Photo: JPMcCann80 · CC0Households in Decies have lower incomes than those in 72% of Irish towns
Decies grades C− for jobs and income, #102 of 116 in County Dublin. The 2022 census put unemployment in Decies at 12% (the middle of Irish towns: 9.2%). 21% of its commuters take the bus or train.
What Decies’ work numbers say
More unemployment than most towns
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Decies had €46,890 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.
Decies grades C− for jobs and income
Its four measures together rank it better than 22% of Irish towns, #102 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
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.
Work for 65% of 15-to-64s in Decies
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 19 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
4.5% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 63% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 51% 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.
Decies at the median: €46,890 a household
Decies’s median is 34% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). 113 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €42,590. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 28% above Decies’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work of Decies’ residents, industry by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 25%, against 26% 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.
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 41% of Decies’ commuters
The middle of Irish towns has 11% working mainly from home; here it is 6.4%. The bus takes 20% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 13% walk, against 7.4% in the middle of County Dublin. 53% go by car or van, about the same as in the middle of County Dublin.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Decies has a middling trip to work or school: 27.2 minutes on average
6 of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted have a shorter average trip. Under 15 minutes: 28% of trips, next to 23% in the middle of County Dublin. The middle of County Dublin has 9.6% of trips at an hour or more; here it is 6.4%. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 59%, about the same as in the middle of County Dublin. In the middle of County Dublin, the trip averages 31.1 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.
Signing on 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%. For 10 months in a row now, it has been over its 2019 average. 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).
51% of people 16 and over in Decies are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.9% are full-time students (against 11%), 18% are retired (against 15%) and 8.7% 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.
Everyday places on foot in Decies: A
Better than 95% of Irish towns on two measures together, #18 of 116 in County Dublin.
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.
45th of 57: where Decies ranks among Irish towns of 2,500 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Grange Upper County Waterford | 2,510 | 71% | 7.4% | €65K | A |
| 3 | Riverstown County Cork | 3,664 | 70% | 5.1% | €83K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Ballybrack County Dublin | 2,872 | 69% | 7% | €70K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 34 | Ballyfermot County Dublin | 3,632 | 66% | 11% | €49K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Edenmore County Dublin | 2,831 | 67% | 12% | €52K | C− |
| 44 | Carna County Dublin | 2,897 | 64% | 13% | €51K | C− |
| 45 | Decies County Dublin | 2,713 | 65% | 12% | €47K | C− |
| 46 | Athboy County Meath | 2,596 | 66% | 11% | €55K | C− |
| 47 | Bailieborough County Cavan | 2,974 | 66% | 13% | €47K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Kylemore County Dublin | 2,557 | 64% | 12% | €49K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Mayfield County Cork | 2,846 | 49% | 20% | €38K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Decies, and others in County Dublin.
How Decies compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decies | 65% | 12% | €47K | 27.2 min | C− | A |
| Kylemore 0.5 km | 64% | 12% | €49K | 28.8 min | C− | A |
| Chapelizod 0.9 km | 78% | 6.9% | €68K | 34.2 min | B+ | A− |
| Inchicore 1.1 km | 68% | 11% | €51K | 32.5 min | C | A |
| Ballyfermot 1.3 km | 66% | 11% | €49K | 27 min | C | A |
| Carna 1.4 km | 64% | 13% | €51K | 28 min | C− | A |
| Kilmainham 1.7 km | 74% | 9% | €60K | 33.2 min | B | 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 Decies, 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 Decies
What is the unemployment rate in Decies?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Decies a good place to find work?
Decies earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 22% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #102 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Decies get to work?
53% of commuters go by car or van, 13% walk, 7.4% cycle and 21% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.4% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Decies?
Trips to work, school or college take 27.2 minutes on average; 6.4% take an hour or more and 28% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Decies?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Decies’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Decies 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 Decies 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).