Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Working-age people in Bishopstown are less likely to have a job than in 92% of Irish towns
6.9% of the labour force in Bishopstown was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Bishopstown grades B for jobs and income, #27 of 54 in County Cork. The trip to work, school or college averages 22.2 minutes from Bishopstown, with 3.5% taking an hour or more.
Jobs and income in Bishopstown: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Bishopstown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. Students are 20% of people aged 15 and over, and they count among the 15 to 64s. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.2 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 3.5% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs & income in Bishopstown: graded B
With four measures combined, it comes out better than 62% of Irish towns, #27 of 54 in County Cork.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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 20% 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.
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.
60% of Bishopstown’s 15-to-64s are in work
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.5% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 47% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 44% 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.
Getting to work or school is quicker from Bishopstown than in the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Cork has 33% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 36%. The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 58% of trips, much as in the middle of County Cork. The middle of County Cork averages 24.8 minutes a trip. 7 of the 54 towns of County Cork counted have a shorter average trip.
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.
Where Bishopstown’s residents work, 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 0.3%.
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.
The median household in Bishopstown has €59,760 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 59% of Irish towns.
That puts Bishopstown 2% below the median for County Cork as a whole, €60,671. Of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 or more, 21 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €50,810. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 1% above Bishopstown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The richest and poorest parts of Bishopstown: €45K to €69K
Median gross household income in each of the 6 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Bishopstown’s households live: the highest is 1.5 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 37% in Bishopstown A to 72% in Bishopstown E.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown C | 1,608 | €69,097 | 66% |
| Bishopstown E | 1,236 | €61,234 | 72% |
| Bishopstown A | 772 | €44,852 | 37% |
| Bishopstown B | 757 | €48,324 | 51% |
| Bishopstown D | 631 | €65,259 | 68% |
| Bishopstown | 134 | €58,632 | 63% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Bishopstown; households and the share in work are Bishopstown’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
Bishopstown commutes on foot, by bike or bus for 28% of trips
14% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking to work; here it is 16%. The middle of County Cork has 5%; here, 8.6% take the bus. By car or van: 58% of commuters, next to 71% in the middle of County Cork.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The Live Register in Cork city, month by month
6,264 people were signing on in Cork city in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 rose by 8%. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 5,170. Cork city: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 7,209, 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).
A retired town: 23% of adults in Bishopstown
Compared with Irish towns, 20% are full-time students (against 11%) and 44% are in work (against 57%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
On getting around on foot, Bishopstown grades A−
Better than 76% of Irish towns on two measures together, #19 of 54 in County Cork.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (62%).
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.
Out of 83 Irish towns of 10,200 to 19,600, Bishopstown comes 47th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballsbridge County Dublin | 12,743 | 80% | 5.2% | €99K | A+ |
| 2 | Rathmines East County Dublin | 16,923 | 77% | 5.4% | €94K | A+ |
| 3 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Carrigaline County Cork | 18,239 | 70% | 5.5% | €78K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Midleton County Cork | 13,906 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 38 | Mahon County Cork | 13,892 | 67% | 8.5% | €62K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 45 | Hollystown County Dublin | 12,884 | 69% | 8.7% | €84K | B |
| 46 | Ballybane County Galway | 15,082 | 67% | 9.9% | €61K | B |
| 47 | Bishopstown County Cork | 14,529 | 60% | 6.9% | €60K | B |
| 48 | Cabra East County Dublin | 13,895 | 75% | 8.1% | €58K | B |
| 49 | Kimmage County Dublin | 15,207 | 72% | 9.1% | €60K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 83 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Bishopstown, and others in County Cork.
Around Bishopstown: jobs, pay and the commute
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | 60% | 6.9% | €60K | 22.2 min | B | A− |
| Inishkenny 1.5 km | 72% | 6% | €75K | 24.1 min | A+ | C+ |
| Glasheen 2 km | 62% | 7.6% | €51K | 21.9 min | B | A |
| Shanakiel 2 km | 67% | 10% | €55K | 26.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Togher 2.2 km | 62% | 12% | €43K | 22.1 min | C | A− |
| Gillabbey 2.3 km | 43% | 8.6% | €44K | 20 min | C+ | A |
| Sunday's Well 2.7 km | 64% | 10% | €51K | 24.6 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 Bishopstown, 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 Bishopstown
What is the unemployment rate in Bishopstown?
6.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Bishopstown a good place to find work?
Bishopstown earns a B for jobs and income, better than 62% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #27 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Bishopstown get to work?
58% of commuters go by car or van, 16% walk, 2.9% cycle and 9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Bishopstown?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.2 minutes on average; 3.5% take an hour or more and 36% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Bishopstown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Bishopstown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Bishopstown 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 Bishopstown 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).
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).