Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Bohernabreena earn more than those in 90% of Irish towns
Bohernabreena grades B+ for jobs and income, #54 of 116 in County Dublin. An hour or more is the trip for 9.2% of travellers from Bohernabreena; the average is 30.5 minutes. The 2022 census put unemployment in Bohernabreena at 8.1%, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
Bohernabreena at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
69% of people aged 15 to 64 in Bohernabreena had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Bohernabreena had €82,830 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.
Jobs & income in Bohernabreena: graded B+
Better than 70% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined, #54 of 116 in County Dublin.
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.
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.
Household income in Bohernabreena: €82,830 a year
Bohernabreena’s median is 16% above County Dublin’s (€71,123). 32 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €67,950. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 27% below Bohernabreena’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work done by people from Bohernabreena
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 24%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.1%.
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.
Work for 69% of 15-to-64s in Bohernabreena
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 41 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.1% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 57% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 61% 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.
15% of commuters in Bohernabreena go on foot, by bike or by public transport
10% work mainly from home, about the same as in the middle of Irish towns. The bus takes 7.8% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 10% walking to work; here it is 2.5%. The car or van carries most commuters: 75%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Bohernabreena spends longer getting to work or school than the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Dublin has 59% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 61%, the commonest length. Among County Dublin’s 116 towns counted, 43 have shorter trips on average. Short trips are about as common as in the middle of County Dublin, at 24%.
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 Dublin since 2019
48,940 people were signing on in County Dublin in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 5%. It has been above its 2019 average for the last 10 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 40,783. County Dublin: signing on peaked in July 2026 at 51,932, 11% 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).
Bohernabreena at work: 61% of adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 9% 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.
Getting around Bohernabreena on foot earns C−
Better than 19% of Irish towns on two measures together, #290 of 321 Irish towns.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (6%).
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.
Bohernabreena next to Irish towns of 3,200 to 6,200: 33rd of 97 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinlough County Cork | 5,435 | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | A+ |
| 2 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 3 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Ballyboden County Dublin | 5,246 | 73% | 4.8% | €90K | A |
| 11 | Rathcoole County Dublin | 5,792 | 78% | 5.7% | €78K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Sutton County Dublin | 5,789 | 74% | 5.5% | €73K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Tivoli County Cork | 4,449 | 71% | 7.7% | €57K | B+ |
| 32 | Rahoon County Galway | 3,486 | 69% | 9.4% | €66K | B+ |
| 33 | Bohernabreena County Dublin | 4,613 | 69% | 8.1% | €83K | B+ |
| 34 | Kilcoole County Wicklow | 4,569 | 70% | 7.3% | €70K | B+ |
| 35 | Passage West-Monkstown County Cork | 6,051 | 69% | 7.8% | €64K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 97 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Bohernabreena, and others in County Dublin.
Work in the places around Bohernabreena
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohernabreena | 69% | 8.1% | €83K | 30.5 min | B+ | C− |
| Old Bawn 1 km | 68% | 10% | €59K | 29.5 min | B− | A− |
| Firhouse 1.5 km | 71% | 6.8% | €81K | 31 min | A− | B+ |
| Tallaght 2.5 km | 70% | 11% | €58K | 29.2 min | B− | A |
| Knocklyon 2.7 km | 74% | 5% | €101K | 32.3 min | A | B |
| Kilnamanagh 3.1 km | 71% | 9% | €55K | 27.8 min | B | A− |
| Jobstown 3.6 km | 62% | 15% | €59K | 31.6 min | D | 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 Bohernabreena, 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 Bohernabreena
What is the unemployment rate in Bohernabreena?
8.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Bohernabreena a good place to find work?
Bohernabreena earns a B+ for jobs and income, better than 70% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #54 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Bohernabreena get to work?
75% of commuters go by car or van, 2.5% walk, 2.8% cycle and 9.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 10% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Bohernabreena?
Trips to work, school or college take 30.5 minutes on average; 9.2% take an hour or more and 24% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Bohernabreena?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Bohernabreena’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Bohernabreena 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 Bohernabreena 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).