Disposable income in Leitrim is 13% below national average

In Leitrim, the disposable income per person for 2021 was 13.2% below the state average, CSO figures have shown today.

Average disposable income for the state was €24,376, the CSO added.

Sligo is not far behind at 13% less than the state average while Donegal fared the poorest in the country at 19 % less than the average. 

Dublin continued to have the highest disposable income per person in the state in 2021, followed by Limerick and Wicklow.

Dublin’s disposable income per person stood at €27,958 in 2021; 15% higher than the state average, having risen a further 3.8% from 2020.

Donegal recorded the lowest disposable income per person in the state in 2021 at €19,253. 

Disposable income in Limerick is estimated at €25,190 per person, next highest after Dublin. Income per person in Limerick is 3.3% above the state average, falling marginally by 0.2% from 2020. While disposable income per person in Wicklow has dropped by 3% from 2020 to 2021, it still remains 1.3% above the state average.

Smaller counties such as Carlow, Louth and Westmeath see their disposable income rise to around the state average. 

Of all counties whose disposable income lies below the state average only Galway and Westmeath have seen their income rise from 2020 to 2021 relative to the national average in those years.