Almost a quarter of people in Tipperary have a long-term health condition

Twenty-three percent of people in Tipperary recorded a long-term health condition in Census 2022. 

Nine-percent have a disability to a greater extent.

Profile Four gave an overview of the country’s health and caring responsibilities. 

In some cases the Central Statistics Office (CSO) provided county and LEA breakdowns.

The data showed that the older the age group, the higher the percentage with a disability.

Carrick-on-Suir made the top ten towns with the highest percentage of disability. It came eighth in the country in both the some and greater extent groups. 

In good news, 52.2% of people in Tipperary reported being in good health. However, this was down on both the 2011 and 2016 census data (58.2% and 57.6% respectively).

There was an increase in both people reporting bad or very bad health in Tipperary. 

In 2022, 2,617 people said their health was bad compared to 2,348 in 2016 and 2,216 in 2011. 

But just 652 people reported very bad health in 2022 compared to 477 in 2016 and 443 in 2011. 

CARERS

The data set showed that 6.3% of Tipperary’s population was providing unpaid care in 2022.

This is a significant increase on the 2016 percentage of 4.4% and 4.5% in 2011. 

The 50-55 age group were the highest percentage at 14%.