Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Lissycasey
From Lissycasey, trips to work, school or college average 29.9 minutes, with 7.7% taking an hour or more. Unemployment in Lissycasey stood at 3.1% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Lissycasey: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Lissycasey: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Lissycasey had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
3.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.4% 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.
The figures behind jobs and income in Lissycasey
Lissycasey has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
In Lissycasey, 74% of the working-age population has a job
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 1.4% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 67% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 65% 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.
The work of Lissycasey’s residents, industry by industry
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 22% (against 26% across Irish towns), and building and construction is the smallest of the seven, at 4.8%.
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.
The middle household in Lissycasey: €64,990 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Lissycasey 19% above the median for County Clare as a whole, €54,654. One of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 people or more has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €56,100. The State median is €60,123, 7% below Lissycasey’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: 2.2% of Lissycasey’s commuters walk, cycle or ride the bus or train
The car or van carries most commuters: 89%. Against 11% in the middle of Irish towns, 8.7% work mainly from home. Buses carry 1.1% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%. Walking takes 1.1% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 10%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Lissycasey has the longer trip to work or school
In County Clare, 5 of 5 towns counted average a shorter trip. Short trips of under 15 minutes make up 23%, where the middle of County Clare has 44%. The middle of County Clare has 44% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 60%, the commonest length. Across County Clare, the middle town’s trips average 23.1 minutes.
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 count in County Clare since 2019
3,361 people were signing on in County Clare in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 4%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 31 months. 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).
65% of adults in Lissycasey are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 12% are retired (against 15%) and 2.1% 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.
How much of Lissycasey can walk to everyday places
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a food shop: 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 Lissycasey
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lissycasey | 74% | 3.1% | €65K | 29.9 min | — | — |
| Ennis 14.3 km | 68% | 9.6% | €53K | 23.7 min | B | C |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus 16.4 km | 72% | 10% | €53K | 19.9 min | A− | C− |
| Shannon 18.4 km | 68% | 9.1% | €52K | 18.4 min | B+ | 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 Lissycasey, 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 Lissycasey
What is the unemployment rate in Lissycasey?
3.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Lissycasey get to work?
89% of commuters go by car or van, 1.1% walk, 0% cycle and 1.1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 8.7% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Lissycasey?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.9 minutes on average; 7.7% take an hour or more and 23% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Lissycasey?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Lissycasey’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey 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).