Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Carrigaline are higher than in 85% of Irish towns
People heading out of Carrigaline for work or study spend 25.7 minutes travelling on average; 4.6% spend 60 minutes or longer. Carrigaline grades A for jobs and income, #12 of 54 in County Cork. At the 2022 census, 5.5% of the labour force in Carrigaline had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
Work in Carrigaline: the figures worth knowing
Less unemployment than most towns
5.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.6% 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 Carrigaline had €78,106 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Carrigaline grades A for jobs and income
Taken together, its four measures make it better than 91% of Irish towns, #12 of 54 in County Cork.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
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.
How many in Carrigaline have a job: 70% of 15-to-64s
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 34 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 46% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 61% 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 Carrigaline: €78,106
Carrigaline’s median is 29% above County Cork’s (€60,671). Of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 or more, 5 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €63,614. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 23% below Carrigaline’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
What residents of Carrigaline work in
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 24% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.4%.
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.
Household incomes across Carrigaline: €71K to €85K
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Carrigaline’s households live: the highest is 1.2 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 68% in Liscleary to 73% in Carrigaline, Cork County.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigaline, Cork County | 3,802 | €76,295 | 70% |
| Liscleary | 1,407 | €84,762 | 68% |
| Carrigaline, Cork County | 842 | €70,934 | 73% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Carrigaline; households and the share in work are Carrigaline’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
How Carrigaline gets to work: 8% without a car
3.5% walk and 0.6% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. For 79% of commuters, the trip to work is by car or van. The middle of Irish towns has 11% working mainly from home; here it is 13%. The bus takes 3.8% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The trip from Carrigaline to work or school is a typical one for Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 60% (middle of County Cork: 59%). Among County Cork’s 54 towns counted, 35 have shorter trips on average. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 30%, where the middle of County Cork has 33%.
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.
Signing on in County Cork since 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. Carrigaline office: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 878, 24% 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.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
What adults in Carrigaline do: 61% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 11% 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.
The Walkability grade for Carrigaline: D
Better than 13% of Irish towns on two measures together, #46 of 54 in County Cork.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 22%.
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.
Carrigaline next to Irish towns of 12,800 to 24,600: 11th of 78 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballincollig County Cork | 21,940 | 73% | 5.1% | €76K | A+ |
| 2 | Rathmines East County Dublin | 16,923 | 77% | 5.4% | €94K | A+ |
| 3 | Douglas County Cork | 22,029 | 73% | 5.1% | €80K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Clontarf East County Dublin | 18,626 | 73% | 5% | €89K | A |
| 10 | Knocklyon County Dublin | 13,854 | 74% | 5% | €101K | A |
| 11 | Carrigaline County Cork | 18,239 | 70% | 5.5% | €78K | A |
| 12 | Ballinteer County Dublin | 16,038 | 74% | 5.5% | €75K | A |
| 13 | Dundrum County Dublin | 16,570 | 74% | 6.4% | €89K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Midleton County Cork | 13,906 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Ballymun County Dublin | 22,321 | 63% | 16% | €53K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Carrigaline, and others in County Cork.
Jobs near Carrigaline: the places around it
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigaline | 70% | 5.5% | €78K | 25.7 min | A | D |
| Douglas 6.1 km | 73% | 5.1% | €80K | 26.3 min | A+ | C− |
| Passage West-Monkstown 6.6 km | 69% | 7.8% | €64K | 27.1 min | B+ | D |
| Frankfield and Grange 7 km | 71% | 5.7% | €82K | 25.1 min | A | C− |
| Crosshaven 7.3 km | 72% | 4.9% | €70K | 29.7 min | A | D |
| Cobh 7.3 km | 67% | 7.7% | €58K | 27.8 min | B | C |
| Tramore 8.2 km | 71% | 6.8% | €62K | 23.8 min | A | 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 Carrigaline, 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 Carrigaline
What is the unemployment rate in Carrigaline?
5.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Carrigaline a good place to find work?
Carrigaline earns an A for jobs and income, better than 91% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #12 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Carrigaline get to work?
79% of commuters go by car or van, 3.5% walk, 0.6% cycle and 3.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Carrigaline?
Trips to work, school or college take 25.7 minutes on average; 4.6% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Carrigaline?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Carrigaline’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Carrigaline 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 Carrigaline 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).