Ireland

Ireland is in 7th place in the OECD in terms of the share of immigrants in its population, with the foreign-born accounting for 17% of the total population. 46% of them arrived in the last 5 years compared with 22% on average across OECD countries. The foreign-born population is on average more educated than across OECD countries, with 43% of highly educated compared with 31% across OECD countries. 66% come from an OECD high-income country.

61% of the foreign-born population are employed (66 and 55% of men and women, respectively), which is lower than the OECD average. The foreign-born population is less likely to be employed than their native-born counterparts. This discrepancy is partly driven by differences in age and educational distributions. After accounting for these differences, the gap between the two groups s'inverse for men and to get wider for women.

Immigrant households suffer more from poor material and financial housing conditions than native-born ones, but their situation on average is less critical than across OECD countries, with 3% of them living in overcrowded or deprived dwellings, compared with 20% across OECD countries and 1% among native-born households.

Income distribution and concentration in densely urbanised areas account for 24% of the difference in the rate of overcrowding between immigrant and native-born households, compared with 14% on average across OECD countries.

38% of immigrant household members own their dwelling, compared with 77% of the native-born. Differences in the age of household heads and in household income account for 18% of the difference in home ownership rates with the native-born, compared with a 7% average across OECD countries.

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