Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainHousehold incomes in Killiney are higher than in 77% of Irish towns
22% of its commuters take the bus or train. For jobs and income, Killiney earns a grade of B−, #81 of 116 in County Dublin. The trip to work, school or college averages 32.3 minutes from Killiney, with 11% taking an hour or more.
Killiney and work: the main findings
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Killiney had €71,180 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 ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 32.3 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 11% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs and income in Killiney earn B−
Its four measures together rank it better than 54% of Irish towns, #81 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Median income per household in Killiney: €71,180
Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 59 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €59,520. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 16% below Killiney’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
A slower run to work or school from Killiney than in 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. In the middle of County Dublin, the trip averages 31.1 minutes. Of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted, 79 have a shorter average trip.
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.
How long trips to work, school or college take, 2022 census (trips whose length wasn’t stated left out).
Where Killiney’s residents work, by industry
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 26%, against 25% 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.
People living here who are in work, by the industry they work in, wherever their job is (2022 census).
Working-age people in Killiney: 68% have a job
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 27 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Unemployment, counted the census way, was 8.8% of the labour force; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. 2.8% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 55% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 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.
One way or another, 29% of Killiney’s commuters skip the car
55% go by car or van, against 52% in the middle of County Dublin. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking to work; here it is 3.6%. Against 6.8% in the middle of County Dublin, 13% go by train, DART or Luas here.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How residents in work get there (2022 census; people working mainly from home included).
How the count signing on in County Dublin has moved
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.
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).
Work, study, retirement: 53% of adults in Killiney are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 20% 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.
Everyone aged 15 and over, by what they said they mainly do (2022 census), and the jobs of those in work.
Walking in Killiney earns B+
Better than 72% of Irish towns on two measures together, #82 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (54%).
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.
Among Irish towns of 6,800 to 13,200, Killiney ranks 51st of 85 for jobs and income
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Bandon County Cork | 8,196 | 67% | 9.6% | €52K | B− |
| 50 | Castlebar County Mayo | 13,054 | 67% | 11% | €50K | B− |
| 51 | Killiney County Dublin | 9,776 | 68% | 8.8% | €71K | B− |
| 52 | Newcastle West County Limerick | 7,209 | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | B− |
| 53 | Dungarvan County Waterford | 10,081 | 65% | 11% | €47K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Killiney, and others in County Dublin.
Work in and around Killiney
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killiney | 68% | 8.8% | €71K | 32.3 min | B− | B+ |
| Ballybrack 1 km | 69% | 7% | €70K | 30.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Cabinteely 1.9 km | 72% | 6.6% | €77K | 31.7 min | A− | B+ |
| Shankill 2.1 km | 70% | 7.6% | €73K | 33.2 min | B | B+ |
| Dalkey 2.9 km | 70% | 5.1% | €77K | 32.9 min | A− | B+ |
| Sallynoggin 3.4 km | 71% | 7.1% | €88K | 32.4 min | A− | A |
| Foxrock 3.4 km | 70% | 4.2% | €106K | 30.8 min | A | B+ |
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 Killiney, 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 Killiney
What is the unemployment rate in Killiney?
8.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.8% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Killiney a good place to find work?
Killiney earns a B− for jobs and income, better than 54% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #81 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Killiney get to work?
55% of commuters go by car or van, 3.6% walk, 3.3% cycle and 22% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 16% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Killiney?
Trips to work, school or college take 32.3 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 22% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Killiney?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Killiney’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Killiney 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 Killiney 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).