Photo: Occono · CC BY-SA 4.0Tramore has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 71% of Irish towns
Trips to work, school or college from Tramore take 23.8 minutes on average, with 2.9% taking an hour or more. The 2022 census put unemployment in Tramore at 6.8% (the middle of Irish towns: 9.2%). Tramore grades A for jobs and income, #17 of 54 in County Cork.
The short version on work in Tramore
Less unemployment than most towns
6.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
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; 2.9% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Tramore: A
Better than 86% of Irish towns on four measures together, #17 of 54 in County Cork.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; its weakest, household income.
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.
In work
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 36 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 2.1% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 53% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 55% 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.
Getting to work or school from Tramore takes less time than in the middle of Irish towns
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 64% of trips; the middle of County Cork has 59%. Of the 54 towns of County Cork counted, 12 have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 30% 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 industries behind Tramore’s jobs
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 26%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, 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.
Household income in Tramore: €61,700 at the median
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 62% of Irish towns.
That puts Tramore 2% above the median for County Cork as a whole, €60,671. Of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 or more, 20 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €51,940. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 3% below Tramore’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Where in Tramore incomes are highest and lowest: €54K to €75K
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Tramore’s households live: the highest is 1.4 times the lowest.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore C | 1,192 | €58,761 | 69% |
| Tramore B | 416 | €75,328 | 74% |
| Tramore A | 282 | €54,038 | 72% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Tramore; households and the share in work are Tramore’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 23% of Tramore’s commuters
By bike: 4.2% of commuters, well above the 1.4% in the middle of County Cork. 15% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. By bus: 7.2% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How many sign on in Cork city: the count 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: 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).
55% of people 16 and over in Tramore are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 19% 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.
Tramore grades A− for walkability
Better than 80% of Irish towns on two measures together, #17 of 54 in County Cork.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (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.
Among Irish towns of 3,400 to 6,500, Tramore ranks 16th of 98 for jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinlough County Cork | 5,435 | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | A+ |
| 2 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 3 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| 4 | Glounthaune County Cork | 5,000 | 73% | 4.3% | €76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Lehenagh County Cork | 4,154 | 69% | 6.8% | €79K | A |
| 15 | Marino County Dublin | 6,272 | 74% | 5.6% | €79K | A |
| 16 | Tramore County Cork | 4,803 | 71% | 6.8% | €62K | A |
| 17 | Kilcullen County Kildare | 3,815 | 73% | 6.4% | €66K | A− |
| 18 | Salthill County Galway | 5,445 | 70% | 8.1% | €66K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Tramore, and others in County Cork.
Work in the places around Tramore
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore | 71% | 6.8% | €62K | 23.8 min | A | A− |
| Ballinlough 0.9 km | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | 22.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Turner's Cross 1.5 km | 69% | 8% | €48K | 22.2 min | B+ | A |
| Knockrea 1.6 km | 75% | 6.3% | €71K | 24.7 min | A+ | A |
| Frankfield and Grange 1.8 km | 71% | 5.7% | €82K | 25.1 min | A | C− |
| South Gate 2 km | 69% | 9.4% | €50K | 24.3 min | B | A+ |
| Douglas 2.5 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 Tramore, 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 Tramore
What is the unemployment rate in Tramore?
6.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Tramore a good place to find work?
Tramore earns an A for jobs and income, better than 86% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #17 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Tramore get to work?
62% of commuters go by car or van, 12% walk, 4.2% cycle and 7.5% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 15% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Tramore?
Trips to work, school or college take 23.8 minutes on average; 2.9% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Tramore?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Tramore’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Tramore 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 Tramore 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).