Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainJobs and earnings in Kildangan, and the trip to work
6.5% of the labour force in Kildangan was out of work at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 34.4 minutes from Kildangan, with 16% taking an hour or more. Jobs and income go ungraded in Kildangan: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Kildangan and work: the main findings
Less unemployment than most towns
6.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 0.5% 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 Kildangan had €73,390 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 34.4 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 16% 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.
No Jobs & income Grade for Kildangan
Kildangan has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Kildangan at work: 64% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kildare, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
0.5% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 13% 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, 55% 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 income per household in Kildangan: €73,390
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Kildangan’s median is 1% above County Kildare’s (€72,997). Of the county’s 14 towns of 2,500 or more, 8 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €61,560. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 18% below Kildangan’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
A slower run to work or school from Kildangan than in the middle of Irish towns
In the middle of County Kildare, the trip averages 32.6 minutes. Among County Kildare’s 14 towns counted, 14 have shorter trips on average. Against 28% in the middle of County Kildare, 27% of trips take under 15 minutes. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 44% (middle of County Kildare: 49%).
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.
The industries Kildangan’s residents work in
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 23%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is transport and communications, at 3.9%.
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, 7.1% of Kildangan’s commuters get to work
The bus takes 1.3% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking and 2.4% cycling; here it is 3.1% and 0.9%. Driving dominates: 83% go to work by car or van. 9.7% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Signing on in County Kildare since 2019
6,663 people were signing on in County Kildare in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 1%. For 69 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was November 2023, at 5,976. County Kildare: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 8,793, 12% 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).
Most of Kildangan works: 55% of adults are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 15% are full-time students (against 11%) and 11% 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 Kildangan
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.
Work in and around Kildangan
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildangan | 64% | 6.5% | €73K | 34.4 min | — | — |
| Monasterevin 5.1 km | 69% | 9.1% | €61K | 32.2 min | B− | C+ |
| Kildare 9.6 km | 66% | 10% | €63K | 31.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Curragh Camp 11.9 km | 65% | 12% | €62K | 28.8 min | C+ | D |
| Athy 13 km | 60% | 15% | €48K | 34.3 min | D− | C |
| Portarlington 13.2 km | 63% | 10% | €53K | 33.1 min | D | C |
| Stradbally 13.2 km | 62% | 11% | €53K | 30 min | C− | 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 Kildangan, 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 Kildangan
What is the unemployment rate in Kildangan?
6.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 0.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Kildangan get to work?
83% of commuters go by car or van, 3.1% walk, 0.9% cycle and 3.1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.7% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Kildangan?
Trips to work, school or college take 34.4 minutes on average; 16% take an hour or more and 27% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Kildangan?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Kildangan’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Kildangan 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 Kildangan 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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