will-ball/Ireland-Deprivation-Mapping

Using the National Deprivation Index for Ireland to create choropleth maps.

Mapping Deprivation in Ireland

This repository hosts the Rmarkdown file behind this tutorial for creating a choropleth map plotting Deprivation by small area for Ireland. It also includes some of the data used and a folder of plots.

You can follow the tutorial to create plots of the entire Republic of Ireland or for smaller sections, at NUTS2/3 region, county or electoral district level.

Here are some examples:

Ireland

Eastern and Midland NUTS2 Region

Dublin NUTS3 Region

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County level