and 2019

Table 1.3 Ireland: Migration by age group, 2009 and 2019¹
						'000
	2009			2019
Age group	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Emigrants
0-14	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.7	3.0	5.7
15-24	17.1	10.8	27.9	8.7	8.9	17.6
25-44	22.0	15.5	37.5	14.4	12.4	26.8
45-64	1.2	1.8	3.1	1.8	1.8	3.6
65 & over	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.2
Total emigrants	41.9	30.1	72.0	28.1	26.8	54.9

Immigrants
0-14	2.2	2.3	4.5	5.4	4.0	9.4
15-24	18.6	18.6	37.2	9.3	12.1	21.4
25-44	13.0	13.4	26.4	24.8	22.0	46.8
45-64	1.6	1.7	3.3	4.5	3.9	8.4
65 & over	1.4	0.9	2.3	1.1	1.5	2.6
Total immigrants	36.8	36.8	73.7	45.0	43.6	88.6

Net migration²
0-14	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	1.0	3.7
15-24	1.4	7.8	9.3	0.5	3.2	3.8
25-44	-9.0	-2.1	-11.1	10.4	9.6	20.0
45-64	0.4	-0.1	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.8
65 & over	1.0	0.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.4
Total net migration	-5.1	6.7	1.6	16.9	16.8	33.7
Source: CSO Population and Migration estimates
¹ Data for 2019 is preliminary.
² Net migration is the number of immigrants less emigrants.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland 2019 Table 1.3 (XLS 12KB)

The number of immigrants was just above the number of emigrants in 2009 giving a small net migration of 1,600 persons. By 2019 net migration had climbed to 33,700 people, with 88,600 people arriving to live in Ireland (immigrants) and 54,900 leaving the country to live abroad (emigrants)

The number of males emigrating from Ireland fell from 41,900 in 2009 to 28,100 in 2019 while the number of female emigrants fell from 30,100 to 26,800 over the same time period.

The number of male immigrants climbed from 36,800 in 2009 to 45,000 by 2019 while the number of female immigrants rose from 36,800 to 43,600 over the same time period.

Â	Male emigrants	Male immigrants	Female emigrants	Female immigrants
2009	41.9	36.8	30.1	36.8
2010	40.6	20.4	28.7	21.4
2011	41.9	26	38.8	27.2
2012	45.9	27.5	37.1	29.7
2013	41.6	32.3	39.7	30.4
2014	38.3	30.9	36.6	35.6
2015	35.8	35.7	34.1	40.2
2016	31	41.2	35.1	41.2
2017	34.2	42.7	30.6	41.9
2018	26.4	44.5	30	45.8
2019	28.1	45	26.8	43.6

Ireland: Means of travel to work

Table 1.4 Ireland: Means of travel to work, 2006 and 2016
% of usual residents aged 15 & over at work¹
Means of travel	2006		2016
Means of travel	Men	Women	Men	Women
On foot	9.3	14.3	8.0	10.8
Bicycle	2.8	1.1	4.2	1.8
Bus, minibus or coach	5.3	7.8	5.0	7.0
Train, DART or LUAS	2.7	3.5	3.3	3.5
Motorcycle or scooter	1.1	0.2	0.7	0.1
Motor car: Driver	57.2	64.9	56.6	66.9
Motor car: Passenger	5.4	6.5	3.4	5.0
Other (including lorry or van)	14.3	0.4	13.6	0.4
Not stated	2.0	1.2	5.3	4.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Source: CSO Census of Population
¹Excludes persons working mainly at or from home.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland 2019 Table 1.4 (XLS 13KB)

More than half of men (56.6%) in employment drove a car to work in 2016, a slight drop on the 2006 figure of 57.2%. Two-thirds (66.9%) of women in employment drove to work in 2016, a small rise on the 2006 figure of 64.9%.

The proportions of both men and women travelling to work as a passenger in a car decreased between 2006 and 2016.

Women were more likely to walk to work than men. Just over one in ten (10.8%) women walked to work in 2016 compared to 8% of men.

Men were more likely to cycle than women, with 4.2% of men in employment cycling to work in 2016 compared to 1.8% of women.

Ireland: Time taken to travel to work

Table 1.5 Ireland: Time taken to travel to work, 2016
% of usual residents aged 15 and over at work¹
Time taken	Men	Women
Less than ¼ of an hour	21.4	24.6
¼ of an hour to less than ½ an hour	27.3	31.6
½ an hour to less than ¾ of an hour	21.4	20.8
¾ of an hour to less than 1 hour	7.7	7.6
1 hour to less than 1½ hours	8.8	6.7
1½ hours and more	3.5	2.0
Not stated	9.8	6.6
Total	100.0	100.0
Average journey time (mins)	29.7	26.5
Source: CSO Census of Population
¹Excludes persons working mainly at or from home.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland 2019 Table 1.5 (XLS 11KB)

Over half of women (56.2%) and nearly half of men (48.7%) had a travel time to work of less than 30 minutes in 2016.

More than one in eight (12.3%) men and 8.7% of women had a travel time to work of one hour or longer in 2016.

