Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Kill are more likely to have a job than in 92% of Irish towns
On jobs and income together, Kill grades A−, #3 of 14 in County Kildare. The 2022 census put unemployment in Kill at 6.1%, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work, school or college from Kill takes 32.1 minutes on average; for 11%, it takes an hour or more.
What Kill’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Kill had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.1% 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 Kill had €75,277 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 32.1 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 11% 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.
Kill earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 83% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined, #3 of 14 in County Kildare.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
74% of working-age people in Kill have jobs
Of the 13 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kildare, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 2% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 50% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 61% 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.
Household income in Kill: €75,277 at the median
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 82% of Irish towns.
That puts Kill 3% above the median for County Kildare as a whole, €72,997. 6 of the county’s 13 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €61,703. The State median is €60,123, 20% below Kill’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Kill has the longer trip to work or school
Among County Kildare’s 14 towns counted, 4 have shorter trips on average. 24% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 28% in the middle of County Kildare. 56% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Kildare has 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 work of Kill’s residents, industry by industry
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 22% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.7%.
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.
One way or another, 9.4% of Kill’s commuters skip the car
Walking takes 2.1% of commuters and cycling 0.6%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. The car or van carries most commuters: 81%. By bus or rail, commuting here is much as 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. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 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 saw its highest month in July 2020: 8,793 people signing on, 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).
What adults in Kill do: 61% are in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
The walkability of Kill: D
Better than 6% of Irish towns on two measures together, #318 of 321 Irish towns.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 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.
For jobs and income, Kill is 14th of 93 Irish towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Glounthaune County Cork | 5,000 | 73% | 4.3% | €76K | A+ |
| 3 | Glanmire County Cork | 4,454 | 71% | 5.6% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Kilcullen County Kildare | 3,815 | 73% | 6.4% | €66K | A− |
| 13 | Athenry County Galway | 4,603 | 72% | 7.2% | €61K | A− |
| 14 | Kill County Kildare | 3,818 | 74% | 6.1% | €75K | A− |
| 15 | Murrough County Galway | 2,909 | 71% | 8.2% | €60K | A− |
| 16 | Newcastle County Dublin | 4,526 | 75% | 6.8% | €77K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 41 | Rathangan County Kildare | 3,263 | 70% | 8.8% | €63K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Kill, and others in County Kildare.
Work in the places around Kill
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kill | 74% | 6.1% | €75K | 32.1 min | A− | D |
| Johnstown 2.2 km | 68% | 5.8% | €80K | 33.3 min | B | D− |
| Sallins 5 km | 71% | 6.4% | €79K | 33.9 min | B+ | B |
| Naas 5.4 km | 73% | 6.2% | €82K | 32.2 min | A− | C+ |
| Straffan 7.7 km | 77% | 2.9% | €99K | 30.3 min | A+ | C− |
| Clane 8.3 km | 73% | 6.4% | €74K | 33.2 min | A− | C− |
| Newcastle 8.7 km | 75% | 6.8% | €77K | 32.3 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 Kill, 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 Kill
What is the unemployment rate in Kill?
6.1% 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.
Is Kill a good place to find work?
Kill 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, #3 of 14 in County Kildare.
How do people in Kill get to work?
81% of commuters go by car or van, 2.1% walk, 0.6% cycle and 6.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Kill?
Trips to work, school or college take 32.1 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 24% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Kill?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Kill’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Kill 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 Kill 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).