Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Caherdavin’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 89% of Irish towns
Unemployment in Caherdavin stood at 10% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. On jobs and income together, Caherdavin grades C, #8 of 15 in County Limerick. 4.5% of trips from Caherdavin last an hour or longer; the mean is 24.6 minutes.
What sets Caherdavin apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
61% of people aged 15 to 64 in Caherdavin had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 24.6 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.
On jobs and income, Caherdavin grades C
Its four measures together rank it better than 34% of Irish towns, #8 of 15 in County Limerick.
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.
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 Caherdavin, 61% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2.5% 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, 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.
The trip to work or school is shorter from Caherdavin than in the middle of Irish towns
In County Limerick, 13 of 15 towns counted average a shorter trip. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 29%, where the middle of County Limerick has 37%. 63% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Limerick has 57%. Across County Limerick, the middle town’s trips average 23 minutes.
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 industries behind Caherdavin’s jobs
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 0.3%.
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.
€51,520 a year: the median household in Caherdavin
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 59% of Irish towns.
Caherdavin’s median is 8% below County Limerick’s (€55,952). 6 of the county’s 14 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €45,920. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 17% above Caherdavin’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Walking, cycling, the bus or the train: 18% of Caherdavin’s commuters
Mainly from home: 12% of residents in work, much as in the middle of Irish towns. The bus and rail carry about as many commuters as in the middle of Irish towns. Most go by car or van: 71% of commuters.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The Live Register count in Limerick city since 2019
4,943 people were signing on in Limerick city in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 2%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 37 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 4,514. Limerick city saw its highest month in July 2019: 6,280 people signing on, 11% 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 Caherdavin do: 49% are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 16% are full-time students (against 11%).
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 Caherdavin: C
Better than 34% of Irish towns on two measures together, #250 of 321 Irish towns.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 27%.
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.
Caherdavin places 72nd of 100 on jobs and income among Irish towns of 5,200 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinlough County Cork | 5,435 | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | A+ |
| 2 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 3 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Farranshone County Limerick | 7,874 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Newcastle West County Limerick | 7,209 | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 70 | Fermoy County Cork | 6,720 | 65% | 10% | €50K | C+ |
| 71 | Garryowen County Limerick | 5,428 | 61% | 11% | €51K | C+ |
| 72 | Caherdavin County Limerick | 7,364 | 61% | 10% | €52K | C |
| 73 | Thurles County Tipperary | 8,185 | 65% | 11% | €45K | C |
| 74 | Finglas North County Dublin | 9,805 | 67% | 12% | €54K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Dock County Limerick | 6,258 | 63% | 13% | €42K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 100 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Caherdavin, and others in County Limerick.
The places around Caherdavin, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caherdavin | 61% | 10% | €52K | 24.6 min | C | C |
| Ballynanty 1.3 km | 45% | 24% | €37K | 20 min | D | A− |
| Farranshone 1.5 km | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | 24.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Dock 2.7 km | 63% | 13% | €42K | 23.8 min | C− | A |
| Limerick City Centre 2.8 km | 67% | 15% | €41K | 23.1 min | C | A+ |
| Ballinacurra 3.2 km | 67% | 8.5% | €63K | 23 min | B+ | B+ |
| Corbally and King's Island 3.2 km | 58% | 15% | €46K | 23 min | C− | 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 Caherdavin, 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 Caherdavin
What is the unemployment rate in Caherdavin?
10% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Caherdavin a good place to find work?
Caherdavin earns a C for jobs and income, better than 34% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #8 of 15 in County Limerick.
How do people in Caherdavin get to work?
71% of commuters go by car or van, 8% walk, 2.8% cycle and 6.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 12% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Caherdavin?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.6 minutes on average; 4.5% take an hour or more and 29% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Caherdavin?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Caherdavin’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Caherdavin 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 Caherdavin 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).