The number of people under 60 living in jobless households has taken a major jump.
From the period of April 1 to June 30 (Q2), 11.7% of people aged 0-59 years were living in a home where nobody was working, compared to 9.6% last year.
In terms of the geographic locations, the mid-eastern section of the country had the lowest proportion of people living in jobless households (9.9%), while border areas had the highest number (17.7%).
More than half of households (57.2%) consisted of no more than two persons for that period.
There were 2,413,200 adult members of family units in Q2, which was an increase of 19,600 or 0.8% from the 2,393,600 recorded a year earlier.
The number of adult members classified as being employed was down by 1.5%, while those classified as unemployed fell by 16.7%.
Employment rates for adult members of all family unit types fell in the year to Q2, but the fall was more pronounced among those with children.
Speaking about the report, Jim Dalton, CSO Statistician, said: "The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the Irish Labour Market in 2020.
"That impact started towards the end of Quarter 1 (Q1) 2020 and this is reflected in the impact on the labour market situation of members of the different family unit types in Q2 2020.
"In Q2 2020, 11.7% of persons aged 0-59 years were living in jobless households compared to 9.6% in Q2 2019.
"Looking at the results by age, there was an increased share of both adults and children living in jobless households in Q2 2020 when compared to a year earlier; the share of adults (aged 18-59 years) living in jobless households was 11.1% in Q2 2020 compared with 8.8% in Q2 2019 and the share of children (aged 0-17 years) living in jobless households in Q2 2020 was 13.0% compared with 11.3% in Q2 2019."
