Disability Profile - Kilkenny

Issued on October 22 2024

Disability Profile[1]: Kilkenny

22% of the population, or 22,402 people, have at least one disability

10,930 males, and 11,472 females have at least one disability

 

1,865 people 0-14 years old have a disability

1,972 people 15-24 years old have a disability

4,297 people 25-44 years old have a disability

6,599 people 44-65 years old have a disability

7,669 people over 65 have a disability

 

Type of Disability

8,927 people have difficulty with pain, breathing or any other chronic illness or condition

7,323 people have difficulty with basic physical activities

4,907 people have a psychological or emotional condition or a mental health issue

5,655 people have blindness or a vision impairment

5,215 people have Deafness or a hearing impairment

4,991 people have difficulty with learning, remembering or concentrating

2,249 people have an intellectual disability

 

Education Level Obtained[2][3]

5% of people with disabilities had no formal education, compared to 2.04% of the general population

12% of people with disabilities had only a primary school education, compared to 5.98% of the general population

33% of people with disabilities had only a secondary school education, compared to 28.53% of the general population

13% of people with disabilities had completed further education, compared to 12.69% of the general population

23% of people with disabilities had completed higher education, compared to 30.75% of the general population

6% of people with disabilities were still in education, compared to 10.26% of the general population

 

33.26% of people with disabilities over 15 are in employment[4], compared to 47.39% of the general population

15.01% of people with disabilities are in social housing[5] (by household) compared to 10.41% of the general population

 

Due to changes in the census questions, the data from Census 2022 is not comparable to data from previous censuses

 

[1] All statistics based on Census 2022, cso.ie

[2] 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.

[3] % of all adults, both ceased and not ceased their education. Adults who did not indicate whether they had ceased education are not shown.

[4] These numbers represent every individual over 15, including those in education, those over 65 and people retired.

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