Cork household incomes vary widely, new CSO report shows
Figures in Cork were hugely skewed; the top five local electoral areas with the highest median gross household income in Munster were all in Cork, but so was the lowest income in the province.
The median gross household income in Cork is €60,906, making it the fifth highest earning country in Ireland after Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Meath.
The figures come from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which has published Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland, based off of 2022 CSO data.
This is the first in a series of thematic releases which will provide detailed estimates on household income in Ireland.
The CSO noted: “The income distribution of Ireland is positively skewed, which is typical of income distributions.
“As a result, the mean income is higher than the median, reflecting the impact of high-income households on the average. The median is often preferred in skewed distributions because it is not affected by extreme values.”
Figures in Cork were hugely skewed; the top five local electoral areas with the highest median gross household income in Munster were all in Cork, but so was the lowest income in the province.
The highest incomes per LEA were found in Carrigaline (€74,781), followed by the city’s South East ward (€71,614), Cobh (€69,833), Macroom (€69,436), and Cork City South West (€67,489).
The LEA in Munster with the lowest median gross household income was Bantry (€41,452), followed by the city’s North West ward (€50,035), Skibbereen (€52,009), Kanturk (€52112) and the Cork City South Central (€54,783).
These were followed by Fermoy (€58,177), Mallow (€58,313), the city’s North East ward (€58,640), Midleton (€61,985) and Bandon Kinsale (€65,395).
A further breakdown by electoral district showed that the areas which had among the highest incomes in Cork were Ballincollig (€97,083), Ovens (€95,658) and Douglas (€94,318).
Sheepshead in West Cork had the lowest median gross annual household income at (€27,636). The majority of the lowest incomes were found in the remotest parts of Cork, or areas of the northside of the city such as Gurranebraher, Fair Hill and Blackpool, all of which had household incomes lower than €37,000.
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