Work and commuting in Broadford
The average trip to work, school or college from Broadford takes 24.1 minutes, and 8.8% take an hour or more. Unemployment in Broadford stood at 4.1% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Broadford isn’t graded for jobs and income: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
The work figures that set Broadford apart
Less unemployment than most towns
4.1% 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 24.1 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 8.8% 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 Broadford
Broadford has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
70% of working-age people in Broadford have jobs
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 12 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 0.5% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 24% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 49% 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.
A quicker run to work or school from Broadford than in the middle of Irish towns
For the middle of County Limerick, the average trip is 23 minutes. 12 of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted have a shorter average trip. 53% 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.
Half the households here have more than €60,390 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Broadford 8% above the median for County Limerick as a whole, €55,952. 5 of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €51,100.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
9.8% of commuters in Broadford go on foot, by bike or by public transport
Working mainly from home: 13% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Public transport barely figures, where the middle of Irish towns has 6% by bus and 0.9% by rail. Cycling to work barely figures, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. For 77% of commuters, the trip to work is by car or van.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The Live Register in County Limerick, month by month
11,541 people were signing on in County Limerick in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count 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).
What is within walking distance in Broadford
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
Neighbouring places to Broadford, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadford | 70% | 4.1% | €60K | 24.1 min | — | — |
| Newcastle West 13.1 km | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | 24.9 min | B− | B− |
| Newmarket 14.6 km | 74% | 8.6% | €46K | 28.8 min | B | D |
| Kanturk 18.7 km | 67% | 9.4% | €44K | 28 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 Broadford, 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 Broadford
What is the unemployment rate in Broadford?
4.1% 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 Broadford get to work?
77% of commuters go by car or van, 9.8% walk, 0% cycle and 0% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Broadford?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.1 minutes on average; 8.8% take an hour or more and 53% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Broadford?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Broadford’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Broadford 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 Broadford 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).
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).