Photo: Ridiculopathy · CC0Working-age people in Drumcondra have jobs more often than in 96% of Irish towns
6.1% of the labour force in Drumcondra was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. For jobs and income, Drumcondra earns a grade of A, #27 of 116 in County Dublin. The average trip to work, school or college from Drumcondra takes 31.7 minutes, and 8% take an hour or more.
What Drumcondra’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Drumcondra had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.1% 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. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Drumcondra had €77,750 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 ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 31.7 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 8% 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.
On jobs and income, Drumcondra grades A
With four measures combined, it comes out better than 87% of Irish towns, #27 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In work in Drumcondra: 76% of the 15-to-64s
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 104 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 48% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 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.
Median income per household in Drumcondra: €77,750
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 85% of Irish towns.
Drumcondra’s median is 9% above County Dublin’s (€71,123). Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 39 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €62,260. The State median is €60,123, 23% below Drumcondra’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Drumcondra spends longer getting to work or school than the middle of Irish towns
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 66% of trips; the middle of County Dublin has 59%. 69 of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted have a shorter average trip. The middle of County Dublin has 23% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 17%.
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.
Jobs held by Drumcondra’s residents, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 27%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.2%.
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.
In Drumcondra, household incomes run from €63K to €85K from one electoral division to the next
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Drumcondra’s households live: the highest is 1.3 times the lowest.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra South A | 2,239 | €85,016 | 77% |
| Drumcondra South C | 1,285 | €74,618 | 75% |
| Drumcondra South B | 838 | €63,154 | 76% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Drumcondra; households and the share in work are Drumcondra’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
Leaving the car at home: 52% of commuters in Drumcondra
The middle of County Dublin has 5.9%; here, 14% cycle. Home is the main workplace for 16%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%. Public transport: 18% by bus and 3.3% by rail, against 6% and 0.9% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Signing on in County Dublin: the count since 2019
48,940 people were signing on in County Dublin in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 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 saw its highest month in July 2026: 51,932 people signing on, 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).
In work, studying or retired: 65% of Drumcondra’s adults work
Compared with Irish towns, 2.8% 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.
On getting around on foot, Drumcondra grades A
Better than 93% of Irish towns on two measures together, #24 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (84%).
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.
15th of 92: where Drumcondra ranks among Irish towns of 7,800 to 15,100
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballsbridge County Dublin | 12,743 | 80% | 5.2% | €99K | A+ |
| 2 | Grantstown and Ballinakill County Waterford | 9,571 | 72% | 6% | €74K | A+ |
| 3 | Terenure County Dublin | 10,391 | 78% | 4.7% | €87K | A+ |
| 4 | Booterstown County Dublin | 8,505 | 71% | 4.8% | €94K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Sandyford County Dublin | 8,844 | 74% | 6.8% | €86K | A |
| 14 | Glasnevin County Dublin | 9,299 | 76% | 5.6% | €76K | A |
| 15 | Drumcondra County Dublin | 11,149 | 76% | 6.1% | €78K | A |
| 16 | Blackrock County Dublin | 12,816 | 69% | 5.4% | €97K | A |
| 17 | Farranshone County Limerick | 7,874 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 92 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Drumcondra, and others in County Dublin.
Work in and around Drumcondra
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | 76% | 6.1% | €78K | 31.7 min | A | A |
| Ballybough 1.1 km | 68% | 12% | €48K | 33.2 min | D | A+ |
| Glasnevin 1.1 km | 76% | 5.6% | €76K | 32 min | A | A |
| Marino 1.4 km | 74% | 5.6% | €79K | 31.8 min | A | A− |
| Summerhill 1.7 km | 60% | 15% | €45K | 32.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Whitehall 1.8 km | 71% | 6.5% | €68K | 31.9 min | B+ | A |
| Parnell Square 1.9 km | 68% | 12% | €46K | 31.8 min | D | 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 Drumcondra, 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 Drumcondra
What is the unemployment rate in Drumcondra?
6.1% 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 Drumcondra a good place to find work?
Drumcondra earns an A for jobs and income, better than 87% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #27 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Drumcondra get to work?
32% of commuters go by car or van, 17% walk, 14% cycle and 21% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 16% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Drumcondra?
Trips to work, school or college take 31.7 minutes on average; 8% take an hour or more and 17% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Drumcondra?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Drumcondra’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Drumcondra 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 Drumcondra 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).