Photo: Ollamhnua · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Ballygall tops that of 77% of Irish towns
Unemployment in Ballygall stood at 7.7% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. For jobs and income, Ballygall earns a grade of B+, #61 of 116 in County Dublin. The bus or train carries 20% of its commuters.
Ballygall and work: the main findings
Work near the middle
71% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ballygall had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
7.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
On jobs and income, Ballygall grades B+
Better than 66% of Irish towns on four measures taken together, #61 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.
The industries behind Ballygall’s jobs
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%.
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.
Working-age people in Ballygall: 71% have a job
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 59 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2.5% 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, 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.
The median household in Ballygall has €61,130 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 61% of Irish towns.
Ballygall’s median is 14% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). 80 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €53,080. The State median is €60,123, 2% below Ballygall’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Where in Ballygall incomes are highest and lowest: €51K to €70K
Median gross household income in each of the 4 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Ballygall’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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballygall C | 1,323 | €70,015 | 72% |
| Ballygall A | 1,308 | €56,596 | 71% |
| Ballygall D | 973 | €62,679 | 73% |
| Ballygall B | 705 | €50,719 | 69% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Ballygall; households and the share in work are Ballygall’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
Walking, cycling, the bus or the train: 36% of Ballygall’s commuters
Home is the main workplace for 11%, close to the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 19%. By car or van: 53% of commuters, much as in the middle of County Dublin.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Ballygall averages 29.9 minutes to work or school, longer than most
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 61% of trips; the middle of County Dublin has 59%. For the middle of County Dublin, the average trip is 31.1 minutes. Among County Dublin’s 116 towns counted, 30 have shorter trips on average. Short trips are about as common as in the middle of County Dublin, at 23%. Trips of an hour or longer make up 7.8%, where the middle of County Dublin has 9.6%.
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 monthly count of people signing on in County Dublin
48,940 people were signing on in County Dublin in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 rose by 5%. It has been above its 2019 average for the last 10 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 40,783. County Dublin saw its highest month in July 2026: 51,932 people signing on, 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).
Ballygall at work: 54% of adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 22% 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.
Walking in Ballygall earns A
Better than 92% of Irish towns on two measures together, #26 of 116 in County Dublin.
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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ballygall is 38th among 88 Irish towns of 8,200 to 15,800
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballsbridge County Dublin | 12,743 | 80% | 5.2% | €99K | A+ |
| 2 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| 3 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| 4 | Booterstown County Dublin | 8,505 | 71% | 4.8% | €94K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Mahon County Cork | 13,892 | 67% | 8.5% | €62K | B+ |
| 37 | Skerries County Dublin | 10,743 | 70% | 6.1% | €77K | B+ |
| 38 | Ballygall County Dublin | 11,704 | 71% | 7.7% | €61K | B+ |
| 39 | Clonskeagh County Dublin | 14,142 | 51% | 5.9% | €77K | B |
| 40 | Kilnamanagh County Dublin | 11,703 | 71% | 9% | €55K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Ballygall, and others in County Dublin.
Work in and around Ballygall
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballygall | 71% | 7.7% | €61K | 29.9 min | B+ | A |
| Finglas South 1.6 km | 64% | 13% | €50K | 29.2 min | C− | A |
| Ballymun 1.7 km | 63% | 16% | €53K | 30.9 min | D | A− |
| Finglas North 1.8 km | 67% | 12% | €54K | 30.3 min | C | A− |
| Glasnevin 1.9 km | 76% | 5.6% | €76K | 32 min | A | A |
| Whitehall 2.2 km | 71% | 6.5% | €68K | 31.9 min | B+ | A |
| Cabra West 2.3 km | 68% | 10% | €55K | 30.6 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 Ballygall, 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 Ballygall
What is the unemployment rate in Ballygall?
7.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ballygall a good place to find work?
Ballygall earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 66% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #61 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Ballygall get to work?
53% of commuters go by car or van, 8.4% walk, 7.7% cycle and 20% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 11% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ballygall?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.9 minutes on average; 7.8% take an hour or more and 23% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ballygall?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ballygall’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ballygall 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 Ballygall 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).