This section on the website includes various demographics and socio-economic maps for people over 60 years old living in Dublin North (CHO 9). CHO 9 is an area defined by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and covers most of North Dublin. The data comes from the Central Statistics Office (2016). The maps are presented across three main age groups: 60-69, 70-79 and 80+. The maps show the percentages of people living in each electoral district in Dublin North and the number of people living alone according to each age group. The deprivation score measures the households that are considered marginalised or deprived because they cannot afford goods and services considered to be the norm for other people in society. Considering that a lower score means higher levels of deprivation, this shows that about 60 out of 135 electoral districts have high deprivation scores. A map presents the old age dependency per electoral district. This refers to the ratio between the number of persons aged 65 and over (age when they are generally economically inactive) and the number of persons aged between 15 and 64. The number of households with occupants with no motor car tends to be the highest in the group of people aged 80+. Other maps show the number of people renting from either a private landlord, a local authority or voluntary / cooperative housing body. It calls the attention that the 80+ group also has the highest number of people renting. The number of people aged 60+ living with a disability in private households tends to be low. The demographic and socio-economic maps highlight relevant and useful information for ALONE. These data can be used to better allocate resources and services accordingly.
