That's according to the latest Census figures
The CSO has released figures relating to employment and unemployment, obtained from the 2022 Census.
The number of males in employment was 1.2 million, an increase of 15% between 2016 and 2022 and the number of females was 1.1 million, 16% higher than in 2016.
Between 2016 and 2022, there was a large fall in the number of unemployed males and females who had lost or given up their previous job, 37% for males and 30% for females.
All counties saw an increase in the number of workers since 2016, with a 20% increase in this county.
63.7% of people in Kildare are part of the labour force with the highest proportion of people working in Kilcock, with 73% of it’s population in active employment, followed in second by Sallins at just over 70%.
The census unemployment rate in April 2022 was 8%, a fall from 19% in 2011 and 13% in 2016.
The unemployment rate for males was just under 9%, for females it was 8%.
People aged 15 to 24 years had the highest rate of unemployment among 10 year age groups, at 16%.
Kildare had an unemployment rate of 7.3%, with the highest number of unemployment per head of population in Athy at 14.6%.
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