Photo: Simon Huguet · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Quin
Unemployment in Quin stood at 5.8% at the 2022 census (the middle of Irish towns: 9.2%). Trips to work, school or college from Quin take 26.4 minutes on average, with 5.4% taking an hour or more. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Quin: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What sets Quin apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Quin had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Quin had €75,180 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. CSO publishes no income figure for this place, so this one is our estimate from its electoral divisions. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
No Jobs & income Grade for Quin
Quin has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
In Quin, 74% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Clare have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.9% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 48% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 65% 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 households earn in Quin: €75,180 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Quin’s median is 38% 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 €60,290. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 20% below Quin’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work done by people from Quin
The second-largest is Manufacturing, at 17% (against 11% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 2.4%.
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.
Out of the car: 2.8% of Quin’s commuters
Against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns, 1.6% walk and 0.5% cycle. 15% work mainly from home, against 8.9% in the middle of County Clare. In the middle of County Clare, 77% drive to work; here it is 82%. The bus takes 0.7% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
About as much time on the road to work or school from Quin as in the middle of Irish towns
Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 61%, against 44% in the middle of County Clare. For the middle of County Clare, the average trip is 23.1 minutes. In County Clare, 4 of 5 towns counted average a shorter trip. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 26%, where the middle of County Clare has 44%.
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.
People signing on in County Clare, against 2019
3,361 people were signing on in County Clare in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count 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).
Work, study, retirement: 65% of adults in Quin are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 11% are retired (against 15%) and 2.7% 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.
Walking to the shops, school and post office in Quin
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 75%.
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.
How Quin compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quin | 74% | 5.8% | €75K | 26.4 min | — | — |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus 6.4 km | 72% | 10% | €53K | 19.9 min | A− | C− |
| Ennis 8.5 km | 68% | 9.6% | €53K | 23.7 min | B | C |
| Sixmilebridge 10.3 km | 69% | 8.4% | €64K | 23.1 min | A− | D− |
| Shannon 12.1 km | 68% | 9.1% | €52K | 18.4 min | B+ | C+ |
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 Quin, 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 Quin
What is the unemployment rate in Quin?
5.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Quin get to work?
82% of commuters go by car or van, 1.6% walk, 0.5% cycle and 0.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 15% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Quin?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.4 minutes on average; 5.4% take an hour or more and 26% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Quin?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Quin’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Quin 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 Quin 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).