DONEGAL has officially
the lowest disposable income per person in the
country while the border region has the lowest rate
of employment, according to a new CSO report today.
The Regional Quality of Life in Ireland, 2013 report
shows that Dublin has the highest disposable income
with the next lowest income after Donegal being in
Offaly and Monaghan.
The report reveals that nearly four out of ten
people in the border region have a medical card and
no private health insurance compared with less than
a quarter in Dublin.
It also shows that counties along the west coast and
Wexford have more than one in five dwellings vacant
while only 5 per cent are vacant in South Dublin.
The highest average property prices in 2011 for both
new and second hand dwellings were in Dublin while
the lowest were in Waterford. Half of dwellings in
Longford have broadband access to the Internet
compared with nearly three quarters of Dublin
dwellings.
Approximately one in five people in Galway City were
not Irish, the report finds, compared to 8 per cent
in Donegal.
The smallest primary school average class size is in
Roscommon while the largest is in Fingal. The
highest rate of car ownership is in North Tipperary
while the lowest rate is in Limerick City.
Meanwhile, over half of the Blue Flag beaches are in
Donegal, Kerry, Mayo and Cork.
Disposable income per person in the Dublin region,
at €21,515, was 11% above the national average in
2010. All other regions were below the national
average with the Midland region 11% below, at just
€17,133. At county level, disposable income per
person was lowest in Donegal at 83% of the national
average, or €16,106, followed by Offaly (€16,168)
and Monaghan (€16,303). Over three-quarters of
workers were employed in the Services sector in 2012
while the Dublin region had the highest rate at 89%.
The Midlands and South-East (23%) had the highest
percentages of workers in the Industry sector. The
employment rate in 2012 was highest in Dublin at 62%
and lowest in the border region at 52%, the report
found. The South-East, at 19%, recorded the highest
unemployment rate while the lowest was in Dublin, at
12%.
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