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May 6, 2022 - 12:07

One in four households were in arrears on bills last year

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One in four households were in arrears on bills last year

One in four households with children were in arrears on their utility bills on at least one occasion last year, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The CSO's Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for 2021 also shows that 42% of households said they had at least some difficulty in making ends meet last year, compared with 46.5% of households in 2020.

5.6% of households said they experienced "great difficulty" in making ends meet last year.

The SILC household survey is the official source of data on household and individual income, and it provides a number of key national poverty indicators, including the at risk of poverty rate, the rate of enforced deprivation and the consistent poverty rate.

Today's survey shows that the at risk of poverty rate was 11.6%, down from the 2020 rate of 13.2%. But without the Government's Covid-19 income supports, the 2021 at risk of poverty rate would have been 19.9%.

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The Covid income supports included the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) and the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS).

The CSO said that people most at risk of poverty in 2021 were those who described themselves as "unable to work due to long-standing health problems" and they made up 39.1% of the total. The comparable rate for employed individuals was 4.4%.

Covid-19 income supports had the greatest impact on the risk of poverty of unemployed respondents, it added.

The at risk of poverty rate for this group was 23.2%, while without Covid income supports it would have been 44.1%.

The at risk of poverty rate for employed respondents would have been 11.7% without pandemic income supports, the CSO added.

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The SILC survey shows that the median household disposable income last year was €46,471, an increase of €2,556 (5.8%) from €43,915 in 2020. However, without Covid-19 income supports there would have been a 6.2% decrease in year on year median household disposable income.

The CSO noted that household disposable income rose as the highest level of education attained by the head of household increased.

Where the head of household had an educational attainment of primary level or below, the median household disposable income was €24,660, compared with €63,914 for those with a third level degree or above.

Meanwhile of households that paid rent, 16.2% said there was at least one occasion during the year when they did not pay their rent on time due to financial difficulties.

Of owner-occupied households with an outstanding mortgage, 5.3% reported that they did not pay their mortgage on time due to financial difficulties on at least one occasion in 2021.

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