Characterisation of Social Vulnerability to the environmental hazard of flooding in Cork City and County, Ireland, derived from national census and EU Copernicus datasets.

This dataset includes all input information for indicators that were used to derive social vulnerability and the overall processed data of the social vulnerability index score for the region of Cork, Ireland. The input variables used in this dataset come from the national census data for Ireland and EU Copernicus data.

The social vulnerability indicators used in these datasets are based on research including a review of existing literature and the interpretation of factors affecting social vulnerability. Interpretation of some indicators are contestable and open to debate.