Photo: Ulrich Hartmann · CC BY-SA 2.0Glengarriff at work: jobs, income and the commute
Unemployment in Glengarriff stood at 4.7% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Trips to work, school or college from Glengarriff take 29.4 minutes on average, and 14% take an hour or more. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Glengarriff: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What the numbers say about work in Glengarriff
More people in work than most towns
77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Glengarriff had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Glengarriff had €37,030 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.
Why Glengarriff has no Jobs & income Grade
Glengarriff has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
In Glengarriff, 77% of the working-age population has a job
All 54 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.7% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 61% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 57% 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.
Glengarriff households: €37,030 a year at the median
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Glengarriff 39% below the median for County Cork as a whole, €60,671. Every town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €33,640. The State median is €60,123, 62% above Glengarriff’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
19% of commuters from Glengarriff go without the car
By car or van: 70% of commuters, next to 71% in the middle of County Cork. Working mainly from home is about as common as in the middle of Irish towns, at 12%. By bus: 1.2% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 16% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
No quicker, no slower: the trip to work or school from Glengarriff against the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Cork has 59% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 44%, the commonest length. For the middle of County Cork, the average trip is 24.8 minutes. 53 of the 54 towns of County Cork counted have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 38% of trips, next to 33% in the middle of County Cork.
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.
The count signing on in County Cork is 6% below its 2019 level
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.
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).
Getting around Glengarriff on foot
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
Work in the places around Glengarriff
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glengarriff | 77% | 4.7% | €37K | 29.4 min | — | — |
| Bantry 10.4 km | 67% | 10% | €38K | 20.8 min | B− | B+ |
| Kenmare 15.6 km | 68% | 10% | €40K | 21 min | B− | B− |
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 Glengarriff, 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 Glengarriff
What is the unemployment rate in Glengarriff?
4.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Glengarriff get to work?
70% of commuters go by car or van, 16% walk, 0% cycle and 2.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 12% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Glengarriff?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.4 minutes on average; 14% take an hour or more and 38% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Glengarriff?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Glengarriff’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Glengarriff 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 Glengarriff 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).