Photo: Bogman · CC BY-SA 2.5Households in Lehinch have lower incomes than those in 78% of Irish towns
For jobs and income, Lehinch earns a grade of B−. The 2022 census put unemployment in Lehinch at 9.3%, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
The short version on work in Lehinch
Work near the middle
70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Lehinch had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Lehinch had €44,930 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Lehinch earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 47% of Irish towns on four measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, household income.
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.
Lehinch at the median: €44,930 a household
That puts Lehinch 18% below the median for County Clare as a whole, €54,654. 4 of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €39,810. The State median is €60,123, 34% above Lehinch’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Where the people of Lehinch earn a living, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 18%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.9%.
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.
Jobs for 70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Lehinch
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Clare have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 2% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 37% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 53% 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.
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 11% of Lehinch’s commuters
7.9% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns. Mainly from home: 14% of commuters, well above the 8.9% in the middle of County Clare. By car or van: 74% of commuters, next to 77% in the middle of County Clare. By bus: 1.6% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
About as much time on the road to work or school from Lehinch as in the middle of Irish towns
For the middle of County Clare, the average trip is 23.1 minutes. In County Clare, 4 of 5 towns counted average a shorter trip. Against 44% in the middle of County Clare, 47% of trips take under 15 minutes. The middle of County Clare has 5.3% of trips at an hour or more; here it is 13%.
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.
How the count signing on in County Clare has moved
3,361 people were signing on in County Clare in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 4%. For 31 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. County Clare saw its highest month in July 2020: 5,809 people signing on, 26% 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).
25% of adults in Lehinch are retired
Compared with Irish towns, 8.2% are full-time students (against 11%) and 53% are in work (against 57%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places on foot in Lehinch: D
Better than 11% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (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 next door to Lehinch
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehinch | 70% | 9.3% | €45K | 27.3 min | B− | D |
| Ennistimon 3.2 km | 66% | 11% | €43K | 21.4 min | C+ | A |
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 Lehinch, 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 Lehinch
What is the unemployment rate in Lehinch?
9.3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Lehinch a good place to find work?
Lehinch earns a B− for jobs and income, better than 47% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Lehinch get to work?
74% of commuters go by car or van, 7.9% walk, 1.6% cycle and 1.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Lehinch?
Trips to work, school or college take 27.3 minutes on average; 13% take an hour or more and 47% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Lehinch?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Lehinch’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Lehinch 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 Lehinch 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).