Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Belgooly
At the 2022 census, 3.5% of the labour force in Belgooly had no job, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. An hour or more is the trip for 3.2% of travellers from Belgooly; the average is 25.6 minutes. No Jobs & income Grade is given to Belgooly: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Belgooly: the figures worth knowing
Less unemployment than most towns
3.5% 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 ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Belgooly had €76,900 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.
Belgooly isn’t graded for jobs and income
Belgooly has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Work for 71% of 15-to-64s in Belgooly
Of the 54 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 41 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.2% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 52% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 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.
Median household income in Belgooly is €76,900
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Belgooly 27% above the median for County Cork as a whole, €60,671. Of the county’s 54 towns of 2,500 or more, 6 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €63,550. The State median is €60,123, 22% below Belgooly’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Jobs held by Belgooly’s residents, by industry
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 1.6%.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4% of Belgooly’s commuters
By bus: 2.4% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns. Walking takes 0.8% of commuters and cycling 0.5%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. 83% of commuters go by car or van. Mainly from home: 13% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Work and school are closer to hand from Belgooly than for the middle of Irish towns
62% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Cork has 59%. 34 of the 54 towns of County Cork counted have a shorter average trip. Against 33% in the middle of County Cork, 29% 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.
People signing on in County Cork, against 2019
19,928 people were signing on in County Cork in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 5%. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 18,274. County Cork: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 25,292, 14% 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).
In Belgooly, 65% of adults are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 17% are full-time students (against 11%), 8% are retired (against 15%) and 2.8% 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.
How much of Belgooly can walk to everyday places
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (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.
Neighbouring places to Belgooly, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgooly | 71% | 3.5% | €77K | 25.6 min | — | — |
| Kinsale 4.4 km | 72% | 6% | €57K | 23.3 min | A | B+ |
| Carrigaline 10.8 km | 70% | 5.5% | €78K | 25.7 min | A | D |
| Inishannon 12.3 km | 77% | 2.6% | €79K | 23.9 min | A+ | B− |
| Lehenagh 14 km | 69% | 6.8% | €79K | 25.2 min | A | D |
| Frankfield and Grange 14.1 km | 71% | 5.7% | €82K | 25.1 min | A | C− |
| Inishkenny 14.8 km | 72% | 6% | €75K | 24.1 min | A+ | 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 Belgooly, 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 Belgooly
What is the unemployment rate in Belgooly?
3.5% 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.
How do people in Belgooly get to work?
83% of commuters go by car or van, 0.8% walk, 0.5% cycle and 2.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Belgooly?
Trips to work, school or college take 25.6 minutes on average; 3.2% take an hour or more and 29% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Belgooly?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Belgooly’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Belgooly 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 Belgooly 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).