Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Ballindine
Unemployment in Ballindine stood at 11% at the 2022 census, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. The mean journey from Ballindine lasts 29.4 minutes, and 13% exceed an hour. No Jobs & income Grade is given to Ballindine: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Where Ballindine stands out on work
Work near the middle
69% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ballindine had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3% 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.
Ballindine has no Jobs & income Grade
Ballindine has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
The industries Ballindine’s residents work in
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 22%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is public administration, at 3.4%.
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.
69% of Ballindine’s 15-to-64s are in work
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Mayo, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 44% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 55% 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: €53,590 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Ballindine’s median is 10% above County Mayo’s (€48,665). No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €46,420. The State median is €60,123, 12% above Ballindine’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Walking, cycling, the bus or the train: 5.1% of Ballindine’s commuters
10% work mainly from home, about the same as in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 0.5%. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking to work; here it is 4.6%. Most go by car or van: 84% of commuters.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
About as much time on the road to work or school from Ballindine as in the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Mayo has 55% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 38%. Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 42% (middle of County Mayo: 36%). In the middle of County Mayo, the trip averages 20.8 minutes. 6 of the 6 towns of County Mayo counted have a shorter average trip.
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 Live Register count in County Mayo since 2019
4,861 people were signing on in County Mayo in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 3%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 73 months. County Mayo: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 7,288, 10% 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).
Most of Ballindine works: 55% of adults are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 19% 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.
How much of Ballindine can walk to everyday places
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
The places around Ballindine, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballindine | 69% | 11% | €54K | 29.4 min | — | — |
| Claremorris 7.2 km | 73% | 8.6% | €50K | 26.7 min | B | C |
| Knock 14.2 km | 72% | 8.1% | €38K | 22.6 min | B | D |
| Ballyhaunis 15.7 km | 57% | 16% | €41K | 21.4 min | D | A− |
| Tuam 18 km | 63% | 13% | €48K | 25.9 min | C− | C+ |
| Ballinrobe 18.8 km | 67% | 11% | €50K | 24.2 min | C+ | C− |
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 Ballindine, 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 Ballindine
What is the unemployment rate in Ballindine?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Ballindine get to work?
84% of commuters go by car or van, 4.6% walk, 0% cycle and 0.5% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 10% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ballindine?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.4 minutes on average; 13% take an hour or more and 38% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ballindine?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ballindine’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ballindine 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 Ballindine 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).