Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Prosperous are higher than in 73% of Irish towns
The Jobs & income grade for Prosperous is B−. From Prosperous, trips to work, school or college average 31.6 minutes, with 15% taking an hour or more.
What the numbers say about work in Prosperous
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Prosperous had €68,766 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 31.6 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 15% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Prosperous: B−
Better than 52% of Irish towns on four measures taken together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Household income in Prosperous: €68,766 at the median
Prosperous’s median is 6% below County Kildare’s (€72,997). 8 of the county’s 14 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €58,503. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 13% below Prosperous’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 Prosperous than in the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Kildare has 49% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 42%, the commonest length. For the middle of County Kildare, the average trip is 32.6 minutes. Of the 14 towns of County Kildare counted, 3 have a shorter average trip. The middle of County Kildare has 28% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 35%.
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.
How long trips to work, school or college take, 2022 census (trips whose length wasn’t stated left out).
The work done by people from Prosperous
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 1.4%.
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.
People living here who are in work, by the industry they work in, wherever their job is (2022 census).
Work for 67% of 15-to-64s in Prosperous
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kildare, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Unemployment, counted the census way, was 8% of the labour force; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. 2.2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 45% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 57% 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.
9.2% of Prosperous’ trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
Against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns, 2.4% walk and 0.5% cycle. Most go by car or van: 80% of commuters. Mainly from home: 11% of residents in work, much as in the middle of Irish towns. Public transport takes about the same share as in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How residents in work get there (2022 census; people working mainly from home included).
People signing on in County Kildare, against 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: 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 Prosperous works: 57% of adults 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.
Everyone aged 15 and over, by what they said they mainly do (2022 census), and the jobs of those in work.
The walkability of Prosperous: B−
Better than 53% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 90%.
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.
Next to Prosperous: how nearby places compare
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperous | 67% | 8% | €69K | 31.6 min | B− | B− |
| Coill Dubh (Blackwood) 4.3 km | 60% | 12% | €63K | 32.2 min | C− | D− |
| Clane 4.6 km | 73% | 6.4% | €74K | 33.2 min | A− | C− |
| Carragh 6.2 km | 66% | 3.4% | €102K | 33.1 min | B+ | D |
| Allenwood 6.9 km | 67% | 8.6% | €65K | 34 min | C+ | D− |
| Kilmeage 7.1 km | 64% | 10% | €60K | 31.8 min | C | D− |
| Sallins 7.2 km | 71% | 6.4% | €79K | 33.9 min | B+ | 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 Prosperous, 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 Prosperous
What is the unemployment rate in Prosperous?
8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Prosperous a good place to find work?
Prosperous earns a B− for jobs and income, better than 52% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Prosperous get to work?
80% of commuters go by car or van, 2.4% walk, 0.5% cycle and 6.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 11% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Prosperous?
Trips to work, school or college take 31.6 minutes on average; 15% take an hour or more and 35% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Prosperous?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Prosperous’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Prosperous 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 Prosperous 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).
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