Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
5.3 Socio-Economic Analysis Quick facts about Cork City’s socio-economic profile
224, 004 CORK CITY’S POPULATION
9.3% Share of older people (aged 65 or over) living
45.3 Cork City age-dependency
17.2% INCREASE IN
Cork City Centre’s population (excluding Docklands) 3,266 People
ratio 18 (53.2 nationally)
alone (8.4% nationally)
24% of all households are ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS
66% MALE
55% FEMALE
60% Cork City’s labour force participation rate 19 (national average 61.2%)
LABOUR FORCE participation rate
LABOUR FORCE participation rate
24% almost a quarter (52,964
30% Cork City residents over the age of 15 who have a third- level qualification and a degree or higher (28% nationally) 30% of households with children are SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS in some areas this is as high as 53%
21% Cork City residents over the age of 15 who have limited formal education (none or primary/ lower secondary)
38% of households
who live in RENTED
people) in Cork City have some form of disability 20 (nationally 22%)
accommodation (28% nationally)
20% of the city’s population BORN OUTSIDE OF IRELAND (1 in 5)
5.8% of Cork City’s
49.5% of the city’s population in the inner city centre BORN OUTSIDE OF IRELAND
population who are carers (same as the national average)
This is up from 4.3% a decade ago
Cork City is marginally above the national average in terms of deprivation. However, four Electoral Divisions (EDs) are considered ‘very disadvantaged’.
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