Jobs and earnings in Rathmolyon, and the trip to work
At the 2022 census, 15% of the labour force in Rathmolyon had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. People heading out of Rathmolyon for work or study spend 32.7 minutes travelling on average; 17% spend 60 minutes or longer. Rathmolyon isn’t graded for jobs and income: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Jobs and income in Rathmolyon: what the figures say
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; 5% 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 Rathmolyon had €72,020 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 32.7 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 17% 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.
Jobs and income in Rathmolyon: the figures
Rathmolyon has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Rathmolyon at work: 65% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 12 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Meath, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 5% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 50% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 59% 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.
Rathmolyon at the median: €72,020 a household
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Rathmolyon 2% above the median for County Meath as a whole, €70,657. Of the county’s 12 towns of 2,500 or more, 6 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €59,500. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 17% below Rathmolyon’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Work and school are further off in time from Rathmolyon than for the middle of Irish towns
In County Meath, 5 of 12 towns counted average a shorter trip. Under 15 minutes: 30% of trips, much as in the middle of County Meath. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 45%, against 47% 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 the people of Rathmolyon earn a living, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 19%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 3.5%.
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 Rathmolyon, 6.7% of commuters leave the car behind
The bus takes 3.1% of commuters and the train, DART or Luas 2.1%; the middle of Irish towns has 6% and 0.9%. Against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns, 1% walk and 0.5% cycle. 86% of commuters go by car or van. Mainly from home: 6.2% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Signing on in County Meath 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).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Rathmolyon: 59% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 9.4% are retired.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Shops, schools and services on foot in Rathmolyon
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a food shop 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.
Neighbouring places to Rathmolyon, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathmolyon | 65% | 15% | €72K | 32.7 min | — | — |
| Trim 7.8 km | 70% | 7.9% | €62K | 32 min | B | C |
| Enfield 8.4 km | 71% | 5.7% | €79K | 34.3 min | A− | B+ |
| Longwood 8.8 km | 70% | 6.5% | €74K | 35 min | B | C |
| Ballivor 11.6 km | 65% | 12% | €59K | 37.5 min | C− | D |
| Kilcock 13.5 km | 74% | 6.5% | €83K | 33 min | A− | B |
| Athboy 16.8 km | 66% | 11% | €55K | 34.6 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 Rathmolyon, 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 Rathmolyon
What is the unemployment rate in Rathmolyon?
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Rathmolyon get to work?
86% of commuters go by car or van, 1% walk, 0.5% cycle and 5.2% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.2% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Rathmolyon?
Trips to work, school or college take 32.7 minutes on average; 17% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Rathmolyon?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Rathmolyon’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Rathmolyon 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 Rathmolyon 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).