Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0Clonee’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of Irish towns
6% of the labour force in Clonee was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Clonee grades A for jobs and income. The average trip to work, school or college from Clonee takes 34.3 minutes; for 16%, it takes an hour or more.
The work figures that set Clonee apart
More people in work than most towns
78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Clonee had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.8% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Clonee had €86,940 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 ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 34.3 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 16% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Clonee grades A for jobs and income
Taken together, its four measures make it better than 85% of Irish towns.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
78% of Clonee’s 15-to-64s are in work
All 12 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Meath have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.8% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 39% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 72% 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.
Clonee households: €86,940 a year at the median
Clonee’s median is 23% above County Meath’s (€70,657). 3 of the county’s 12 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €69,210. The State median is €60,123, 31% below Clonee’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Getting to work or school from Clonee takes more time than in the middle of Irish towns
49% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Meath has 47%. The trip from the middle of County Meath averages 32.9 minutes. Of the 12 towns of County Meath counted, 8 have a shorter average trip. 27% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 29% in the middle of County Meath.
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.
Where Clonee’s residents work, by industry
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 21%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.6%.
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.
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 22% of Clonee’s commuters
Against 74% in the middle of County Meath, 67% go by car or van. Working mainly from home is about as common as in the middle of Irish towns, at 10%. 6.4% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns. More people go by train, DART or Luas to work here than in the middle of County Meath: 3.7% against 0.9%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
County Meath on the Live Register since 2019
3,692 people were signing on in County Meath in September 2026. For 71 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was November 2024, at 3,559. County Meath: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 5,146, 14% 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).
In work, studying or retired: 72% of Clonee’s adults work
Compared with Irish towns, 6.9% are full-time students (against 11%), 7% are retired (against 15%) and 2.7% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Getting around Clonee on foot earns C+
Better than 36% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a school 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 Clonee, side by side
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonee | 78% | 6% | €87K | 34.3 min | A | C+ |
| Ongar 1.4 km | 69% | 8.5% | €79K | 34.3 min | B | B |
| Clonsilla 2 km | 70% | 7.4% | €79K | 33.3 min | B | B |
| Dunboyne 2.2 km | 70% | 5.4% | €89K | 31.4 min | A− | B |
| Mulhuddart 3.4 km | 65% | 12% | €65K | 32.2 min | C | B+ |
| Hollystown 4.1 km | 69% | 8.7% | €84K | 31.8 min | B | B− |
| Blanchardstown 4.4 km | 69% | 11% | €69K | 32.1 min | B− | 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 Clonee, 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 Clonee
What is the unemployment rate in Clonee?
6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.8% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Clonee a good place to find work?
Clonee earns an A for jobs and income, better than 85% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Clonee get to work?
67% of commuters go by car or van, 6.4% walk, 1.5% cycle and 14% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 10% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Clonee?
Trips to work, school or college take 34.3 minutes on average; 16% take an hour or more and 27% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Clonee?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Clonee’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Clonee 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 Clonee 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).