Photo: James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0Working-age people in Edenderry have jobs less often than in 81% of Irish towns
On jobs and income together, Edenderry grades D, #300 of 321 Irish towns. Unemployment in Edenderry stood at 12% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The mean journey from Edenderry lasts 32 minutes, and 18% exceed an hour.
Jobs and income in Edenderry: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
63% of people aged 15 to 64 in Edenderry had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.9% 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 32 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.
Edenderry earns D for jobs and income
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
In work in Edenderry: 63% of the 15-to-64s
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Offaly, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.9% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 51% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 54% 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.
32 minutes from Edenderry, longer than the 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns
3 of the 4 towns of County Offaly counted have a shorter average trip. 39% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 50% in the middle of County Offaly. The middle of County Offaly averages 23.7 minutes a 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.
In Edenderry, 24% of residents in work are in manufacturing, more than in most Irish towns
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 22%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 3.2%.
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.
Median household income: €53,702 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 52% of Irish towns.
Edenderry’s median is 4% below County Offaly’s (€56,048). No other town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €47,912. The State median is €60,123, 12% above Edenderry’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Across Edenderry, household incomes range from €53K to €79K
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Edenderry’s households live: the highest is 1.5 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 62% in Monasteroris to 69% in Edenderry Rural.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edenderry Urban | 2,485 | €52,914 | 62% |
| Monasteroris | 99 | €71,449 | 62% |
| Edenderry Rural | 58 | €79,224 | 69% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Edenderry; households and the share in work are Edenderry’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
In Edenderry, 20% of commuters leave the car behind
The middle of County Offaly has 1%; here, 4.9% take the bus. Against 73% in the middle of County Offaly, 75% go by car or van. The middle of Irish towns has 11% working mainly from home; here it is 5.3%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Signing on in County Offaly, against the 2019 level
2,937 people were signing on in County Offaly in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 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. Edenderry office saw its highest month in May 2020: 1,155 people signing on, 13% 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).
54% of adults in Edenderry are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 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.
How walkable Edenderry is: C+
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (36%).
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.
Edenderry and other Irish towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 2 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| 3 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 90 | Ballybough County Dublin | 8,188 | 68% | 12% | €48K | D |
| 91 | New Ross County Wexford | 8,610 | 61% | 17% | €40K | D |
| 92 | Edenderry County Offaly | 7,888 | 63% | 12% | €54K | D |
| 93 | Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary | 5,752 | 59% | 14% | €39K | D |
| 94 | Knocknaheeny County Cork | 5,592 | 56% | 16% | €44K | D |
| 95 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Edenderry, and others in County Offaly.
Work in and around Edenderry
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenderry | 63% | 12% | €54K | 32 min | D | C+ |
| Derrinturn 8.1 km | 64% | 12% | €57K | 33.7 min | D | D |
| Kinnegad 13 km | 65% | 9.3% | €61K | 37.7 min | C | B+ |
| Rathangan 13.9 km | 70% | 8.8% | €63K | 33.5 min | B− | C |
| Allenwood 14.7 km | 67% | 8.6% | €65K | 34 min | C+ | D− |
| Longwood 15.1 km | 70% | 6.5% | €74K | 35 min | B | C |
| Daingean 16.3 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 Edenderry, 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 Edenderry
What is the unemployment rate in Edenderry?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Edenderry a good place to find work?
Edenderry earns a D for jobs and income, better than 9% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #300 of 321 Irish towns.
How do people in Edenderry get to work?
75% of commuters go by car or van, 12% walk, 2.3% cycle and 5.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 5.3% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Edenderry?
Trips to work, school or college take 32 minutes on average; 18% take an hour or more and 39% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Edenderry?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Edenderry’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Edenderry 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 Edenderry 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).