Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Cahirciveen are lower than in 93% of Irish towns
At the 2022 census, 24% of the labour force in Cahirciveen had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. For jobs and income, Cahirciveen earns a grade of D. Travel time from Cahirciveen to work, school or college: 19.9 minutes on average, an hour or longer for 7.4%.
The work numbers behind Cahirciveen
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Cahirciveen had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
24% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.9% 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 Cahirciveen had €38,740 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 19.9 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 7.4% 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.
On jobs and income, Cahirciveen grades D
Better than 12% of Irish towns on four measures taken together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Ranks start at 2,500 residents, so this grade has no rank.
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.
Jobs for 60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Cahirciveen
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.9% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 14% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 43% 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.
Median household income: €38,740 a year
That puts Cahirciveen 20% below the median for County Kerry as a whole, €48,320. Every town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €35,140. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 55% above Cahirciveen’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Getting to work or school from Cahirciveen takes less time than in the middle of Irish towns
For the middle of County Kerry, the average trip is 21.7 minutes. Of the 5 towns of County Kerry counted, none has a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 59% of the total, against 53% in the middle of County Kerry.
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.
Jobs held by Cahirciveen’s residents, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 20%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 3.6%.
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.
25% of Cahirciveen’s commuters walk, cycle, or take the bus or train
By bus: 1.3% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 22% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving to work: 64% here, 71% in the middle of County Kerry. Working mainly from home is about as common as in the middle of Irish towns, at 11%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
People signing on in County Kerry, against 2019
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 7%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 30 months. County Kerry saw its highest month in April 2020: 8,848 people signing on, 26% 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 25% of adults in Cahirciveen
Compared with Irish towns, 43% are in work (against 57%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
On getting around on foot, Cahirciveen grades B
Better than 58% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a school is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (17%).
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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Cahirciveen, 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 Cahirciveen
What is the unemployment rate in Cahirciveen?
24% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Cahirciveen a good place to find work?
Cahirciveen earns a D for jobs and income, better than 12% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Cahirciveen get to work?
64% of commuters go by car or van, 22% walk, 1.8% cycle and 1.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 11% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Cahirciveen?
Trips to work, school or college take 19.9 minutes on average; 7.4% take an hour or more and 59% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Cahirciveen?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Cahirciveen’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Cahirciveen 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 Cahirciveen 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).