Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Summerhill than in 91% of Irish towns
People heading out of Summerhill for work or study spend 32.6 minutes travelling on average; 10% spend 60 minutes or longer. At the 2022 census, 15% of the labour force in Summerhill had no job, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income grade for Summerhill is D−.
Work in Summerhill, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Summerhill 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; 4.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Summerhill had €44,550 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 32.6 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 10% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Summerhill: D−
With four measures combined, it comes out behind almost every Irish town.
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.
Work for 60% of 15-to-64s in Summerhill
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
4.2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 41% 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, 57% 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.
Half the households here have more than €44,550 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 78% of Irish towns.
Summerhill’s median is 37% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). Every other town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €39,530. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 35% above Summerhill’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Work and school are further off in time from Summerhill than for the middle of Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 65% (middle of County Dublin: 59%). The trip from the middle of County Dublin averages 31.1 minutes. In County Dublin, 88 of 116 towns counted average a shorter trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 17% of the total, against 23% 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.
Where Summerhill’s residents work, by industry
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 18% (against 26% 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.
Without a car, 78% of Summerhill’s commuters get to work
Home is the main workplace for 9.1%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%. Public transport: 23% by bus and 12% by rail, against 6% and 0.9% in the middle of Irish towns. 34% walk, against 7.4% in the middle of County Dublin. 13% go by car or van, against 52% in the middle of County Dublin.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
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%. 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. 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 Summerhill do: 57% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 18% are full-time students (against 11%) and 4.4% are retired.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places on foot in Summerhill: A+
Better than almost every Irish town on two measures together, #3 of 116 in County Dublin.
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.
Summerhill next to Irish towns of 8,300 to 16,100
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 87 | Enniscorthy County Wexford | 12,310 | 59% | 17% | €42K | D− |
| 88 | Athy County Kildare | 11,035 | 60% | 15% | €48K | D− |
| 89 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Summerhill, and others in County Dublin.
The places around Summerhill, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerhill | 60% | 15% | €45K | 32.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Parnell Square 0.4 km | 68% | 12% | €46K | 31.8 min | D | A+ |
| Ballybough 0.7 km | 68% | 12% | €48K | 33.2 min | D | A+ |
| O'Connell Street 0.9 km | 70% | 11% | €58K | 31.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Phibsborough 0.9 km | 60% | 10% | €52K | 31.9 min | D | A+ |
| East Wall 1.3 km | 71% | 8.9% | €71K | 31.2 min | B+ | A+ |
| St Stephen's Green 1.4 km | 65% | 11% | €56K | 25.6 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 Summerhill, 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 Summerhill
What is the unemployment rate in Summerhill?
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Summerhill a good place to find work?
Summerhill earns a D− for jobs and income, behind almost every Irish town on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Summerhill get to work?
13% of commuters go by car or van, 34% walk, 8.9% cycle and 35% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Summerhill?
Trips to work, school or college take 32.6 minutes on average; 10% take an hour or more and 17% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Summerhill?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Summerhill’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Summerhill 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 Summerhill 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).