Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Grenagh
5.3% of the labour force in Grenagh was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. An hour or more is the trip for 3.6% of travellers from Grenagh; the average is 29.7 minutes. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Grenagh: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Grenagh, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Grenagh had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.3% 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 Grenagh had €83,330 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 Grenagh has no Jobs & income Grade
Grenagh has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
In Grenagh, 74% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 54 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 52 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.3% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 34% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 69% 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 Grenagh is €83,330
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Grenagh’s median is 37% above County Cork’s (€60,671). Of the county’s 54 towns of 2,500 or more, 2 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €68,650. The State median is €60,123, 28% below Grenagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Where Grenagh’s residents work, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 22%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 1.7%.
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.
Car-free commutes: 2.3% of workers in Grenagh
2% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving dominates: 85% go to work by car or van. Working mainly from home: 13% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Buses carry 0.3% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Work and school are further off in time from Grenagh than for the middle of Irish towns
In the middle of County Cork, the trip averages 24.8 minutes. In County Cork, 53 of 54 towns counted average a shorter trip. Against 33% in the middle of County Cork, 22% of trips take under 15 minutes. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 67% (middle of County Cork: 59%).
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: the count 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 saw its highest month in July 2020: 25,292 people signing on, 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).
69% of adults in Grenagh are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 6.2% 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.
How much of Grenagh can walk to everyday places
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a food shop 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.
Work next door to Grenagh
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenagh | 74% | 5.3% | €83K | 29.7 min | — | — |
| Blarney 8.9 km | 73% | 5.4% | €67K | 26.2 min | A | C |
| Tower 9.5 km | 69% | 5.9% | €74K | 26.8 min | A− | D− |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly 13 km | 66% | 7.9% | €70K | 24.7 min | B+ | D |
| Fair Hill 13.7 km | 59% | 14% | €45K | 24.4 min | D | B− |
| Mallow 13.8 km | 64% | 9.4% | €51K | 28.3 min | C | C− |
| Knocknaheeny 13.9 km | 56% | 16% | €44K | 23.8 min | D | 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 Grenagh, 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 Grenagh
What is the unemployment rate in Grenagh?
5.3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Grenagh get to work?
85% of commuters go by car or van, 2% walk, 0% cycle and 0.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Grenagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.7 minutes on average; 3.6% take an hour or more and 22% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Grenagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Grenagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Grenagh 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 Grenagh 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).