In the Ghetto

snowflaker

So boardsies, how affluent/deprived an area do you live in?

Check the map to find out officially!

https://www.rte.ie/deprivation/

I live in a disadvantaged area- previously very disadvantaged!

Jim Bob Scratcher

I'm from the mean streets of Crumlin, where drive by shootings are a daily occurrence

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

I'm from the mean streets of Crumlin, where drive by shootings are a daily occurrence

Did ya check the map?

PirateShampoo

EXTREMELY DISADVANTAGED

Mac Uilliam in Jobstown. It's a utter utter **** hole, where people toss rubbish into the middle of the streets, the local traveling community burn tons of rubbish nightly on the green mere feet away from people's houses. The odd burnt out car arnt uncommon sights. Literally gangs of kids numbering close to 3 digits roaming around. Majority of the local populous don't work, but it's also the environment they are in.

Such a total **** hole.

Vojera

EXTREMELY DISADVANTAGED

It went from very disadvantaged in 2006 to disadvantaged in 2011 (when I moved in - obviously I improved things) but now it's back to very disadvantaged. Whoops.

mzungu

I'm still Jenny from the block .

osarusan

On the border of a place that is marginally above average and marginally below average...right on the line. The massive red area of Moyross is not too far away though.

buried

One thing 'bout the ghetto
You don't have to hurry
It'll be there tomorrow
So brother don't you worry

Carry

I'm privileged - I don't live in Dublin. :P



According to that map "above average".

hairyslug

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Where we lived in Arklow, they have it fairly spot on at very disadvantaged.
We moved to a nicer spot in a village outside Gorey and we have been upgraded to just disadvantaged.

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

hairyslug wrote: »

Where we lived in Arklow, they have it fairly spot on at very disadvantaged.
We moved to a nicer spot in a village outside Gorey and we have been upgraded to just disadvantaged.

oooh Mr ladedah!

Roger Hassenforder

Bullsh1t map
We've a swimming pool and a butler and our area is only "very affluent".

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Poll added.

Ipso

hairyslug wrote: »

Where we lived in Arklow, they have it fairly spot on at very disadvantaged.
We moved to a nicer spot in a village outside Gorey and we have been upgraded to just disadvantaged.

Being in Wexford is an automatic disadvantage.

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Ipso wrote: »

Being in Wexford is an automatic disadvantage.

The diet that consists of mainly strawberries and potatoes?

hairyslug

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Ipso wrote: »

Being in Wexford is an automatic disadvantage.

We are one shark attack away from renaming the town Amity and then we will finally be on the map.

wakka12

Very affluent..it just feels like a pretty regular middle class area though. Surprised by how few places there were on either end of the extreme on the map, only a couple of blocks on the whole city which were extremely disadvanataged or extremely wealthy

myshirt

What immediately struck me is Donegal. As an extremely low contributor of the money this country generates, I would have expected them to be less affluent than they are.

They are getting a smashing deal there. They should be writing a Christmas card to Dublin saying thank you.

Toots

MARGINALLY ABOVE AVERAGE

Mine went from Very Affluent in 2011 to Affluent in 2016. I think their data is a bit off though, cos I know in my immediate area in 2011 there were loads of people who'd been laid off, but they're saying the unemployment rate was higher in 2016 than in 2011.

jd1983

MARGINALLY BELOW AVERAGE

Marginally above average! That map has the phoenix park as marginally below average, so Michael D and the US ambassador are slightly disadvantaged??? It makes the north side look more disadvantaged then it should be.

RobertKK

MARGINALLY BELOW AVERAGE

My rural location in Kilkenny is marginally above average.

Marty Bird

AFFLUENT

On a cold and grey Chicago morn and a poor little baby child is born in the....

Solomon Pleasant

myshirt wrote: »

What immediately struck me is Donegal. As an extremely low contributor of the money this country generates, I would have expected them to be less affluent than they are.

They are getting a smashing deal there. They should be writing a Christmas card to Dublin saying thank you.

I'd have to seriously disagree with you there.

Poor public services, as in we don't even have a train linking us to Dublin. Roads are, by and large, very poor.

Letterkenny IT also has the highest number of grant recipients out of all 3rd level colleges, with 74.43% of students in receipt of a grant. This gives you a good idea of the income of a lot of the people in Donegal.

The government really doesn't invest much in Donegal at all and is widely regarded as the county that's so far away for the capital that it ceases to matter.

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

RobertKK wrote: »

My rural location in Kilkenny is marginally above average.

Probably higher if the farmers declared their full income

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

I'd have to seriously disagree with you there.

Poor public services, as in we don't even have a train linking us to Dublin. Roads are, by and large, very poor.

Letterkenny IT also has the highest number of grant recipients out of all 3rd level colleges, with 74.43% of students in receipt of a grant. This gives you a good idea of the income of a lot of the people in Donegal.

The government really doesn't invest much in Donegal at all and is widely regarded as the county that's so far away for the capital that it ceases to matter.

