Disability Profile - Cork County

Issued on October 11 2018

Disability Profile: Cork County[1]

Population

13% of the population of Cork County, or 52,659 people have at least one disability.

Age

Their age profile is:

0-14                  5,863

15 – 24              4,213

25 – 44              9,878

45 – 64              14,871

65+                   17,834

Type of Disability

People in Cork County reported having the following types of disabilities and conditions:

Difficulties with basic physical activities

23,627

A difficulty with pain, breathing, or any other chronic illness or condition

21,078

Learning difficulty

13,022

Mental health

9,774

Deafness or serious hearing impairment

8,352

Intellectual disability

5,784

Blindness or a serious vision impairment

4,200

Education[2]

In 2016, only 12% of people who have a disability were in education compared to 17% of the general population in Galway County.[3] For those whose education had finished:[4]

  • 27% did not progress beyond primary education compared to 11% of the general population.
  • Only 17% had completed upper secondary compared to 20% of the general population.
  • Only 10% had completed further education compared to 18% of the general population.
  • Only 21% had completed higher level education compared to 36% of the general population.

Employment

  • 24% of people who have a disability were at work compared to 56% of the general population.

Transport

  • 16% of people who have a disability did not have access to a car or van compared to 6% of the general population.

Housing

  • 10% of people who have a disability lived in social housing compared to 6% of the general population.[5]

 

[1] All statistics in this infographic are based on Census 2016 data from www.cso.ie.

[2] Primary and less includes no formal education, further education includes vocational/technical certificate and advanced certificate/ completed apprenticeship, higher education includes Higher Certificate, Ordinary/Honours Bachelor, Postgraduate Diploma/Degree, and Doctorate. Data based on special tabulation from CSO and Statbank.

[3] % of total education ceased and not ceased and for people aged 15 years and over.

[4] Data is for highest level of education completed for people with a disability whose education has ceased.

[5] People aged 15 years and over, who were renting from a Local Authority or a Voluntary Body.