Culture & Sport Statistics in Ireland

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Cultural employment, % of jobs

3.4%+0.1 pp vs 2024

Cultural employment by region

2.9%−0.3 pp vs 2023

Employment in cultural activities

3.4%+0.1 pp vs 2024

Employment among cultural occupations

79%+0.5 pp vs 2023

Cultural employment by activity

96.8+6.8% vs 2024

Creative and performing artists

25.4+22.1% vs 2024

All Culture & Sport datasets for Ireland (48)

Dataset	Source
Employment in sport by age Eurostat	Eurostat	−10.8%
Employment in sport by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	+46.6%
Employment in sport by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	−10.8%
Cultural employment by age Eurostat	Eurostat	+3%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists Eurostat	Eurostat	+22.1%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists by individual and employment characteristics Eurostat	Eurostat	+0.3%
Cultural employment by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	+26.7%
Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity Eurostat	Eurostat	+6.8%
Cultural employment by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	+3%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+30.8%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−10.9%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−1.9%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+40.9%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−12.1%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−70%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−20.7%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−55.5%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+520%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+575%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+26.4%
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+34.8%
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+31.2%
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	+11%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	−4.2%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−41.5%
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−2.4%
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−2.4%
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−24.3%
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+15.9%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−4.3%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−4.3%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	+32.5%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−23.1%
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+131%
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region Eurostat	Eurostat	−9.4%
Mean consumption expenditure of private households on sporting goods and services by COICOP consumption purpose Eurostat	Eurostat	−0.9%
Mean consumption expenditure of private households on sporting goods and services by income quintile Eurostat	Eurostat	−2.1%

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