Photo: Original author and uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s with a job in Claremorris tops that of 84% of Irish towns
The 2022 census put unemployment in Claremorris at 8.6%, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. On jobs and income together, Claremorris grades B, #2 of 6 in County Mayo.
What Claremorris’ work numbers say
Work near the middle
73% of people aged 15 to 64 in Claremorris had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
8.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.9% 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.
Jobs and income in Claremorris earn B
Better than 64% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined, #2 of 6 in County Mayo.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
The industries behind Claremorris’ jobs
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 20%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is building and construction, at 5%.
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 Claremorris, 73% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Mayo, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2.9% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 51% had been out of work that long. 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 income in Claremorris: €49,731 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 65% of Irish towns.
Claremorris’s median is 2% above County Mayo’s (€48,665). 3 of the county’s 5 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €44,134. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 21% above Claremorris’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 16% of Claremorris’ commuters
The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 1.5%. Walking takes 12% of commuters and cycling 1.3%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. Most go by car or van: 76% of commuters.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Getting to work or school from Claremorris takes about as long as in the middle of Irish towns
Long trips of an hour or more are 9.4% of the total, against 6.6% in the middle of County Mayo. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 47%, against 36% in the middle of County Mayo. In the middle of County Mayo, the trip averages 20.8 minutes. Among County Mayo’s 6 towns counted, 5 have shorter trips on average. Trips of under 15 minutes are 38% of the total, against 55% in the middle of County Mayo.
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 Mayo, against the 2019 level
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. Claremorris office saw its highest month in September 2019: 911 people signing on, 23% 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.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
In work, studying or retired: 60% of Claremorris’ adults 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.
Claremorris grades C for walkability
Better than 33% of Irish towns on two measures together, #4 of 6 in County Mayo.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (53%).
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 Claremorris ranks: 32nd of 93 Irish towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Glounthaune County Cork | 5,000 | 73% | 4.3% | €76K | A+ |
| 3 | Glanmire County Cork | 4,454 | 71% | 5.6% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 30 | Newtownmountkennedy County Wicklow | 3,539 | 71% | 8% | €66K | B+ |
| 31 | Montenotte County Cork | 4,113 | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | B+ |
| 32 | Claremorris County Mayo | 3,857 | 73% | 8.6% | €50K | B |
| 33 | Donegal County Donegal | 2,749 | 71% | 11% | €42K | B |
| 34 | Kilbarry County Waterford | 2,758 | 65% | 11% | €59K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Ballinrobe County Mayo | 3,148 | 67% | 11% | €50K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 83 | Ballyhaunis County Mayo | 2,773 | 57% | 16% | €41K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Claremorris, and others in County Mayo.
Work in and around Claremorris
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremorris | 73% | 8.6% | €50K | 26.7 min | B | C |
| Knock 9.5 km | 72% | 8.1% | €38K | 22.6 min | B | D |
| Kiltimagh 13.9 km | 69% | 10% | €42K | 22.8 min | B− | B− |
| Ballyhaunis 15.6 km | 57% | 16% | €41K | 21.4 min | D | A− |
| Ballinrobe 18.6 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 Claremorris, 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 Claremorris
What is the unemployment rate in Claremorris?
8.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Claremorris a good place to find work?
Claremorris earns a B for jobs and income, better than 64% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #2 of 6 in County Mayo.
How do people in Claremorris get to work?
76% of commuters go by car or van, 12% walk, 1.3% cycle and 2% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 8.6% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Claremorris?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.7 minutes on average; 9.4% take an hour or more and 38% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Claremorris?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Claremorris’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Claremorris 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 Claremorris 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).