Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes put Ballsbridge near the very top of Irish towns
18% of its workers worked mainly from home on census day in 2022. The Jobs & income grade for Ballsbridge is A+, #1 of 116 in County Dublin. Unemployment in Ballsbridge stood at 5.2% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
Work in Ballsbridge, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
80% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ballsbridge had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.2% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.6% 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 Ballsbridge had €99,170 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 ↓
Many work from home
18% of workers worked mainly from home on census day, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Ballsbridge grades A+ for jobs and income
Its four measures together rank it better than almost every Irish town, #1 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
80% of Ballsbridge’s 15-to-64s are in work
All 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.6% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 42% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 70% 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 Ballsbridge: €99,170 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 99% of Irish towns.
That puts Ballsbridge 39% above the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 5 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €70,150. The State median is €60,123, 39% below Ballsbridge’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Out of the car: 62% of Ballsbridge’s commuters
More people walk to work here than in the middle of County Dublin: 41% against 7.4%. By car or van: 21% of commuters, next to 52% in the middle of County Dublin. The train, DART or Luas takes 4.1% of commuters, against 0.9% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
What the people of Ballsbridge do for work
Transport and communications is the second-largest at 22%, against 11% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.2%.
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.
From €85K to €120K: household incomes within Ballsbridge
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Ballsbridge’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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke West A | 2,228 | €98,706 | 81% |
| Pembroke West C | 1,945 | €84,817 | 80% |
| Pembroke West B | 1,400 | €119,866 | 78% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Ballsbridge; households and the share in work are Ballsbridge’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
26.2 minutes from Ballsbridge to work or school, about the middle of Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 66% (middle of County Dublin: 59%). The trip from the middle of County Dublin averages 31.1 minutes. 2 of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted have a shorter average trip. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 25%, where the middle of County Dublin has 23%. Against 9.6% in the middle of County Dublin, 4.1% of trips last an hour or more.
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.
County Dublin on the Live Register since 2019
48,940 people were signing on in County Dublin in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 5%. For 10 months in a row now, it has been over its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 40,783. County Dublin: signing on peaked in July 2026 at 51,932, 11% 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).
70% of people 16 and over in Ballsbridge are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 11% are retired (against 15%) and 1.3% 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.
Walking in Ballsbridge earns A
Better than 92% of Irish towns on two measures together, #27 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (72%).
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.
For jobs and income, Ballsbridge is 1st of 82 Irish towns of 8,900 to 17,200
| # | 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 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| 4 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| 5 | Knocklyon County Dublin | 13,854 | 74% | 5% | €101K | A |
| 6 | Portmarnock County Dublin | 10,750 | 77% | 4.6% | €91K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Ballsbridge, and others in County Dublin.
Work in the places around Ballsbridge
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballsbridge | 80% | 5.2% | €99K | 26.2 min | A+ | A |
| Grand Canal Dock 1 km | 77% | 7.7% | €94K | 27 min | A | A+ |
| St Stephen's Green 1.2 km | 65% | 11% | €56K | 25.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Sandymount 1.4 km | 75% | 6.3% | €90K | 27.2 min | A+ | A− |
| Portobello 1.6 km | 77% | 8.7% | €67K | 28.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Rathmines East 1.8 km | 77% | 5.4% | €94K | 27.9 min | A+ | A |
| East Wall 2 km | 71% | 8.9% | €71K | 31.2 min | B+ | 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 Ballsbridge, 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 Ballsbridge
What is the unemployment rate in Ballsbridge?
5.2% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ballsbridge a good place to find work?
Ballsbridge earns an A+ for jobs and income, better than almost every Irish town on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #1 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Ballsbridge get to work?
21% of commuters go by car or van, 41% walk, 10% cycle and 11% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 18% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ballsbridge?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.2 minutes on average; 4.1% take an hour or more and 25% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ballsbridge?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ballsbridge’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ballsbridge 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 Ballsbridge 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).