Photo: shaun12246 · CC BY-SA 3.0Darndale has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 77% of Irish towns
21% of its commuters take the bus or train. Out of work at the 2022 census: 14% of the labour force in Darndale, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. The Jobs & income grade for Darndale is D, #109 of 116 in County Dublin.
The short version on work in Darndale
Fewer people in work than most towns
63% of people aged 15 to 64 in Darndale had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.9% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Darndale: D
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 Darndale: 63%
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 10 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 4.9% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 55% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 53% 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.
What residents of Darndale work in
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 24%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.1%.
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.
Half the households here have more than €54,890 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 51% of Irish towns.
That puts Darndale 23% below the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 97 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €49,680. The State median is €60,123, 10% above Darndale’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Where in Darndale incomes are highest and lowest: €50K to €63K
Median gross household income in each of the 5 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Darndale’s households live: the highest is 1.2 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 55% in Priorswood B to 70% in Priorswood A.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priorswood C | 1,634 | €51,020 | 63% |
| Priorswood E | 944 | €62,760 | 69% |
| Priorswood D | 919 | €54,389 | 62% |
| Priorswood B | 857 | €50,255 | 55% |
| Priorswood A | 524 | €61,246 | 70% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Darndale; households and the share in work are Darndale’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
38% of people travelling to work from Darndale walk, cycle or take the bus or train
Working mainly from home: 5.1% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. 11% walk and 5% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. More people take the bus to work here than in the middle of County Dublin: 20% against 13%. The car or van takes 57% of commuters; the middle of County Dublin has 52%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The trip to work or school is longer from Darndale than in the middle of Irish towns
Among County Dublin’s 116 towns counted, 34 have shorter trips on average. The middle of County Dublin has 23% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 27%. Trips of an hour or longer make up 11%, where the middle of County Dublin has 9.6%. The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 56% of trips; the middle of County Dublin has 59%.
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 count signing on in County Dublin is 7% above its 2019 level
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).
How Darndale spends its days: 53% of adults in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.7% 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.
The Walkability grade for Darndale: A−
Better than 80% of Irish towns on two measures together, #61 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (52%).
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.
Where Darndale sits among Irish towns of 10,300 to 19,800
| # | 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 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 74 | Corbally and King's Island County Limerick | 14,213 | 58% | 15% | €46K | C− |
| 75 | Ronanstown County Dublin | 11,130 | 62% | 15% | €55K | C− |
| 76 | Darndale County Dublin | 14,675 | 63% | 14% | €55K | D |
| 77 | Phibsborough County Dublin | 11,657 | 60% | 10% | €52K | D |
| 78 | Longford County Longford | 10,952 | 58% | 18% | €40K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 81 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Darndale, and others in County Dublin.
Darndale and its neighbours: work and income
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darndale | 63% | 14% | €55K | 30.2 min | D | A− |
| Ayrfield 1.4 km | 70% | 9.1% | €56K | 31.3 min | B− | A |
| Kilmore 1.6 km | 65% | 12% | €58K | 30.1 min | C | A− |
| Belmayne 1.8 km | 73% | 7.3% | €81K | 34.1 min | B+ | A− |
| Edenmore 1.8 km | 67% | 12% | €52K | 30.6 min | C− | A |
| Harmonstown 2 km | 71% | 7.9% | €64K | 30.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Beaumont 2.3 km | 74% | 6.6% | €69K | 31.4 min | A− | 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 Darndale, 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 Darndale
What is the unemployment rate in Darndale?
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Darndale a good place to find work?
Darndale earns a D for jobs and income, better than 14% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #109 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Darndale get to work?
57% of commuters go by car or van, 11% walk, 5% cycle and 21% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 5.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Darndale?
Trips to work, school or college take 30.2 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 27% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Darndale?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Darndale’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Darndale 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 Darndale 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).