Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Ballinagh’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 71% of Irish towns
At the 2022 census, 13% of the labour force in Ballinagh had no job; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. Ballinagh grades C− for jobs and income. From Ballinagh, trips to work, school or college average 29.3 minutes, with 14% taking an hour or more.
What stands out about work in Ballinagh
Work near the middle
64% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ballinagh 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; 5.1% 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.
Jobs & income in Ballinagh: graded C−
Better than 19% of Irish towns on four measures taken together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the unemployment rate.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
Ranks start at 2,500 residents, so this grade has no rank.
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.
How many in Ballinagh have a job: 64% of 15-to-64s
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cavan, 1 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
5.1% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 61% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 56% 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.
What Ballinagh does for a living
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 18% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 3.3%.
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.
Half the households here have more than €52,980 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 55% of Irish towns.
Ballinagh’s median is 1% above County Cavan’s (€52,321). Of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 or more, 2 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €47,560. The State median is €60,123, 13% above Ballinagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
One way or another, 12% of Ballinagh’s commuters skip the car
84% go by car or van, against 78% in the middle of County Cavan. Mainly from home: 4.1% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking and 2.4% cycling; here it is 7.4% and 0.3%. 3.8% take the bus, against 1.6% in the middle of County Cavan.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Ballinagh spends about as long getting to work or school as the middle of Irish towns
Trips of under 15 minutes are 39% of the total, against 50% in the middle of County Cavan. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 44%, against 37% in the middle of County Cavan. In the middle of County Cavan, the trip averages 26.9 minutes. In County Cavan, 4 of 5 towns counted average a shorter 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.
The Live Register in County Cavan, month by month
2,448 people were signing on in County Cavan in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 rose by 1%. For 38 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was May 2025, at 2,371. County Cavan: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 3,676, 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).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Ballinagh: 56% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 12% are retired (against 15%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
How walkable Ballinagh is: C
Better than 33% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 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.
Work in the places around Ballinagh
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinagh | 64% | 13% | €53K | 29.3 min | C− | C |
| Cavan 7.9 km | 63% | 14% | €48K | 24.5 min | C− | C |
| Ballyjamesduff 15.4 km | 65% | 11% | €50K | 26.9 min | C | B |
| Granard 17.8 km | 64% | 13% | €40K | 22.1 min | C | A− |
| Belturbet 18.9 km | 58% | 19% | €34K | 26.4 min | D− | 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 Ballinagh, 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 Ballinagh
What is the unemployment rate in Ballinagh?
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 5.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ballinagh a good place to find work?
Ballinagh earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 19% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Ballinagh get to work?
84% of commuters go by car or van, 7.4% walk, 0.3% cycle and 4.1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 4.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ballinagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.3 minutes on average; 14% take an hour or more and 39% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ballinagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ballinagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ballinagh 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 Ballinagh 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).