Photo: Treehill · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Lusk are higher than in 85% of Irish towns
Getting to work, school or college from Lusk takes 31.2 minutes on average, and 13% take an hour or more. Lusk grades B+ for jobs and income, #51 of 116 in County Dublin. 15% of its commuters take the bus or train.
The work numbers behind Lusk
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Lusk had €78,647 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 31.2 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 13% 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 & income in Lusk: graded B+
Taken together, its four measures make it better than 73% of Irish towns, #51 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 household income: €78,647 a year
Lusk’s median is 11% above County Dublin’s (€71,123). 38 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €64,888. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 24% below Lusk’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Lusk has the longer trip to work or school
Trips of under 15 minutes are 29% of the total, against 23% in the middle of County Dublin. The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 50% of trips; the middle of County Dublin has 59%. In County Dublin, 59 of 116 towns counted average a shorter 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).
The industries behind Lusk’s jobs
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 23%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 1.7%.
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).
Lusk at work: 70% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 45 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Unemployment, counted the census way, was 7% of the labour force; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. 2.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 54% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 64% 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.
20% of commuters in Lusk go on foot, by bike or by public transport
In the middle of County Dublin, 52% drive to work; here it is 67%. By bus 9.7%, by train, DART or Luas 5.3%: the middle of Irish towns has 6% and 0.9%. Walking takes 3.6% of commuters and cycling 1.2%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How residents in work get there (2022 census; people working mainly from home included).
People signing on in County Dublin, against 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%. 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).
In work, studying or retired: 64% of Lusk’s adults work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.7% are retired.
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.
Everyday places on foot in Lusk: B+
Better than 72% of Irish towns on two measures together, #83 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a school is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (72%).
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.
Lusk next to Irish towns of 6,200 to 11,900: 30th of 89 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| 2 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| 3 | Booterstown County Dublin | 8,505 | 71% | 4.8% | €94K | A |
| 4 | Castleknock County Dublin | 6,355 | 77% | 5.9% | €110K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Tramore County Waterford | 11,277 | 68% | 8.2% | €56K | A− |
| 29 | Shannon County Clare | 10,256 | 68% | 9.1% | €52K | B+ |
| 30 | Lusk County Dublin | 8,806 | 70% | 7% | €79K | B+ |
| 31 | Clongriffin County Dublin | 7,438 | 76% | 7.2% | €74K | B+ |
| 32 | Raheny County Dublin | 8,734 | 71% | 6.8% | €73K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 89 | Athy County Kildare | 11,035 | 60% | 15% | €48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Lusk, and others in County Dublin.
Around Lusk: jobs, pay and the commute
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusk | 70% | 7% | €79K | 31.2 min | B+ | B+ |
| Donabate 4.1 km | 71% | 6.1% | €96K | 34 min | A− | A− |
| Portrane 4.6 km | 64% | 7.5% | €89K | 33 min | B− | C |
| Rush 4.9 km | 69% | 7.2% | €74K | 33.7 min | B | B− |
| Skerries 6.8 km | 70% | 6.1% | €77K | 34.3 min | B+ | B+ |
| Balrothery 6.9 km | 68% | 6.3% | €68K | 29.9 min | B+ | C |
| Swords 8.5 km | 74% | 7% | €77K | 31.1 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 Lusk, 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 Lusk
What is the unemployment rate in Lusk?
7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Lusk a good place to find work?
Lusk earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 73% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #51 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Lusk get to work?
67% of commuters go by car or van, 3.6% walk, 1.2% cycle and 15% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Lusk?
Trips to work, school or college take 31.2 minutes on average; 13% take an hour or more and 29% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Lusk?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Lusk’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Lusk 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 Lusk 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).