Work, pay and getting to work in Clarina
2.7% of trips from Clarina last an hour or longer; the mean is 22.1 minutes. The 2022 census put unemployment in Clarina at 6%, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Clarina has no Jobs & income Grade: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Clarina at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Clarina had €76,150 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.1 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 2.7% 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 and income in Clarina, without a grade
Clarina has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Working-age people in Clarina: 73% have a job
All 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 42% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 59% 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 middle household in Clarina: €76,150 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Clarina’s median is 36% above County Limerick’s (€55,952). One of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 people or more has a higher median. After tax, the median is €63,150. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 21% below Clarina’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The trip to work or school is shorter from Clarina than in the middle of Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 60% (middle of County Limerick: 57%). Of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted, 3 have a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 35% of the total, 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.
The industries Clarina’s residents work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 19% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 2.2%.
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.
5.7% of commuters from Clarina go without the car
On foot 3.8%, by bike 0.4%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. 85% of commuters go by car or van. Home is the main workplace for 9.1%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%.
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. 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 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).
In Clarina, 59% of adults are 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.
Getting around Clarina on foot
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 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.
Next to Clarina: how nearby places compare
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarina | 73% | 6% | €76K | 22.1 min | — | — |
| Dooradoyle 5.5 km | 72% | 6.1% | €72K | 23.5 min | A | B− |
| Ballinacurra 6.2 km | 67% | 8.5% | €63K | 23 min | B+ | B+ |
| Caherdavin 6.6 km | 61% | 10% | €52K | 24.6 min | C | C |
| Dock 7.1 km | 63% | 13% | €42K | 23.8 min | C− | A |
| Farranshone 7.2 km | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | 24.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery 7.6 km | 50% | 19% | €35K | 21 min | D | A |
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 Clarina, 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 Clarina
What is the unemployment rate in Clarina?
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Clarina get to work?
85% of commuters go by car or van, 3.8% walk, 0.4% cycle and 1.5% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Clarina?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.1 minutes on average; 2.7% take an hour or more and 35% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Clarina?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Clarina’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Clarina 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 Clarina 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).