Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Redcross at work: jobs, income and the commute
At the 2022 census, 11% of the labour force in Redcross had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 41.2 minutes from Redcross; 23% take an hour or more. Jobs and income go ungraded in Redcross: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What sets Redcross apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Redcross had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 41.2 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 23% 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.
Redcross isn’t graded for jobs and income
Redcross has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs for 60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Redcross
None of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Wicklow has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.7% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 62% 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, 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.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Redcross has the longer trip to work or school
The middle of County Wicklow has 41% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 56%, the commonest length. The trip from the middle of County Wicklow averages 31.6 minutes. In County Wicklow, 9 of 9 towns counted average a shorter trip. The middle of County Wicklow has 36% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 14%.
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 work of Redcross’ residents, industry by industry
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.
The median household in Redcross has €63,500 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Redcross’s median is 1% below County Wicklow’s (€64,077). 6 of the county’s 9 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €54,080. The State median is €60,123, 5% below Redcross’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
12% of Redcross’ trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
74% of commuters go by car or van. Buses carry 1% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%. On foot: 8.6% of commuters, next to 10% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The count signing on in County Wicklow is 10% below its 2019 level
4,688 people were signing on in County Wicklow in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 3%. For 49 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was November 2024, at 4,389. County Wicklow saw its highest month in July 2020: 6,173 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. 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).
51% of people 16 and over in Redcross are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 17% are full-time students and 3.2% 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.
Within 800 m of home in Redcross
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 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 Redcross, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcross | 60% | 11% | €64K | 41.2 min | — | — |
| Rathdrum 7.7 km | 67% | 10% | €57K | 33.1 min | C | C+ |
| Arklow 10.7 km | 63% | 11% | €50K | 29.1 min | C− | C |
| Wicklow 11.4 km | 68% | 9.3% | €64K | 32.3 min | B− | C |
| Rathnew 11.6 km | 61% | 14% | €50K | 27 min | D | D |
| Aughrim 13.2 km | 63% | 9.8% | €53K | 34.7 min | C− | D |
| Ashford 13.3 km | 70% | 9.1% | €68K | 34.8 min | B− | 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 Redcross, 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 Redcross
What is the unemployment rate in Redcross?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Redcross get to work?
74% of commuters go by car or van, 8.6% walk, 0% cycle and 2.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Redcross?
Trips to work, school or college take 41.2 minutes on average; 23% take an hour or more and 14% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Redcross?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Redcross’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Redcross 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 Redcross 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).