Jobs and the daily commute in Bracknagh
Trips to work, school or college from Bracknagh take 37.6 minutes on average; for 18%, it takes an hour or more. Unemployment in Bracknagh stood at 5.7% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Bracknagh: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Jobs and income in Bracknagh: what the figures say
Less unemployment than most towns
5.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 37.6 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 18% 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.
The figures behind jobs and income in Bracknagh
Bracknagh has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
67% of Bracknagh’s 15-to-64s are in work
All 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Offaly have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.3% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 43% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 50% 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.
A slower run to work or school from Bracknagh than in the middle of Irish towns
52% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Offaly has 35%. In the middle of County Offaly, the trip averages 23.7 minutes. Of the 4 towns of County Offaly counted, 4 have a shorter average trip. 20% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 50% in the middle of County Offaly.
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 industries Bracknagh’s residents work in
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 21% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 4.3%.
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.
Bracknagh at the median: €64,560 a household
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Bracknagh 15% above the median for County Offaly as a whole, €56,048. No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €55,650. The State median is €60,123, 7% below Bracknagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Without a car, 6.5% of Bracknagh’s commuters get to work
Most go by car or van: 85% of commuters. Buses carry 0.9% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%. On foot: 3.7% of commuters, next to 10% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
People signing on in County Offaly, against 2019
2,937 people were signing on in County Offaly in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 2%. For 73 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 2,930. County Offaly: signing on peaked in July 2019 at 4,211, 9% 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).
Work, study, retirement: 50% of adults in Bracknagh are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.8% are full-time students (against 11%), 20% are retired (against 15%) and 10% 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.
What is within walking distance in Bracknagh
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a food shop: 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.
How Bracknagh compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknagh | 67% | 5.7% | €65K | 37.6 min | — | — |
| Rathangan 7 km | 70% | 8.8% | €63K | 33.5 min | B− | C |
| Monasterevin 8.1 km | 69% | 9.1% | €61K | 32.2 min | B− | C+ |
| Portarlington 8.2 km | 63% | 10% | €53K | 33.1 min | D | C |
| Kildare 14 km | 66% | 10% | €63K | 31.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Edenderry 14.9 km | 63% | 12% | €54K | 32 min | D | C+ |
| Daingean 16.5 km | 62% | 14% | €56K | 31.6 min | D | D |
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 Bracknagh, 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 Bracknagh
What is the unemployment rate in Bracknagh?
5.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Bracknagh get to work?
85% of commuters go by car or van, 3.7% walk, 0% cycle and 2.8% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.5% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Bracknagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 37.6 minutes on average; 18% take an hour or more and 20% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Bracknagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Bracknagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Bracknagh 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 Bracknagh 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).