Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Mayfield’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of Irish towns
20% of the labour force in Mayfield was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Mayfield grades D− for jobs and income, #318 of 321 Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 25.2 minutes from Mayfield, with 4.9% taking an hour or more.
Where Mayfield stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
49% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mayfield had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
20% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 5.6% 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 Mayfield had €37,640 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Mayfield: D−
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.
Work for 49% of 15-to-64s in Mayfield
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
5.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 56% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 39% 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.
Household income in Mayfield: €37,640 at the median
Mayfield’s median is 38% below County Cork’s (€60,671). Of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 or more, 51 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €35,740. The State median is €60,123, 60% above Mayfield’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The industries behind Mayfield’s jobs
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 21% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0%.
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.
29% of commuters from Mayfield go without the car
Against 11% in the middle of Irish towns, 7.7% work mainly from home. On foot 13%, by bike 1.4%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. Against 5% in the middle of County Cork, 14% take the bus here. By car or van: 63% of commuters, next to 71% in the middle of County Cork.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Less time on the road to work or school from Mayfield than in the middle of Irish towns
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 60% of trips, much as in the middle of County Cork. Of the 54 towns of County Cork counted, 29 have a shorter average trip. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 31%, 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 Cork city: the count since 2019
6,264 people were signing on in Cork city in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 rose by 8%. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 5,170. Cork city: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 7,209, 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).
What adults in Mayfield do: 39% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 13% 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.
Everyday places on foot in Mayfield: A−
Better than 83% of Irish towns on two measures together, #16 of 54 in County Cork.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 83%.
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.
Mayfield and other Irish towns of 2,500 to 3,800
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Crosshaven County Cork | 3,263 | 72% | 4.9% | €70K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 59 | Ballynanty County Limerick | 3,030 | 45% | 24% | €37K | D |
| 60 | Baltinglass County Wicklow | 2,611 | 63% | 12% | €52K | D− |
| 61 | Mayfield County Cork | 2,846 | 49% | 20% | €38K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Mayfield, and others in County Cork.
Work in and around Mayfield
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield | 49% | 20% | €38K | 25.2 min | D− | A− |
| Montenotte 0.8 km | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | 26.7 min | B+ | A− |
| Tivoli 1 km | 71% | 7.7% | €57K | 27.1 min | B+ | B |
| The Glen 1.4 km | 61% | 13% | €48K | 25.8 min | D | A− |
| Ballyvolane 1.6 km | 70% | 6.4% | €74K | 25.3 min | A | D |
| St Luke's 1.9 km | 74% | 10% | €44K | 27.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Blackpool 2.1 km | 68% | 12% | €42K | 26.9 min | C | 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 Mayfield, 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 Mayfield
What is the unemployment rate in Mayfield?
20% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 5.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Mayfield a good place to find work?
Mayfield earns a D− for jobs and income, behind almost every Irish town on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #318 of 321 Irish towns.
How do people in Mayfield get to work?
63% of commuters go by car or van, 13% walk, 1.4% cycle and 15% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 7.7% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Mayfield?
Trips to work, school or college take 25.2 minutes on average; 4.9% take an hour or more and 31% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Mayfield?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Mayfield’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Mayfield 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 Mayfield 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).