A CSO Frontier Series Output- What is this?
Note - data within the Standards on Income and Living Conditions series should be quoted as the official source of household and individual income statistics.
The median income of purchasers rose from €49,000 in 2012 to €67,800 by 2019.
For sole purchasers, the median income rose from €34,500 in 2012 to €42,600 by 2019 while the median for joint purchasers increased from €67,800 to €81,500 over the same time period.
Median incomes in 2019 were:
| X-axis label | All Transactions | Sole Transactions | Joint Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49000 | 34500 | 67800 |
| 2013 | 50100 | 34100 | 69800 |
| 2014 | 52900 | 35000 | 71900 |
| 2015 | 56200 | 36700 | 74500 |
| 2016 | 58900 | 37200 | 76900 |
| 2017 | 62300 | 38500 | 79000 |
| 2018 | 65600 | 41000 | 80600 |
| 2019 | 67800 | 42600 | 81500 |
| X-axis label | All Transactions - All Buyer Types | Sole Transactions - Buyer with Child/Children | Sole Transactions - Buyer without Child/Children | Joint Transactions - Buyer with Child/Children | Joint Transactions - Buyer without Child/Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 58900 | 34300 | 37500 | 83000 | 71300 |
| 2017 | 62300 | 35100 | 39100 | 84500 | 73700 |
| 2018 | 65600 | 38400 | 41300 | 85100 | 76700 |
| 2019 | 67800 | 40100 | 43000 | 84900 | 77900 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest gross income for joint purchasers of €123,700 in 2019, followed by Dublin City (€101,200) and Fingal (€90,600).
The lowest values for gross income for joint purchasers were in Longford (€59,300), Leitrim (€60,600) and Roscommon (€62,300).
For sole purchasers, the highest gross incomes were in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (€57,600), Dublin City (€56,600) and Fingal (€52,900) while the lowest were in Roscommon (€29,700) and Donegal (€30,800).
The joint income was €66,100 higher than the sole income in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in 2019, the largest difference in Ireland. Louth had the smallest difference of €25,200.
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