Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0More of Castleconnell’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 69% of Irish towns
Castleconnell grades A− for jobs and income. 7.6% of the labour force in Castleconnell was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 25.5 minutes from Castleconnell, and 5.3% take an hour or more.
Work in Castleconnell, in a few figures
Work near the middle
70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Castleconnell had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
7.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
The Jobs & income grade for Castleconnell: A−
With four measures combined, it comes out better than 76% of Irish towns.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; its weakest, household income.
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.
What residents of Castleconnell work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 22% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0.6%.
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.
70% of Castleconnell’s 15-to-64s are in work
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.
2.2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 47% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 57% 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 household income in Castleconnell is €59,613
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 59% of Irish towns.
Castleconnell’s median is 7% above County Limerick’s (€55,952). 5 of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €51,748. The State median is €60,123, 1% above Castleconnell’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: 7.8% of Castleconnell’s commuters
3.6% walk and 1.2% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Most go by car or van: 78% of commuters. Mainly from home: 14% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The bus takes 2.4% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Work and school are closer to hand from Castleconnell than for the middle of Irish towns
Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 63%, against 57% in the middle of County Limerick. Across County Limerick, the middle town’s trips average 23 minutes. Among County Limerick’s 15 towns counted, 15 have shorter trips on average. Under 15 minutes: 28% of trips, next to 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.
People signing on in County Limerick, against 2019
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: 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 Castleconnell: 57% in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
How walkable Castleconnell is: D
Better than 10% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 45%.
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 places around Castleconnell, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleconnell | 70% | 7.6% | €60K | 25.5 min | A− | D |
| Annacotty 5.7 km | 71% | 6% | €90K | 22.6 min | A+ | C+ |
| Newport 6.3 km | 69% | 7% | €63K | 22.8 min | A | C− |
| Castletroy 6.6 km | 55% | 6.7% | €75K | 22.5 min | B+ | C− |
| Ardnacrusha 7.5 km | 66% | 4.3% | €66K | 28.8 min | B+ | D− |
| Westbury 7.5 km | 69% | 7.3% | €66K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
| Garryowen 8.9 km | 61% | 11% | €51K | 22.1 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 Castleconnell, 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 Castleconnell
What is the unemployment rate in Castleconnell?
7.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Castleconnell a good place to find work?
Castleconnell earns an A− for jobs and income, better than 76% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Castleconnell get to work?
78% of commuters go by car or van, 3.6% walk, 1.2% cycle and 3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Castleconnell?
Trips to work, school or college take 25.5 minutes on average; 5.3% take an hour or more and 28% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Castleconnell?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Castleconnell’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Castleconnell 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 Castleconnell 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).