Photo: C O'Flanagan · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Ardnacrusha are higher than in 70% of Irish towns
Unemployment in Ardnacrusha stood at 4.3% at the 2022 census, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. The Jobs & income grade for Ardnacrusha is B+. Getting to work, school or college from Ardnacrusha takes 28.8 minutes on average, with 4% taking an hour or more.
The work numbers behind Ardnacrusha
Work near the middle
66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ardnacrusha had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. Students are 18% of people aged 15 and over, and they count among the 15 to 64s. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
The Jobs & income grade for Ardnacrusha: B+
Better than 69% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
Students are 18% of people aged 15 and over. They count among the 15 to 64s, so they lower the share in work and the grade with it.
Ranks start at 2,500 residents, so this grade has no rank.
How the grade works
Four measures, weighed equally against every Irish town of 1,000 people or more: median gross household income (CSO, 2022), people at work as a share of residents aged 15 to 64, the unemployment rate and the average trip to work, school or college (all three Census 2022). Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Work for 66% of 15-to-64s in Ardnacrusha
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Clare, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 50% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 55% were at work.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS): people at work of any age, over residents aged 15 to 64. The census doesn’t cross work with age, so the few people working past 65 count in the top only.
What residents of Ardnacrusha work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 25% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.7%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), industry of people at work who live here. Ireland doesn’t publish how many jobs are based in each town, so this shows what residents do, not the jobs here.
How much households earn in Ardnacrusha: €66,070
Ardnacrusha’s median is 21% above County Clare’s (€54,654). No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €56,410. The State median is €60,123, 9% below Ardnacrusha’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
2.9% of commuters in Ardnacrusha go on foot, by bike or by public transport
15% work mainly from home, against 8.9% in the middle of County Clare. The car or van takes 82% of commuters; the middle of County Clare has 77%. The bus takes 0.4% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. On foot 1.6%, by bike 0.9%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Ardnacrusha sits near the middle of Irish towns on the trip to work or school
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 78% of trips; the middle of County Clare has 44%. The middle of County Clare averages 23.1 minutes a trip. In County Clare, 5 of 5 towns counted average a shorter trip. Against 44% in the middle of County Clare, 14% of trips take under 15 minutes.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), time taken to travel to work, school or college; the four bands are the shares of trips whose length was stated.
How many sign on in County Clare: the count since 2019
3,361 people were signing on in County Clare in September 2026. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 31 months. County Clare: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 5,809, 26% above the 2019 average.
Live Register (CSO LRM07), people signing on at social welfare offices each month. It isn’t an unemployment rate: part-time and seasonal workers sign on too, and offices serve areas that aren’t published. This place has no office of its own name, so the chart is its county’s or city’s.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How Ardnacrusha spends its days: 55% of adults in work
Compared with Irish towns, 18% are full-time students (against 11%) and 3% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Walkability in Ardnacrusha: graded D−
Behind almost every Irish town on two measures together.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 0%.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), places within 800 m in a straight line of each Census small area; active commuting from Census 2022. OpenStreetMap misses many GP surgeries and bakeries in Ireland, so those two are shown, not graded.
The places around Ardnacrusha, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardnacrusha | 66% | 4.3% | €66K | 28.8 min | B+ | D− |
| Westbury 3.2 km | 69% | 7.3% | €66K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
| Ballynanty 4.1 km | 45% | 24% | €37K | 20 min | D | A− |
| Corbally and King's Island 4.3 km | 58% | 15% | €46K | 23 min | C− | B+ |
| Farranshone 5 km | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | 24.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Caherdavin 5.2 km | 61% | 10% | €52K | 24.6 min | C | C |
| Limerick City Centre 5.4 km | 67% | 15% | €41K | 23.1 min | C | A+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and trip times, with both grades.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Ardnacrusha, where it comes from, and what Ireland doesn’t publish.
- In work. People at work over residents aged 15 to 64 (Census 2022). Graded in place of the share of everyone 15 and over, so a town of retirees isn’t marked down for them.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people (first-job seekers included) over the labour force, from Census 2022.
- Household income. CSO’s median gross household income for 2022. Where CSO publishes no figure for the town, ours is the household-weighted mean of its electoral divisions’ medians, and the page says so.
- Trip times. Census 2022 groups trips to work, school and college by length; the average uses each group’s middle (7.5 to 105 minutes).
- Signing on. The Live Register counts people signing on at a social welfare office, by office and county. It includes part-time and seasonal workers, so it follows a trend; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Walkability. Four everyday places within 800 m (pharmacy, food shop, school, post office) and the share who walk, cycle or take the bus or train to work. GP surgeries and bakeries are shown, not graded: OpenStreetMap misses many.
- Which towns we compare. Places of 2,500 people or more that aren’t a whole city: towns and city neighbourhoods. Grades start at 1,000 people; ranks at 2,500.
- What isn’t here. Ireland publishes no count of the jobs based in each town and no open table of where commuters go (CSO releases its place-of-work file, POWSCAR, on application only), so this page has no daily tide, commute map or jobs-based-here block. Claimant rates aren’t published for towns either: the Live Register is by office and county.
Questions about work in Ardnacrusha
What is the unemployment rate in Ardnacrusha?
4.3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ardnacrusha a good place to find work?
Ardnacrusha earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 69% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Ardnacrusha get to work?
82% of commuters go by car or van, 1.6% walk, 0.9% cycle and 0.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 15% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ardnacrusha?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.8 minutes on average; 4% take an hour or more and 14% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ardnacrusha?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ardnacrusha’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ardnacrusha work?
Ireland has no open table of where commuters go: CSO releases its place-of-work file (POWSCAR) on application only. The census does give how people from Ardnacrusha travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL) · grades: TownRatings. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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