Photo: Den Donovan · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Fenit, and the trip to work
Trips to work, school or college from Fenit take 24.7 minutes on average; for 4.5%, it takes an hour or more. At the 2022 census, 5.7% of the labour force in Fenit had no job, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. Jobs and income go ungraded in Fenit: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
The work figures that set Fenit apart
Work near the middle
68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Fenit had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.7% 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Work and pay in Fenit, ungraded
Fenit has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
In Fenit, 68% of people of working age are in work
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry, 4 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. Among the unemployed, 65% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 52% 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.
In Fenit, 30% of residents in work are in professional services, health and education
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 24% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 4.1%.
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.
Median household income in Fenit is €59,940
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Fenit’s median is 24% above County Kerry’s (€48,320). No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €51,560.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
4.4% of Fenit’s trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking and 2.4% cycling; here it is 3.2% and 0.8%. The middle of County Kerry has 8%; here, 14% work mainly from home. 80% go by car or van, against 71% in the middle of County Kerry. Almost no one goes by bus, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Work and school are closer to hand from Fenit than for the middle of Irish towns
Among County Kerry’s 5 towns counted, 5 have shorter trips on average. The middle of County Kerry has 53% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 30%. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 59% (middle of County Kerry: 38%). In the middle of County Kerry, the trip averages 21.7 minutes.
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.
19% fewer people sign on in County Kerry than in 2019
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 7%. For 30 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. County Kerry: signing on peaked in April 2020 at 8,848, 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).
52% of people 16 and over in Fenit are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 20% are retired (against 15%).
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 Fenit
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a food shop: 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.
Work next door to Fenit
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenit | 68% | 5.7% | €60K | 24.7 min | — | — |
| Tralee 11 km | 61% | 14% | €43K | 20.5 min | C− | C+ |
| Milltown 17.9 km | 65% | 12% | €52K | 22.7 min | C+ | B− |
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 Fenit, 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 Fenit
What is the unemployment rate in Fenit?
5.7% 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 Fenit get to work?
80% of commuters go by car or van, 3.2% walk, 0.8% cycle and 0.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Fenit?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.7 minutes on average; 4.5% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Fenit?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Fenit’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Fenit 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 Fenit 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).
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