Photo: Willie Duffin · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Monivea, and the trip to work
At the 2022 census, 4.8% of the labour force in Monivea had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work, school or college from Monivea takes 29 minutes on average, with 7.6% taking an hour or more. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Monivea: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Monivea, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Monivea had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2% 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 Monivea had €67,060 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.
Why Monivea has no Jobs & income Grade
Monivea has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
76% of Monivea’s 15-to-64s are in work
Of the 20 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Galway, 19 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 65% 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, 62% 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 €67,060 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Monivea’s median is 12% above County Galway’s (€59,641). Of the county’s 20 towns of 2,500 or more, 2 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €58,870. The State median is €60,123, 10% below Monivea’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The industries behind Monivea’s jobs
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 23%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 2.8%.
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.
In Monivea, 6.2% of commuters leave the car behind
Driving dominates: 80% go to work by car or van. Working mainly from home: 13% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The bus takes 1.4% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. Walking takes 3.8% of commuters and cycling 0.5%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Monivea spends about as long getting to work or school as the middle of Irish towns
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 54% of trips, much as in the middle of County Galway. Across County Galway, the middle town’s trips average 23.8 minutes. 20 of the 20 towns of County Galway counted have a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 31% of the total, against 37% in the middle of County Galway.
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 Galway since 2019
11,344 people were signing on in County Galway in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 2%. For 49 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. County Galway: signing on peaked in July 2019 at 16,574, 10% 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 Monivea do: 62% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 2.3% 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.
Shops, schools and services on foot in Monivea
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (0%).
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.
The places around Monivea, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monivea | 76% | 4.8% | €67K | 29 min | — | — |
| Athenry 8.2 km | 72% | 7.2% | €61K | 25 min | A− | C |
| Craughwell 16 km | 76% | 4.4% | €81K | 30.2 min | A | D− |
| Baile Chláir 16.2 km | 72% | 8% | €64K | 22.5 min | A | B |
| Tuam 18.7 km | 63% | 13% | €48K | 25.9 min | C− | C+ |
| Oranmore 19.2 km | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | 24.9 min | A+ | C |
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 Monivea, 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 Monivea
What is the unemployment rate in Monivea?
4.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Monivea get to work?
80% of commuters go by car or van, 3.8% walk, 0.5% cycle and 1.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Monivea?
Trips to work, school or college take 29 minutes on average; 7.6% take an hour or more and 31% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Monivea?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Monivea’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Monivea 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 Monivea travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL). 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).