Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Cherry Orchard’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 97% of Irish towns
18% of the labour force in Cherry Orchard was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Cherry Orchard grades D− for jobs and income, #316 of 321 Irish towns. The bus or train carries 22% of its commuters.
Cherry Orchard and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
56% of people aged 15 to 64 in Cherry Orchard had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
18% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 6% 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.
Cherry Orchard grades D− for jobs and income
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the unemployment rate.
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 share of 15-to-64s in work in Cherry Orchard: 56%
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 6% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 53% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 51% 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 work of Cherry Orchard’s residents, industry by industry
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.
Cherry Orchard households: €53,280 a year at the median
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 54% of Irish towns.
That puts Cherry Orchard 25% below the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. 101 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €48,480. The State median is €60,123, 13% above Cherry Orchard’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 38% of Cherry Orchard’s commuters
Mainly from home: 5.8% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. 19% go by bus and 3.8% by rail, where the middle of Irish towns has 6% and 0.9%. 5.2% cycle to work, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving to work: 56% here, 52% in the middle of County Dublin.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The trip to work or school is longer from Cherry Orchard than in the middle of Irish towns
In County Dublin, 29 of 116 towns counted average a shorter trip. Against 23% in the middle of County Dublin, 25% of trips take under 15 minutes. 9.1% of trips take an hour or more, about the same as in the middle of County Dublin. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 59%, close to the middle of County Dublin. Across County Dublin, the middle town’s trips average 31.1 minutes.
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 Live Register count in County Dublin since 2019
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%. 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).
What adults in Cherry Orchard do: 51% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 6.4% are retired (against 15%) and 8.5% 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.
On getting around on foot, Cherry Orchard grades B+
Better than 66% of Irish towns on two measures together, #96 of 116 in County Dublin.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 50%.
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.
How Cherry Orchard compares with Irish towns of 5,800 to 11,200 people
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | 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 |
| 5 | Castleknock County Dublin | 6,355 | 77% | 5.9% | €110K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Edenderry County Offaly | 7,888 | 63% | 12% | €54K | D |
| 89 | Longford County Longford | 10,952 | 58% | 18% | €40K | D− |
| 90 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
| 91 | Athy County Kildare | 11,035 | 60% | 15% | €48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Cherry Orchard, and others in County Dublin.
Cherry Orchard and its neighbours: work and income
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Orchard | 56% | 18% | €53K | 29.8 min | D− | B+ |
| Carna 0.5 km | 64% | 13% | €51K | 28 min | C− | A |
| Ballyfermot 1.1 km | 66% | 11% | €49K | 27 min | C | A |
| Kylemore 1.3 km | 64% | 12% | €49K | 28.8 min | C− | A |
| Palmerston 1.6 km | 65% | 10% | €63K | 28.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Ronanstown 1.8 km | 62% | 15% | €55K | 28 min | C− | A− |
| Decies 1.8 km | 65% | 12% | €47K | 27.2 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 Cherry Orchard, 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 Cherry Orchard
What is the unemployment rate in Cherry Orchard?
18% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Cherry Orchard a good place to find work?
Cherry Orchard earns a D− for jobs and income, better than 3% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #316 of 321 Irish towns.
How do people in Cherry Orchard get to work?
56% of commuters go by car or van, 11% walk, 5.2% cycle and 22% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 5.8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Cherry Orchard?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.8 minutes on average; 9.1% take an hour or more and 25% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Cherry Orchard?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Cherry Orchard’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Cherry Orchard 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 Cherry Orchard 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).