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- Among carers aged 15 years and over, 167,794 (57%) were at work. The equivalent proportions in 2016 and 2011 were 51% and 49%, respectively. The number of carers who were unemployed fell between 2011 and 2022 and accounted for 4% of all carers aged 15 years and over in 2022, compared with 10% in 2011.
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In 2022, almost two-thirds (64%) of carers were aged between 40 and 64 years. The highest percentage of carers were aged 50 to 54 years (15%), followed by 14% in each of the 45 to 49 and 55 to 59 years age groups. A further 15% of all unpaid carers were aged 65 years or over.
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Dublin city had the highest number of carers with 20,808,...
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The census shows that half of all carers (46%) are between the ages of 40 and 59, with the age group 50-54 accounting for almost 14% of carers. In comparison, 65% of respondents to the State of Caring 2024 are aged between 40 and 59, and the age group 50-54 account for just over 19% of respondents.
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As Census 2016 was a no change census, the questions on caring in 2011 and 2016 are directly comparable. The census showed a total of 195,263 persons (4.1% of population) were providing unpaid assistance to others, an increase of 8,151 (4.4%) on the 2011 figure of 187,112. Women made up just over 6 in 10 carers (60.5%, 118,151 carers) with 77,112 (...
Dublin city had the highest number of carers with 20,808, representing 10.7% of carers in the State. This was followed by Cork county with 18,269 (9.4%), South Dublin with 10,534 and Fingal with 10,515 (both 5.4%). Even though Fingal had over 10,000 carers, they represented just 3.6 per cent of the population of the county, the lowest of any admini...
The 195,263 carers provided 6,608,515 hours of care each week, giving an average (excluding not stated) of 38.7 hours of unpaid care per carer. This is up on the 38.3 average hours care in 2011 and a rise of 321,005 hours of total unpaid care. Women provided almost two thirds (65.9%) of all care hours. The average number of hours of care provided w...
Figure 5.4 gives details of the number of carers and the hours of care provided by the 3,800 children under the age of 15, making up 1.9 per cent of the carers in the State. The number of young carers fell by 428 (10.1%) from 4,228 in 2011. Half of these children (1,901) providing unpaid care were aged 10 and under, down from 2,170 (-12.4%) in 2011...
Feb 7, 2024 · Almost all full-time carers and the overwhelming majority of paid carers in Ireland are women, according to a new report on the link between care and gender inequality.
- Ellen Coyne
Carers by County. The proportion of the population providing regular unpaid care varied from county to county. In Mayo, 7% of the population identified as unpaid carers, the highest in Ireland. Dublin City had the lowest proportion of the population providing unpaid care at 5% of its population.
Jan 18, 2021 · At State level, of those who provide care, 31% of persons aged 15 years and over provide 20 or more hours of caring a week, with 37% of females providing this level of caring compared to 23% of men. Conversely, for men who provide care, 61% of them provide less than 10 hours a week, compared to 44% of females.
Sep 29, 2023 · Almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of carers were aged between 40 and 64 years. Almost half (46 per cent) of carers provided up to 14 hours of unpaid help per week compared with 43 per cent in 2016. The number of carers aged under 15 years was 4,759, or 2 per cent of the carers in the State.
