Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Askeaton than in 98% of Irish towns
Askeaton grades C− for jobs and income. Unemployment in Askeaton stood at 15% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 22.5 minutes from Askeaton, with 4.5% taking an hour or more.
Askeaton and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
55% of people aged 15 to 64 in Askeaton had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.5 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 4.5% 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.
Jobs & income in Askeaton: graded C−
With four measures combined, it comes out better than 24% of Irish towns.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
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.
Work for 55% of 15-to-64s in Askeaton
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 4% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 56% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 42% 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.
Less time on the road to work or school from Askeaton than in the middle of Irish towns
5 of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted have a shorter average trip. 51% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 37% in the middle of County Limerick.
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.
Where the people of Askeaton earn a living, by industry
The second-largest is Manufacturing, at 19% (against 11% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 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.
Household income in Askeaton: €50,650 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 61% of Irish towns.
That puts Askeaton 9% below the median for County Limerick as a whole, €55,952. Of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 or more, 8 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €46,270. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 19% above Askeaton’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
16% of commuters from Askeaton go without the car
On foot: 12% of commuters, next to 10% in the middle of Irish towns. For 79% of commuters, the trip to work is by car or van. Against 11% in the middle of Irish towns, 4.8% work mainly from home. The bus takes 1.1% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
County Limerick on the Live Register 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: signing on peaked in July 2019 at 14,661, 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).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Askeaton: 42% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 21% are retired and 11% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Getting around Askeaton on foot earns C−
Better than 21% of Irish towns on two measures together.
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.
Work in and around Askeaton
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Askeaton | 55% | 15% | €51K | 22.5 min | C− | C− |
| Rathkeale 9.5 km | 47% | 20% | €34K | 22.7 min | D− | B+ |
| Adare 13 km | 75% | 5.9% | €70K | 25 min | A+ | B |
| Shannon 13.6 km | 68% | 9.1% | €52K | 18.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| Newcastle West 17.7 km | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | 24.9 min | B− | B− |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus 18.5 km | 72% | 10% | €53K | 19.9 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 Askeaton, 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 Askeaton
What is the unemployment rate in Askeaton?
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Askeaton a good place to find work?
Askeaton earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 24% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Askeaton get to work?
79% of commuters go by car or van, 12% walk, 2.4% cycle and 1.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 4.8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Askeaton?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.5 minutes on average; 4.5% take an hour or more and 51% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Askeaton?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Askeaton’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Askeaton 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 Askeaton 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).