Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Corofin
Out of work at the 2022 census: 10% of the labour force in Corofin, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. The average trip to work, school or college from Corofin takes 29.8 minutes; for 8.7%, it takes an hour or more. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Corofin: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Where Corofin stands out on work
Work near the middle
66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Corofin had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
10% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.8% 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.
Jobs and income in Corofin: the figures
Corofin has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
The industries Corofin’s residents work in
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 20%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 2.3%.
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.
In work in Corofin: 66% of the 15-to-64s
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.
2.8% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 49% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 49% 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.
Median income per household in Corofin: €49,450
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 or more, 4 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €44,080. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 22% above Corofin’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
4.6% of people travelling to work from Corofin walk, cycle or take the bus or train
Home is the main workplace for 13%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%. The bus takes 1.4% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. Most go by car or van: 83% of commuters.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
A slower run to work or school from Corofin than in the middle of Irish towns
Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 57%, against 44% in the middle of County Clare. In the middle of County Clare, the trip averages 23.1 minutes. 5 of the 5 towns of County Clare counted have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 26% of trips, next to 44% in the middle of County Clare.
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 the count signing on in County Clare has moved
3,361 people were signing on in County Clare in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 4%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 31 months. County Clare saw its highest month in July 2020: 5,809 people signing on, 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).
49% of adults in Corofin are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 21% are retired (against 15%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places a walk away in Corofin
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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 Corofin, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corofin | 66% | 10% | €49K | 29.8 min | — | — |
| Ennis 12.5 km | 68% | 9.6% | €53K | 23.7 min | B | C |
| Ennistimon 15.4 km | 66% | 11% | €43K | 21.4 min | C+ | A |
| Lehinch 18.6 km | 70% | 9.3% | €45K | 27.3 min | B− | D |
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 Corofin, 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 Corofin
What is the unemployment rate in Corofin?
10% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.8% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Corofin get to work?
83% of commuters go by car or van, 3.2% walk, 0% cycle and 1.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Corofin?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.8 minutes on average; 8.7% take an hour or more and 26% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Corofin?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Corofin’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Corofin 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 Corofin travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).