Photo: Anbkm · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Moroe top those of 73% of Irish towns
From Moroe, trips to work, school or college average 26.1 minutes, and 4.6% take an hour or more. For jobs and income, Moroe earns a grade of B+. At the 2022 census, 7.4% of the labour force in Moroe had no job, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%.
Jobs and income in Moroe: what the figures say
Work near the middle
68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Moroe had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Moroe had €68,890 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.
Moroe earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 74% of Irish towns on four measures taken together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Half the households here have more than €68,890 a year
Moroe’s median is 23% above County Limerick’s (€55,952). 3 of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €58,360. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 13% below Moroe’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work of Moroe’s residents, industry by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 22%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 1.3%.
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.
In Moroe, 68% of the working-age population has a job
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.
2.4% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 50% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 60% 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.
Household incomes in Moroe, part by part: €59K to €74K
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Moroe’s households live: the highest is 1.3 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 61% in Glenstal to 74% in Clonkeen.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | 168 | €73,050 | 68% |
| Glenstal | 164 | €59,294 | 61% |
| Clonkeen | 162 | €74,287 | 74% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Moroe; households and the share in work are Moroe’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
One way or another, 3.9% of Moroe’s commuters skip the car
Most go by car or van: 86% of commuters. The middle of Irish towns has 11% working mainly from home; here it is 10%. By bus: 1% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.4% walk and 0.5% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The trip from Moroe to work or school is a typical one for Irish towns
For the middle of County Limerick, the average trip is 23 minutes. Among County Limerick’s 15 towns counted, 15 have shorter trips on average. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 30%, where the middle of County Limerick has 37%. The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 61% 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 monthly count of people signing on in County Limerick
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).
60% of Moroe’s adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 9.9% are retired (against 15%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Walkability in Moroe: graded C−
Better than 23% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy 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.
Moroe and its neighbours: work and income
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moroe | 68% | 7.4% | €69K | 26.1 min | B+ | C− |
| Newport 6.3 km | 69% | 7% | €63K | 22.8 min | A | C− |
| Caherconlish 8.2 km | 67% | 7.5% | €54K | 27 min | B− | C− |
| Annacotty 9.4 km | 71% | 6% | €90K | 22.6 min | A+ | C+ |
| Castleconnell 9.6 km | 70% | 7.6% | €60K | 25.5 min | A− | D |
| Castletroy 11.1 km | 55% | 6.7% | €75K | 22.5 min | B+ | C− |
| Garryowen 13.7 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 Moroe, 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 Moroe
What is the unemployment rate in Moroe?
7.4% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Moroe a good place to find work?
Moroe earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 74% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Moroe get to work?
86% of commuters go by car or van, 2.4% walk, 0.5% cycle and 1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 10% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Moroe?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.1 minutes on average; 4.6% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Moroe?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Moroe’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Moroe 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 Moroe 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).