Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainWork and commuting in Strokestown
Unemployment in Strokestown stood at 13% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Getting to work, school or college from Strokestown takes 24.5 minutes on average; for 8.5%, it takes an hour or more. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Strokestown: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Strokestown: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
62% of people aged 15 to 64 in Strokestown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Strokestown had €37,550 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 24.5 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 8.5% 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 Strokestown, without a grade
Strokestown has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs for 62% of people aged 15 to 64 in Strokestown
The middle of Irish towns is 68%.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.6% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 56% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 45% 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.
€37,550 a year: the median household in Strokestown
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Strokestown 26% below the median for County Roscommon as a whole, €51,009. Net of tax, it is €34,280. The State median is €60,123, 60% above Strokestown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The trip to work or school is shorter from Strokestown than in the middle of Irish towns
46% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 54% in the middle of County Roscommon.
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.
What Strokestown does for a living
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 25% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 2.9%.
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.
Car-free commutes: 14% of workers in Strokestown
Most go by car or van: 79% of commuters. Against 11% in the middle of Irish towns, 7% work mainly from home. Buses carry 2.8% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%. 0.4% cycle to work, against 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The Live Register count in County Roscommon since 2019
1,855 people were signing on in County Roscommon in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count 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).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Strokestown: 45% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7% are full-time students (against 11%), 22% are retired (against 15%) and 9.9% 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.
Walking to the shops, school and post office in Strokestown
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
Jobs near Strokestown: the places around it
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strokestown | 62% | 13% | €38K | 24.5 min | — | — |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague 13.6 km | 67% | 9.8% | €43K | 27.1 min | C | C |
| Roscommon 17.6 km | 65% | 11% | €49K | 21.5 min | B− | C− |
| Carrick-On-Shannon 18.6 km | 68% | 11% | €46K | 23.9 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 Strokestown, 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 Strokestown
What is the unemployment rate in Strokestown?
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Strokestown get to work?
79% of commuters go by car or van, 11% walk, 0.4% cycle and 2.8% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 7% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Strokestown?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.5 minutes on average; 8.5% take an hour or more and 46% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Strokestown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Strokestown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Strokestown 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 Strokestown 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).