The level of education among Travellers remaines well below that of general population. CSO data* confirms just 13.3 per cent of Traveller females were educated to upper secondary or above compared with 69.1 per cent of the general population.

Nearly 6 in 10 Traveller men (57.2%) were educated to at most Primary level in sharp contrast to the general population (13.6%).

167 Irish Travellers held a third level qualification in 2016, albeit up from 89 in 2011.

 

* Census of Population 2016 – Profile 8 Irish Travellers, Ethnicity and Religion