Photo: Neville Goodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Carrigkerry
The trip to work, school or college averages 28.4 minutes from Carrigkerry; for 11%, it takes an hour or more. At the 2022 census, 13% of the labour force in Carrigkerry had no job, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. Carrigkerry isn’t graded for jobs and income: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
The short version on work in Carrigkerry
Fewer people in work than most towns
58% of people aged 15 to 64 in Carrigkerry had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Carrigkerry had €42,660 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. CSO publishes no income figure for this place, so this one is our estimate from its electoral divisions. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
The figures behind jobs and income in Carrigkerry
Carrigkerry has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs for 58% of people aged 15 to 64 in Carrigkerry
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 49% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 43% 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.
Half the households here have more than €42,660 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Carrigkerry’s median is 24% below County Limerick’s (€55,952). 10 of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €38,010. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 41% above Carrigkerry’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Out of the car: 12% of Carrigkerry’s commuters
The bus takes 1.5% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. Almost no one goes by bike, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. The car or van carries most commuters: 82%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
A run to work or school from Carrigkerry much like the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Limerick averages 23 minutes a trip. Of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted, 15 have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 34% of trips, next to 37% in the middle of County Limerick. The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 47% of trips; the middle of County Limerick has 57%.
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 count signing on in County Limerick is 8% below its 2019 level
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).
Walking to the shops, school and post office in Carrigkerry
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a food shop is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (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.
The work picture around Carrigkerry
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigkerry | 58% | 13% | €43K | 28.4 min | — | — |
| Newcastle West 7.9 km | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | 24.9 min | B− | B− |
| Rathkeale 14.8 km | 47% | 20% | €34K | 22.7 min | D− | B+ |
| Abbeyfeale 16 km | 60% | 16% | €40K | 27.3 min | D− | D |
| Askeaton 17 km | 55% | 15% | €51K | 22.5 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 Carrigkerry, 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 Carrigkerry
What is the unemployment rate in Carrigkerry?
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Carrigkerry get to work?
82% of commuters go by car or van, 11% walk, 0% cycle and 1.5% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.2% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Carrigkerry?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.4 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 34% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Carrigkerry?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Carrigkerry’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Carrigkerry 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 Carrigkerry 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).