Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.0Mahon’s household incomes are higher than in 62% of Irish towns
On census day in 2022, 16% of its workers worked mainly from home. For jobs and income, Mahon earns a grade of B+, #23 of 54 in County Cork. From Mahon, trips to work, school or college average 23.8 minutes, with 3.6% taking an hour or more.
Where Mahon stands out on work
Work near the middle
67% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mahon had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 23.8 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 3.6% 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.
On jobs and income, Mahon grades B+
Better than 68% of Irish towns on four measures together, #23 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.
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 trip to work or school is shorter from Mahon than in the middle of Irish towns
Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 63%, against 59% in the middle of County Cork. Of the 54 towns of County Cork counted, 12 have a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 30% of the total, against 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.
How long trips to work, school or college take, 2022 census (trips whose length wasn’t stated left out).
The industries Mahon’s residents work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 25% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, 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.
People living here who are in work, by the industry they work in, wherever their job is (2022 census).
In Mahon, 67% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 18 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Unemployment, counted the census way, was 8.5% of the labour force; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. 2.7% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 54% 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, 54% 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 Mahon: €61,880
Mahon’s median is 2% above County Cork’s (€60,671). 19 of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €52,440. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 3% below Mahon’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
From €59K to €68K: household incomes within Mahon
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Mahon’s households live: the highest is 1.2 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 63% in Mahon B to 74% in Mahon C.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahon A | 2,059 | €60,718 | 67% |
| Mahon B | 1,868 | €58,930 | 63% |
| Mahon C | 1,276 | €68,088 | 74% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Mahon; households and the share in work are Mahon’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
How Mahon gets to work: 18% without a car
The middle of County Cork has 1.4%; here, 3.9% cycle. 66% go by car or van, against 71% in the middle of County Cork. Mainly from home: 16% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Buses carry 7.4% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How residents in work get there (2022 census; people working mainly from home included).
Signing on in Cork city since 2019
6,264 people were signing on in Cork city in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 8%. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 5,170. Cork city saw its highest month in July 2020: 7,209 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).
In work, studying or retired: 54% of Mahon’s adults work
Compared with Irish towns, 6.5% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyone aged 15 and over, by what they said they mainly do (2022 census), and the jobs of those in work.
Mahon on foot: a B grade
Better than 64% of Irish towns on two measures together, #26 of 54 in County Cork.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 43%.
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.
Mahon is 40th of 89 Irish towns of 9,700 to 18,800 people for 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Midleton County Cork | 13,906 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 38 | Whitehall County Dublin | 13,675 | 71% | 6.5% | €68K | B+ |
| 39 | Castletroy County Limerick | 15,093 | 55% | 6.7% | €75K | B+ |
| 40 | Mahon County Cork | 13,892 | 67% | 8.5% | €62K | B+ |
| 41 | Skerries County Dublin | 10,743 | 70% | 6.1% | €77K | B+ |
| 42 | Ballygall County Dublin | 11,704 | 71% | 7.7% | €61K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Bishopstown County Cork | 14,529 | 60% | 6.9% | €60K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 89 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Mahon, and others in County Cork.
Around Mahon: jobs, pay and the commute
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahon | 67% | 8.5% | €62K | 23.8 min | B+ | B |
| Tivoli 2.1 km | 71% | 7.7% | €57K | 27.1 min | B+ | B |
| Ballinlough 2.4 km | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | 22.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Douglas 2.7 km | 73% | 5.1% | €80K | 26.3 min | A+ | C− |
| Knockrea 2.8 km | 75% | 6.3% | €71K | 24.7 min | A+ | A |
| Montenotte 2.9 km | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | 26.7 min | B+ | A− |
| Tramore 3 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 Mahon, 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 Mahon
What is the unemployment rate in Mahon?
8.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Mahon a good place to find work?
Mahon earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 68% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #23 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Mahon get to work?
66% of commuters go by car or van, 6.9% walk, 3.9% cycle and 7.6% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 16% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Mahon?
Trips to work, school or college take 23.8 minutes on average; 3.6% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Mahon?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Mahon’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Mahon 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 Mahon 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).