Ireland: Road fatalities by road user type

Table 1.6 Ireland: Road fatalities¹ by road user type, 2017
			number	%
Road user	Male	Female	Total	% female
Car driver	39	15	54	27.8
Car passenger	13	12	25	48.0
Pedestrian	24	7	31	22.6
Pedal cyclist	9	5	14	35.7
Motor cyclist	18	1	19	5.3
Other road user	13	0	13	0.0
Total	116	40	156	25.6
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Collisions omitted where sex of casualty was not specified.

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One in four (25.6%) of the 162 people who died on Irish roads in 2017 were female.

Of the 19 motor cyclists killed on the roads, only one was female while five of the 14 pedal cyclists killed were female.

In 2017, 72.2% of car drivers killed on the roads in Ireland were male while 52.0% of car passengers who died were male.

Four out of five (77.4%) pedestrians who were killed were male.

	Male	Female
Total	116	40
Pedestrian	24	7
car passenger	13	12
Car driver	39	15
Pedal cyclists	9	5
Motor cyclists	18	1
Other road user	13	0

Ireland: Road fatalities

Table 1.7 Ireland: Road fatalities¹, 2009-2019
			number	%
Year	Male	Female	Total	% female
2009	182	56	238	26
2010	161	46	207	27
2011	130	56	186	25
2012	108	55	163	27
2013	142	46	188	24
2014²	133	58	191	22
2015	122	40	162	30
2016	133	48	181	34
2017³	116	40	156	25
2018³	111	30	141	30
2019³	111	36	147	25
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Collisions omitted where sex of casualty was not specified.
²The number of fatalities includes two people whose road user status or age cannot be confirmed and thus are not included in this table.
³Provisional

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland 2019 Table 1.7 (XLS 11KB)

There has been a large decrease in the total number of road fatalities in Ireland between 2009 and 2019.

There were 238 road fatalities in 2009. This had dropped by over a third (38%) to 147 by 2019.

The number of male fatalities decreased from 182 to 111, a drop of 39.0%, while the number of female fatalities declined by 35.7%, from 56 to 36.

Year	Male	Female
2009	182	56
2010	161	46
2011	130	56
2012	108	55
2013	142	46
2014	133	58
2015	122	40
2016	133	48
2017	116	40
2018	111	30
2019	111	36

Ireland: Road casualties by age of victim

Table 1.8 Ireland: Road casualties¹ by age of victim, 2017

	Male		Female		Total
Age Group	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
0-17	7	504	1	385	8	889
18-24	20	755	2	441	22	1,196
25-44	47	1,804	10	1,306	57	3,110
45-64	26	998	9	811	35	1,809
65 & over	16	402	18	342	34	744
Unknown	0	13	0	8	0	21
Total	116	4,476	40	3,293	156	7,769
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Collisions omitted where sex of casualty was not specified

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland 2019 Table 1.8 (XLS 11KB)

Just over 2 in 5 (40.5%) of male fatalities on Irish roads in 2017 were aged 25-44 while 22.4% were aged 45-64.

Almost half (45%) of female fatalities on Irish roads were aged 65 and over while 25% were aged 25-44.

Ireland: Current driving licenses by age of holder

Table 1.9 Ireland: Current driving licences by age of holder, 2018

	Full licence			Learner permit
Age group	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
20 & under	22,748	12,889	35,637	28,310	24,745	53,055
21-24	56,860	45,790	102,650	20,392	22,902	43,294
25-29	97,743	89,819	187,562	19,659	19,607	39,266
30-39	287,009	276,073	563,082	29,220	29,614	58,834
40-49	312,101	288,154	600,255	14,261	13,715	27,976
50-59	263,884	233,062	496,946	5,523	5,591	11,114
60-69	211,789	171,931	383,720	1,856	2,859	4,715
70-79	127,214	96,868	224,082	406	1,160	1,566
80 & over	43,504	29,690	73,194	59	185	244
Total	1,422,852	1,244,276	2,667,128	119,686	120,378	240,064
Source: Road Safety Authority

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More than half (53.3%) of full driving licences were held by men in 2018.

There were more men than women with a full driving licence in all age groups. This was most apparent for those aged under 20, where 63.8% of those with a full driving licence were male.

Just over half (50.1%) of learner permits were held by women in 2018.

The majority (56.5%) of learner permits were aged under 30 years.

Age group	Full licence men	Full licence women	Learner permit men	Learner permit women
20 & under	22748	12889	28310	24745
21-24	56860	45790	20392	22902
25-29	97743	89819	19659	19607
30-39	287009	276073	29220	29614
40-49	312101	288154	14261	13715
50-59	263884	233062	5523	5591
60-69	211789	171931	1856	2859
70-79	127214	96868	406	1160
80 & over	43504	29690	59	185

Women and Men in Ireland 2019

Sustainability

Ireland: Population by age group, 2018

EU: Men per 100 women, 2018

Ireland: Migration by age group, 2009 and 2019

Ireland: Means of travel to work

Ireland: Time taken to travel to work

Ireland: Road fatalities by road user type

Ireland: Road fatalities

Ireland: Road casualties by age of victim

Ireland: Current driving licenses by age of holder

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