Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Annacotty top those of 95% of Irish towns
For jobs and income, Annacotty earns a grade of A+, #1 of 15 in County Limerick. The 2022 census put unemployment in Annacotty at 6%, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Travel time from Annacotty to work, school or college: 22.6 minutes on average, an hour or longer for 4.2%.
What the numbers say about work in Annacotty
Less unemployment than most towns
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.7% 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 Annacotty had €90,182 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.6 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 4.2% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
18% of workers worked mainly from home on census day, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs and income in Annacotty earn A+
Better than 98% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined, #1 of 15 in County Limerick.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
In Annacotty, 71% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 13 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.7% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 43% 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, 63% 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 Annacotty: €90,182
Annacotty’s median is 61% above County Limerick’s (€55,952). No other town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €70,779. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 33% below Annacotty’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 Annacotty takes less time than in the middle of Irish towns
Against 37% in the middle of County Limerick, 39% of trips take under 15 minutes. The middle of County Limerick has 57% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 54%, the commonest length. Among County Limerick’s 15 towns counted, 6 have shorter trips on average.
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.
For 12% of Annacotty’s commuters, the trip is on foot, by bike, bus or train
In the middle of County Limerick, 65% drive to work; here it is 70%. On foot: 5.3% of commuters, next to 10% in the middle of Irish towns. More people work mainly from home here than in the middle of County Limerick: 18% against 10%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The work done by people from Annacotty
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 20% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.3%.
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.
How many sign on in County Limerick: the count since 2019
11,541 people were signing on in County Limerick in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 1%. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 10,525. County Limerick saw its highest month in July 2019: 14,661 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).
63% of Annacotty’s adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 15% are full-time students (against 11%) and 8.9% 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.
Annacotty earns C+ for walkability
Better than 37% of Irish towns on two measures together, #13 of 15 in County Limerick.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 10%.
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.
Annacotty is 1st of 85 Irish towns of 2,500 to 4,600 people for jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Glanmire County Cork | 4,454 | 71% | 5.6% | €87K | A+ |
| 3 | Grange Upper County Waterford | 2,510 | 71% | 7.4% | €65K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Ballinacurra County Limerick | 3,719 | 67% | 8.5% | €63K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Rathbane County Limerick | 4,111 | 58% | 14% | €54K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Limerick City Centre County Limerick | 3,434 | 67% | 15% | €41K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Annacotty, and others in County Limerick.
Jobs and income in the places around Annacotty
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annacotty | 71% | 6% | €90K | 22.6 min | A+ | C+ |
| Castletroy 1.8 km | 55% | 6.7% | €75K | 22.5 min | B+ | C− |
| Garryowen 4.5 km | 61% | 11% | €51K | 22.1 min | C+ | B |
| Westbury 4.9 km | 69% | 7.3% | €66K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
| Galvone 5.4 km | 55% | 21% | €41K | 20.9 min | D | A− |
| Corbally and King's Island 5.5 km | 58% | 15% | €46K | 23 min | C− | B+ |
| Castleconnell 5.7 km | 70% | 7.6% | €60K | 25.5 min | A− | D |
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 Annacotty, 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 Annacotty
What is the unemployment rate in Annacotty?
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Annacotty a good place to find work?
Annacotty earns an A+ for jobs and income, better than 98% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #1 of 15 in County Limerick.
How do people in Annacotty get to work?
70% of commuters go by car or van, 5.3% walk, 3.2% cycle and 3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 18% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Annacotty?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.6 minutes on average; 4.2% take an hour or more and 39% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Annacotty?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Annacotty’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Annacotty 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 Annacotty 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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