Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Working-age people in Farranshone have jobs more often than in 69% of Irish towns
Out of work at the 2022 census: 6.9% of the labour force in Farranshone, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income grade for Farranshone is A−, #3 of 15 in County Limerick. On census day in 2022, 17% of its workers worked mainly from home.
What sets Farranshone apart on jobs and income
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 24.4 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 4.8% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
17% of workers worked mainly from home on census day, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs & income in Farranshone: graded A−
Better than 84% of Irish towns across four measures, #3 of 15 in County Limerick.
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.
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.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Farranshone has the shorter trip to work or school
Across County Limerick, the middle town’s trips average 23 minutes. Of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted, 12 have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 30% of trips, next to 37% in the middle of County Limerick. An hour or more: 4.8% of trips, much as in the middle of County Limerick. The middle of County Limerick has 57% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 62%, the commonest length.
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.
In Farranshone, 23% of commuters leave the car behind
More people work mainly from home here than in the middle of County Limerick: 17% against 10%. Against 65% in the middle of County Limerick, 60% go by car or van. Buses carry 2.7% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%. Walking takes 16% of commuters and cycling 4.1%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Jobs held by Farranshone’s residents, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 23%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.2%.
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.
Work for 70% of 15-to-64s in Farranshone
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 12 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.7% 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, 51% 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.
Farranshone at the median: €63,050 a household
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 65% of Irish towns.
Farranshone’s median is 13% above County Limerick’s (€55,952). 3 of the county’s 14 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €53,260. The State median is €60,123, 5% below Farranshone’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
€51K to €75K: incomes from one part of Farranshone to another
Median gross household income in each of the 6 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Farranshone’s households live: the highest is 1.5 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 66% in Castle A to 75% in Castle B.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle D | 795 | €71,421 | 67% |
| Coolraine | 706 | €55,375 | 71% |
| Castle C | 546 | €74,872 | 74% |
| Castle A | 449 | €50,636 | 66% |
| Farranshone | 384 | €62,509 | 69% |
| Castle B | 242 | €55,142 | 75% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Farranshone; households and the share in work are Farranshone’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
Signing on in Limerick city: the count since 2019
4,943 people were signing on in Limerick city in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 2%. For 37 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 4,514. Limerick city: signing on peaked in July 2019 at 6,280, 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).
24% of adults in Farranshone are retired
Compared with Irish towns, 51% are in work (against 57%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places on foot in Farranshone: B+
Better than 73% of Irish towns on two measures together, #6 of 15 in County Limerick.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (59%).
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.
Farranshone is 22nd of 95 Irish towns of 5,500 to 10,600 people for jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 2 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| 3 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Perrystown County Dublin | 7,581 | 75% | 5.8% | €62K | A |
| 21 | Dunboyne County Meath | 7,155 | 70% | 5.4% | €89K | A− |
| 22 | Farranshone County Limerick | 7,874 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| 23 | Sutton County Dublin | 5,789 | 74% | 5.5% | €73K | A− |
| 24 | Kilcock County Kildare | 8,674 | 74% | 6.5% | €83K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Newcastle West County Limerick | 7,209 | 67% | 9.3% | €49K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 71 | Caherdavin County Limerick | 7,364 | 61% | 10% | €52K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Dock County Limerick | 6,258 | 63% | 13% | €42K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Farranshone, and others in County Limerick.
The work picture around Farranshone
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farranshone | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | 24.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Ballynanty 1.2 km | 45% | 24% | €37K | 20 min | D | A− |
| Limerick City Centre 1.3 km | 67% | 15% | €41K | 23.1 min | C | A+ |
| Dock 1.4 km | 63% | 13% | €42K | 23.8 min | C− | A |
| Caherdavin 1.5 km | 61% | 10% | €52K | 24.6 min | C | C |
| Corbally and King's Island 1.9 km | 58% | 15% | €46K | 23 min | C− | B+ |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery 2.1 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 Farranshone, 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 Farranshone
What is the unemployment rate in Farranshone?
6.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Farranshone a good place to find work?
Farranshone earns an A− for jobs and income, better than 84% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #3 of 15 in County Limerick.
How do people in Farranshone get to work?
60% of commuters go by car or van, 16% walk, 4.1% cycle and 3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 17% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Farranshone?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.4 minutes on average; 4.8% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Farranshone?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Farranshone’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Farranshone 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 Farranshone 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).