Photo: C O'Flanagan · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Ronanstown’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 85% of Irish towns
Ronanstown grades C− for jobs and income, #108 of 116 in County Dublin. 15% of the labour force in Ronanstown was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The bus or train carries 18% of its commuters.
Work in Ronanstown: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
62% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ronanstown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.7% 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 Ronanstown: C−
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.
In Ronanstown, 62% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
4.7% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 53% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 51% 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.
The work done by people from Ronanstown
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 24% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, 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.
Before tax, the median household in Ronanstown has €54,710
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 50% of Irish towns.
Ronanstown’s median is 23% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 98 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €49,690. The State median is €60,123, 10% above Ronanstown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
For 32% of Ronanstown’s commuters, the trip is on foot, by bike, bus or train
In the middle of County Dublin, 52% drive to work; here it is 63%. 3.8% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 17%. 4.9% cycle to work, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Ronanstown has a middling trip to work or school: 28 minutes on average
Against 23% in the middle of County Dublin, 31% of trips take under 15 minutes. Trips of an hour or longer make up 8.6%, close to the middle of County Dublin. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 55% (middle of County Dublin: 59%). For the middle of County Dublin, the average trip is 31.1 minutes. Of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted, 10 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.
Signing on in County Dublin, against the 2019 level
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).
51% of people 16 and over in Ronanstown are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.2% 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.
Getting around Ronanstown on foot earns A−
Better than 77% of Irish towns on two measures together, #69 of 116 in County Dublin.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 62%.
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.
Ronanstown places 77th of 89 on jobs and income among Irish towns of 7,800 to 15,000
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 75 | Deansrath County Dublin | 13,743 | 62% | 13% | €56K | C− |
| 76 | Corbally and King's Island County Limerick | 14,213 | 58% | 15% | €46K | C− |
| 77 | Ronanstown County Dublin | 11,130 | 62% | 15% | €55K | C− |
| 78 | Darndale County Dublin | 14,675 | 63% | 14% | €55K | D |
| 79 | Portarlington County Laois | 9,288 | 63% | 10% | €53K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 89 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Ronanstown, and others in County Dublin.
Jobs and income in the places around Ronanstown
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronanstown | 62% | 15% | €55K | 28 min | C− | A− |
| Palmerston 1.3 km | 65% | 10% | €63K | 28.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Cherry Orchard 1.8 km | 56% | 18% | €53K | 29.8 min | D− | B+ |
| Ballyowen 1.9 km | 71% | 6.4% | €88K | 32.9 min | A− | B+ |
| Carna 2.1 km | 64% | 13% | €51K | 28 min | C− | A |
| Deansrath 2.3 km | 62% | 13% | €56K | 29.3 min | C− | B |
| Ballyfermot 2.4 km | 66% | 11% | €49K | 27 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 Ronanstown, 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 Ronanstown
What is the unemployment rate in Ronanstown?
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ronanstown a good place to find work?
Ronanstown earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 15% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #108 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Ronanstown get to work?
63% of commuters go by car or van, 9.7% walk, 4.9% cycle and 18% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 3.8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ronanstown?
Trips to work, school or college take 28 minutes on average; 8.6% take an hour or more and 31% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ronanstown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ronanstown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ronanstown 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 Ronanstown 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).