Offaly slightly below national average level of affluence, according to new indexOffaly is marginally below the national average level of affluence according to the 2022 Pobal HP Deprivation Index. The Pobal HP Deprivation Index uses data from Census 2022, analysing ten measures of an area’s levels of disadvantage. Almost 19,000 small areas, including 296 in Offaly, (50-200 households) were indexed leading to the development of a detailed map of the relative affluence and disadvantage. “The 2022 Pobal HP Deprivation Index is created to inform national policy and ensure that resources can be properly directed to where they are most needed. The data can also be extracted for further analysis through the geoprofiling viewer and compared between the 2022 Index Census and the three previous editions.

Source: Irish Independent January 10, 2024 17:18 UTC