Photo: Raymond Okonski · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Sutton than in 91% of Irish towns
Travel time from Sutton to work, school or college: 32.4 minutes on average, an hour or longer for 11%. At the 2022 census, 5.5% of the labour force in Sutton had no job; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. The Jobs & income grade for Sutton is A−, #34 of 116 in County Dublin.
Sutton at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Sutton had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Sutton had €73,000 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 32.4 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 11% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
18% of workers worked mainly from home on census day, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Sutton grades A− for jobs and income
On four measures together, it is better than 83% of Irish towns, #34 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; 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.
In Sutton, 74% of people of working age are in work
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 87 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.5% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 52% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 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.
Before tax, the median household in Sutton has €73,000
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 79% of Irish towns.
That puts Sutton 3% above the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 55 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €60,080. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 18% below Sutton’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Sutton spends longer getting to work or school than the middle of Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 50% (middle of County Dublin: 59%). The middle of County Dublin averages 31.1 minutes a trip. In County Dublin, 82 of 116 towns counted average a shorter trip. The middle of County Dublin has 23% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 26%.
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.
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 35% of Sutton’s commuters
3% walk and 5.2% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Against 6.8% in the middle of County Dublin, 23% go by train, DART or Luas here. The car or van takes 48% of commuters; the middle of County Dublin has 52%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Jobs held by Sutton’s residents, 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 0.3%.
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.
The Live Register in County Dublin, month by month
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).
Retirement is the main occupation for 28% of adults in Sutton
Compared with Irish towns, 51% are in work (against 57%) and 2.1% 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 Sutton on foot earns A
Better than 85% of Irish towns on two measures together, #45 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (84%).
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.
Sutton next to Irish towns of 4,100 to 7,800: 22nd of 96 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinlough County Cork | 5,435 | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | A+ |
| 2 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 3 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Castleknock County Dublin | 6,355 | 77% | 5.9% | €110K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Ballyboden County Dublin | 5,246 | 73% | 4.8% | €90K | A |
| 11 | Rathcoole County Dublin | 5,792 | 78% | 5.7% | €78K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Salthill County Galway | 5,445 | 70% | 8.1% | €66K | A− |
| 21 | Athenry County Galway | 4,603 | 72% | 7.2% | €61K | A− |
| 22 | Sutton County Dublin | 5,789 | 74% | 5.5% | €73K | A− |
| 23 | Dunshaughlin County Meath | 6,644 | 75% | 6.1% | €88K | A− |
| 24 | Newcastle County Dublin | 4,526 | 75% | 6.8% | €77K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 96 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Sutton, and others in County Dublin.
Work in the places around Sutton
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 74% | 5.5% | €73K | 32.4 min | A− | A |
| Baldoyle 0.9 km | 72% | 6.4% | €69K | 33.9 min | B+ | A− |
| Raheny 1.8 km | 71% | 6.8% | €73K | 32.6 min | B+ | A− |
| Clongriffin 1.9 km | 76% | 7.2% | €74K | 35.4 min | B+ | B+ |
| Donaghmede 2 km | 69% | 9.6% | €58K | 31.3 min | C+ | A− |
| Belmayne 2.9 km | 73% | 7.3% | €81K | 34.1 min | B+ | A− |
| Ayrfield 3.2 km | 70% | 9.1% | €56K | 31.3 min | B− | 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 Sutton, 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 Sutton
What is the unemployment rate in Sutton?
5.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Sutton a good place to find work?
Sutton earns an A− for jobs and income, better than 83% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #34 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Sutton get to work?
48% of commuters go by car or van, 3% walk, 5.2% cycle and 26% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 18% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Sutton?
Trips to work, school or college take 32.4 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 26% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Sutton?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Sutton’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Sutton 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 Sutton 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).