Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Kylemore has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 73% of Irish towns
12% of the labour force in Kylemore was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. For jobs and income, Kylemore earns a grade of C−, #105 of 116 in County Dublin. The bus or train carries 24% of its commuters.
What sets Kylemore apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
64% of people aged 15 to 64 in Kylemore had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Kylemore had €48,650 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
On jobs and income, Kylemore grades C−
Its four measures together rank it better than 17% of Irish towns, #105 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
What households earn in Kylemore: €48,650 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 68% of Irish towns.
That puts Kylemore 32% below the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 111 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €43,800. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 24% above Kylemore’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The industries Kylemore’s residents work in
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.
64% of working-age people in Kylemore have jobs
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 12 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.9% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 56% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 52% 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.
Kylemore commutes on foot, by bike or bus for 43% of trips
22% take the bus, against 13% in the middle of County Dublin. The car or van takes 53% of commuters, close to the middle of County Dublin. Working mainly from home: 5% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. 7.7% cycle to work, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The average trip from Kylemore, 28.8 minutes, is close to the 27.6 of the middle of Irish towns
In the middle of County Dublin, the trip averages 31.1 minutes. 14 of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 28% of trips, next to 23% in the middle of County Dublin. Trips of an hour or longer make up 9.3%, close to the middle of County Dublin. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 57%, against 59% in 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: the count 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 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).
How Kylemore spends its days: 52% of adults in work
Compared with Irish towns, 8.1% are full-time students (against 11%) 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.
Walking in Kylemore earns A
Better than 90% of Irish towns on two measures together, #34 of 116 in County Dublin.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 87%.
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.
Kylemore next to Irish towns of 2,500 to 3,500: 42nd of 50 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Grange Upper County Waterford | 2,510 | 71% | 7.4% | €65K | A |
| 3 | Blarney County Cork | 2,779 | 73% | 5.4% | €67K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Ballybrack County Dublin | 2,872 | 69% | 7% | €70K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Edenmore County Dublin | 2,831 | 67% | 12% | €52K | C− |
| 37 | Carna County Dublin | 2,897 | 64% | 13% | €51K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 40 | Bailieborough County Cavan | 2,974 | 66% | 13% | €47K | C− |
| 41 | Bundoran County Donegal | 2,599 | 63% | 14% | €37K | C− |
| 42 | Kylemore County Dublin | 2,557 | 64% | 12% | €49K | C− |
| 43 | Rathnew County Wicklow | 3,482 | 61% | 14% | €50K | D |
| 44 | Carndonagh County Donegal | 2,768 | 61% | 15% | €35K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Mayfield County Cork | 2,846 | 49% | 20% | €38K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Kylemore, and others in County Dublin.
The places around Kylemore, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kylemore | 64% | 12% | €49K | 28.8 min | C− | A |
| Decies 0.5 km | 65% | 12% | €47K | 27.2 min | C− | A |
| Ballyfermot 0.8 km | 66% | 11% | €49K | 27 min | C | A |
| Carna 0.9 km | 64% | 13% | €51K | 28 min | C− | A |
| Chapelizod 1 km | 78% | 6.9% | €68K | 34.2 min | B+ | A− |
| Cherry Orchard 1.3 km | 56% | 18% | €53K | 29.8 min | D− | B+ |
| Inchicore 1.6 km | 68% | 11% | €51K | 32.5 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 Kylemore, 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 Kylemore
What is the unemployment rate in Kylemore?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Kylemore a good place to find work?
Kylemore earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 17% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #105 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Kylemore get to work?
53% of commuters go by car or van, 11% walk, 7.7% cycle and 24% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 5% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Kylemore?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.8 minutes on average; 9.3% take an hour or more and 28% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Kylemore?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Kylemore’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Kylemore 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 Kylemore 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).