Photo: Rwxrwxrwx · CC BY-SA 3.0Working-age people in Harmonstown have jobs more often than in 77% of Irish towns
The bus or train carries 25% of its commuters. Unemployment in Harmonstown stood at 7.9% at the 2022 census, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. Harmonstown grades B+ for jobs and income, #60 of 116 in County Dublin.
What stands out about work in Harmonstown
Work near the middle
71% of people aged 15 to 64 in Harmonstown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
7.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.9% 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.
Harmonstown grades B+ for jobs and income
Better than 66% of Irish towns across four measures, #60 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.
Jobs held by Harmonstown’s residents, 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.
How many in Harmonstown have a job: 71% of 15-to-64s
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.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 2.9% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 60% had been out of work that long. 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.
Median income per household in Harmonstown: €63,590
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 66% of Irish towns.
That puts Harmonstown 11% below the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. 74 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €54,600. The State median is €60,123, 5% below Harmonstown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Leaving the car at home: 39% of commuters in Harmonstown
The car or van takes 49% of commuters; the middle of County Dublin has 52%. Home is the main workplace for 12%, close to the middle of Irish towns. 7.1% walk and 6.5% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of County Dublin has 6.8%; here, 15% go by train, DART or Luas.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
30.3 minutes from Harmonstown to work or school, longer than the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Dublin has 59% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 56%, the commonest length. Among County Dublin’s 116 towns counted, 37 have shorter trips on average. 26% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 23% in the middle of County Dublin. Trips of an hour or longer make up 9.3%, close to the middle of County Dublin.
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.
Signing on in County Dublin 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%. 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: 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 Harmonstown do: 55% 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.
Getting around Harmonstown on foot earns A−
Better than 84% of Irish towns on two measures together, #47 of 116 in County Dublin.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 63%.
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.
Harmonstown is 38th of 98 Irish towns of 4,000 to 7,800 people 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Castleknock County Dublin | 6,355 | 77% | 5.9% | €110K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Ballyboden County Dublin | 5,246 | 73% | 4.8% | €90K | A |
| 11 | Rathcoole County Dublin | 5,792 | 78% | 5.7% | €78K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Passage West-Monkstown County Cork | 6,051 | 69% | 7.8% | €64K | B+ |
| 37 | Turner's Cross County Cork | 7,208 | 69% | 8% | €48K | B+ |
| 38 | Harmonstown County Dublin | 5,769 | 71% | 7.9% | €64K | B+ |
| 39 | Edmondstown County Dublin | 5,451 | 69% | 7.8% | €76K | B+ |
| 40 | Montenotte County Cork | 4,113 | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Harmonstown, and others in County Dublin.
Around Harmonstown: jobs, pay and the commute
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonstown | 71% | 7.9% | €64K | 30.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Edenmore 0.8 km | 67% | 12% | €52K | 30.6 min | C− | A |
| Ayrfield 1.5 km | 70% | 9.1% | €56K | 31.3 min | B− | A |
| Clontarf East 1.7 km | 73% | 5% | €89K | 30.9 min | A | A |
| Beaumont 1.9 km | 74% | 6.6% | €69K | 31.4 min | A− | A |
| Darndale 2 km | 63% | 14% | €55K | 30.2 min | D | A− |
| Donaghmede 2 km | 69% | 9.6% | €58K | 31.3 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 Harmonstown, 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 Harmonstown
What is the unemployment rate in Harmonstown?
7.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Harmonstown a good place to find work?
Harmonstown 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, #60 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Harmonstown get to work?
49% of commuters go by car or van, 7.1% walk, 6.5% cycle and 25% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 12% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Harmonstown?
Trips to work, school or college take 30.3 minutes on average; 9.3% take an hour or more and 26% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Harmonstown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Harmonstown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Harmonstown 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 Harmonstown 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).