Photo: TheLizardQueen · CC BY 2.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Crosshaven than in 83% of Irish towns
4.9% of the labour force in Crosshaven was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income grade for Crosshaven is A, #15 of 54 in County Cork. 17% of its workers worked mainly from home on census day in 2022.
What sets Crosshaven apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
4.9% 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. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Crosshaven had €70,086 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Many work from home
17% of workers worked mainly from home on census day, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs & income in Crosshaven: graded A
Better than 88% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined, #15 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Crosshaven: 72%
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 45 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, 50% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 59% 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.
Half the households here have more than €70,086 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 75% of Irish towns.
That puts Crosshaven 16% above the median for County Cork as a whole, €60,671. 14 of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €56,247. The State median is €60,123, 14% below Crosshaven’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Crosshaven gets to work without a car for 8.2% of commuters
On foot 4.3%, by bike 0.6%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. By car or van: 74% of commuters, next to 71% in the middle of County Cork. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 3.2%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
What residents of Crosshaven work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 22% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.5%.
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.
More time on the road to work or school from Crosshaven than in the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Cork has 59% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 52%, the commonest length. Across County Cork, the middle town’s trips average 24.8 minutes. In County Cork, 53 of 54 towns counted average a shorter trip. Against 33% in the middle of County Cork, 31% of trips take under 15 minutes. The middle of County Cork has 4.8% of trips at an hour or more; here it is 7.7%.
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. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 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).
Work, study, retirement: 59% of adults in Crosshaven are in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Crosshaven earns D for walkability
Better than 8% of Irish towns on two measures together, #49 of 54 in County Cork.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 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.
For jobs and income, Crosshaven is 6th of 79 Irish towns of 2,500 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Grange Upper County Waterford | 2,510 | 71% | 7.4% | €65K | A |
| 3 | Riverstown County Cork | 3,664 | 70% | 5.1% | €83K | A |
| 4 | Blarney County Cork | 2,779 | 73% | 5.4% | €67K | A |
| 5 | Stamullen County Meath | 3,720 | 74% | 5% | €84K | A |
| 6 | Crosshaven County Cork | 3,263 | 72% | 4.9% | €70K | A |
| 7 | Lehenagh County Cork | 4,154 | 69% | 6.8% | €79K | A |
| 8 | Ballina County Tipperary | 2,959 | 71% | 5.4% | €73K | A |
| 9 | Tower County Cork | 3,300 | 69% | 5.9% | €74K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Montenotte County Cork | 4,113 | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Crosshaven, and others in County Cork.
The work picture around Crosshaven
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosshaven | 72% | 4.9% | €70K | 29.7 min | A | D |
| Whitegate 5.6 km | 69% | 5.3% | €71K | 31.6 min | B+ | D− |
| Cobh 5.9 km | 67% | 7.7% | €58K | 27.8 min | B | C |
| Aghada-Rostellan 6.8 km | 68% | 6.4% | €72K | 29 min | B+ | D− |
| Carrigaline 7.3 km | 70% | 5.5% | €78K | 25.7 min | A | D |
| Passage West-Monkstown 8.1 km | 69% | 7.8% | €64K | 27.1 min | B+ | D |
| Douglas 11.8 km | 73% | 5.1% | €80K | 26.3 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 Crosshaven, 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 Crosshaven
What is the unemployment rate in Crosshaven?
4.9% 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 Crosshaven a good place to find work?
Crosshaven earns an A for jobs and income, better than 88% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #15 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Crosshaven get to work?
74% of commuters go by car or van, 4.3% walk, 0.6% cycle and 3.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 17% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Crosshaven?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.7 minutes on average; 7.7% take an hour or more and 31% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Crosshaven?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Crosshaven’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Crosshaven 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 Crosshaven 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).