Or there are lots of farmers kids on the grant

Ipso

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

I'd have to seriously disagree with you there.

Poor public services, as in we don't even have a train linking us to Dublin. Roads are, by and large, very poor.

Letterkenny IT also has the highest number of grant recipients out of all 3rd level colleges, with 74.43% of students in receipt of a grant. This gives you a good idea of the income of a lot of the people in Donegal.

The government really doesn't invest much in Donegal at all and is widely regarded as the county that's so far away for the capital that it ceases to matter.

I suppose it depends on how many ministers are from Donegal at any time.

Ipso

snowflaker wrote: »

Or there are lots of farmers kids on the grant

Wen I was in college there in the mid 1990's about half of the students were from outside Donegal.

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Marty Bird wrote: »

On a cold and grey Chicago morn and a poor little baby child is born in the....

Check out the big brain on Brad!

stampydmonkey

AFFLUENT

Very affluent in our D4 heaven according to the data....our neighbour Fuinneog agrees

Miss Demeanour

I live on the right hand side of the Rochestown Road in Cork where a 'I had a creche' means an accident between two automobiles.

tea and coffee

I don't know about that map... two of the wealthiest areas in my town, with properties in excess of 1.5 million etc are in the light green/ marginally above average. If thats just above average, I'd " love to see "1. Affluent and 2. Very disadvantaged....

Marty Bird

AFFLUENT

snowflaker wrote: »

Check out the big brain on Brad!

The metric system?

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

tea and coffee wrote: »

I don't know about that map... two of the wealthiest areas in my town, with properties in excess of 1.5 million etc are in the light green/ marginally above average. If thats just above average, I'd " love to see "1. Affluent and 2. Very disadvantaged....

Property values aren't in the measure afaik. The details are in the pop up box

Taken from the census.

yosser hughes

What would be a bid advantage in your life right now?
No worries about accommodation? Very cheap below market rate subsidised rent for as long as you like,close to if not in the city centre?
Free medical care?
Free education?
Lots of free time to pursue education, your own interests?

They are all major advanatges in life and the state provides it all to people.
Those who work, have to scrimp to pay mortgage or rent, no free healthcare and long commutes are the real disadvanteged.

Guy:Incognito

How can there be an above average and a below average, without there being an average?

lazybones32

PirateShampoo wrote: »

... where people toss rubbish into the middle of the streets, the local traveling community burn tons of rubbish nightly on the green mere feet away from people's houses...

If the trav's burned the rubbish that others dropped, it could be a case of one problem being the solution to another problem...but i can't imagine many of them doing something that could be called work, or of service to others.

joe40

The section in donegal that is extreme disadvantage looks quite large but is very remote. Must be about three houses in the whole area

lazybones32

I'm supposedly mildly handicapped. Or disadvantaged. Another site tells me "there are 177 women in your area" but they won't want me if i'm poor.The internet on tuesday night is great.

Donald Trump

snowflaker

VERY DISADVANTAGED

Where da fook did all these affluent people come from???

tea and coffee

snowflaker wrote: »

Property values aren't in the measure afaik. The details are in the pop up box

Taken from the census.

But it measures education, employment, single parent stats etc which tbf are all likely to be positive stats for an area with expensive property.
I'm probably missing something.

whiskeygirl

MARGINALLY BELOW AVERAGE

Marginally above average, up from disadvantaged in 2006 & 2011. Areas surrounding still disadvantaged though. I'd agree with that, our little pocket is settled and all my neighbours here are either in their 50's/60's and retired or young, professional looking families who bought houses in last year or two.

MARGINALLY ABOVE AVERAGE

The rear half of our housing estate is affluent but the front is marginally above average, and I’m at the very front :O

I must venture around to see all the Range Rovers, Cayennes and xc90s

Wossack

VERY AFFLUENT

the study is fairly effluent

MARGINALLY ABOVE AVERAGE

Good to know the Irish Sea is affluent anyway

andekwarhola

MARGINALLY ABOVE AVERAGE

Where I live in Dublin comes up as affluent as far as I can make out on that map although the area is a patchwork of affluent and above average. It's a quiet area but not particularly posh. Dunno how they calculate it but presumably it's because it's got a mix of small estates but with a lot of one-off houses.

Where I was brought up in Dublin comes up as very disadvantaged on the map.

Moved to affluent a few months ago, was in very disadvantaged before that

Fantastic decision, everyone should do it imo

madmaggie

I live in a marginally below average area. OMG, loike, I will totally have to sell up. The shame of it.

ChikiChiki

MARGINALLY BELOW AVERAGE

Maynooth is quite the affluent spot. Would have thought it was marginally above average.

retro:electro

DISADVANTAGED

Where I'm living now it says marginally below average, but for my home house it says affluent. I'd say some places in Galway got off fairly lightly there!

osarusan

It doesn't fully define what the categories are or how they are established.

As far as I can see, there are only three areas in the whole country that are extremely affluent, which at first glance, suggests that the criteria are pretty flawed/skewed.