Table 4: Cost of weekly food basket as a proportion (%) of take-home income for rural and urban households in 2014 and 20161. 1Food costs based on the Minimum Essential Standard of Living food baskets developed in 2012 [3] updated using the Irish Consumer Price Index for ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages [7]. Income scenarios based on the most likely take-home income including monetary entitlements from the Irish social welfare system.
Urban households Rural households
Household Type Income scenarios 2014 2016 2014 2016
Two-parent, two-child (Aged 3 and 10 years) Social welfare 29 28 32 30
Minimum wage 23 21 25 23
Tw0-parent, two-child (Aged 10 and 15 years) Social welfare 34 34 38 36
Minimum wage 27 25 30 28
One-parent, two-child (Aged 3 and 10 years) Social welfare 30 29 33 31
Minimum wage 16 15 17 16
Single adult male of working age, living alone Social welfare 30 29 28 27
Minimum wage 18 17 17 15
Pensioner couple Non-contributory pension 18 17 19 19
Contributory pension 18 20 19 21
Female pensioner living alone Non-contributory pension 23 24 25 26
Contributory pension 25 23 26 25