Photo: Padraigobrian · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Galbally earns its living
At the 2022 census, 15% of the labour force in Galbally had no job, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Trips to work, school or college from Galbally take 29.3 minutes on average, and 12% take an hour or more. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Galbally: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What stands out about work in Galbally
Fewer people in work than most towns
53% of people aged 15 to 64 in Galbally had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.1% 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 Galbally had €46,790 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.
Jobs and income in Galbally: the figures
Galbally has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Galbally: 53%
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 4.1% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 60% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 38% 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.
How much households earn in Galbally: €46,790
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Galbally 16% below the median for County Limerick as a whole, €55,952. Of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 or more, 9 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €42,510. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 28% above Galbally’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
In Galbally, 31% of residents in work are in professional services, health and education
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 18% (against 26% across Irish towns), and public administration is the smallest of the seven, at 3.6%.
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.
One way or another, 6% of Galbally’s commuters skip the car
The car or van carries most commuters: 83%. 9.6% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Galbally spends about as long getting to work or school as the middle of Irish towns
Of the 15 towns of County Limerick counted, 15 have a shorter average trip. The middle of County Limerick has 37% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 39%. The trip from the middle of County Limerick averages 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.
Signing on in County Limerick since 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).
Retirement is the main occupation for 23% of adults in Galbally
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
The everyday places near home in Galbally
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 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.
How Galbally compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galbally | 53% | 15% | €47K | 29.3 min | — | — |
| Tipperary 12 km | 59% | 15% | €37K | 22.8 min | D | B |
| Mitchelstown 15.1 km | 67% | 11% | €44K | 23.8 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 Galbally, 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 Galbally
What is the unemployment rate in Galbally?
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Galbally get to work?
83% of commuters go by car or van, 6% walk, 0% cycle and 0% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.6% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Galbally?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.3 minutes on average; 12% take an hour or more and 39% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Galbally?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Galbally’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Galbally 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 Galbally 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).