A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Mullagh than in 84% of Irish towns
From Mullagh, trips to work, school or college average 34.4 minutes; for 18%, it takes an hour or more. Out of work at the 2022 census: 11% of the labour force in Mullagh (the middle of Irish towns: 9.2%). For jobs and income, Mullagh earns a grade of D.
The work numbers behind Mullagh
Fewer people in work than most towns
62% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mullagh 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 34.4 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 18% 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 Mullagh earn D
On four measures together, it is better than 7% of Irish towns.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Jobs for 62% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mullagh
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cavan has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.3% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 50% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 54% 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.
A slower run to work or school from Mullagh than in the middle of Irish towns
The trip from the middle of County Cavan averages 26.9 minutes. 5 of the 5 towns of County Cavan counted have a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 30% of the total, against 50% in the middle of County Cavan. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 45%, against 37% in the middle of County Cavan.
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.
In Mullagh, 24% of residents in work are in professional services, health and education
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 22% (against 26% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 1.8%.
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.
€52,732 a year: the median household in Mullagh
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 56% of Irish towns.
That puts Mullagh 1% above the median for County Cavan as a whole, €52,321. Of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 or more, 2 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €47,768. The State median is €60,123, 14% above Mullagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Not by car: 7.4% of Mullagh’s commuters walk, cycle or ride the bus or train
By bus: 2.4% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.8% walk and 0.2% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving dominates: 86% go to work by car or van.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
County Cavan on the Live Register since 2019
2,448 people were signing on in County Cavan in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 1%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 38 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was May 2025, at 2,371. County Cavan saw its highest month in July 2020: 3,676 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).
54% of adults in Mullagh are in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
How walkable Mullagh is: C−
Better than 23% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 59%.
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 Mullagh
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullagh | 62% | 11% | €53K | 34.4 min | D | C− |
| Virginia 9.4 km | 68% | 9.2% | €54K | 33 min | C+ | C |
| Kells 10.5 km | 64% | 12% | €52K | 31.7 min | D | C+ |
| Bailieborough 11.3 km | 66% | 13% | €47K | 28 min | C− | C |
| Kingscourt 13.4 km | 66% | 9.4% | €55K | 26.2 min | B− | C− |
| Oldcastle 14.8 km | 64% | 11% | €46K | 25.6 min | C | B+ |
| Ballyjamesduff 17.9 km | 65% | 11% | €50K | 26.9 min | C | B |
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 Mullagh, 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 Mullagh
What is the unemployment rate in Mullagh?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.3% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Mullagh a good place to find work?
Mullagh earns a D for jobs and income, better than 7% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Mullagh get to work?
86% of commuters go by car or van, 4.8% walk, 0.2% cycle and 2.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.4% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Mullagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 34.4 minutes on average; 18% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Mullagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Mullagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Mullagh 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 Mullagh 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).