Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Roosky
9.6% of the labour force in Roosky was out of work at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. From Roosky, trips to work, school or college average 28.2 minutes; for 8.9%, it takes an hour or more. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Roosky: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Jobs and income in Roosky: what the figures say
Work near the middle
68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Roosky had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
9.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.3% 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.
Roosky has no Jobs & income Grade
Roosky has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
What residents of Roosky work in
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 19%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 2.3%.
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.
In Roosky, 68% of the working-age population has a job
2.3% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 43% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 51% 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.
Roosky at the median: €49,170 a household
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Roosky’s median is 4% below County Roscommon’s (€51,009). After tax, the median is €43,870. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 22% above Roosky’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
How Roosky gets to work: 4.8% without a car
The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking and 2.4% cycling; here it is 3.8% and 0.3%. The car or van carries most commuters: 85%. Working mainly from home: 9.9% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The bus barely figures, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Roosky sits near the middle of Irish towns on the trip to work or school
53% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Roscommon has 36%. The middle of County Roscommon has 54% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 32%.
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.
People signing on in County Roscommon, against 2019
1,855 people were signing on in County Roscommon in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 3%. Its lowest month since 2019 was September 2021, at 1,738. County Roscommon saw its highest month in July 2020: 2,291 people signing on, 8% 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).
Retirement is the main occupation for 23% of adults in Roosky
Compared with Irish towns, 51% are in work (against 57%).
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 Roosky
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy 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.
Next to Roosky: how nearby places compare
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosky | 68% | 9.6% | €49K | 28.2 min | — | — |
| Drumlish 10.4 km | 65% | 11% | €47K | 28.3 min | C | C |
| Mohill 10.7 km | 63% | 16% | €38K | 26.6 min | D− | C |
| Longford 14.4 km | 58% | 18% | €40K | 24 min | D− | B |
| Carrick-On-Shannon 16.6 km | 68% | 11% | €46K | 23.9 min | C+ | C+ |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague 18.1 km | 67% | 9.8% | €43K | 27.1 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 Roosky, 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 Roosky
What is the unemployment rate in Roosky?
9.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Roosky get to work?
85% of commuters go by car or van, 3.8% walk, 0.3% cycle and 0.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.9% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Roosky?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.2 minutes on average; 8.9% take an hour or more and 32% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Roosky?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Roosky’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Roosky 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 Roosky 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).