Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in O'Connell Street than in 68% of Irish towns
Unemployment in O'Connell Street stood at 11% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. O'Connell Street grades C+ for jobs and income, #88 of 116 in County Dublin. The average trip to work, school or college from O'Connell Street takes 31.6 minutes; for 8.7%, it takes an hour or more.
The short version on work in O'Connell Street
Work near the middle
70% of people aged 15 to 64 in O'Connell Street had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 31.6 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 8.7% 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.
Jobs & income in O'Connell Street: graded C+
Taken together, its four measures make it better than 42% of Irish towns, #88 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.
O'Connell Street spends longer getting to work or school than the middle of Irish towns
The commonest trip is 15 to 44 minutes, for 64% of trips; the middle of County Dublin has 59%. Of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted, 67 have a shorter average trip. 19% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 23% in the middle of County Dublin.
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.
What the people of O'Connell Street do for work
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 16% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, 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.
70% of O'Connell Street’s 15-to-64s are in work
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 47 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 44% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 66% 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.
Household income in O'Connell Street: €57,780 at the median
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 56% of Irish towns.
O'Connell Street’s median is 19% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 87 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €47,240. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 4% above O'Connell Street’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
78% of O'Connell Street’s commuters walk, cycle, or take the bus or train
On foot: 40% of commuters, well above the 7.4% in the middle of County Dublin. The middle of Irish towns has 6% by bus and 0.9% by rail; here it is 21% and 12%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
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).
66% of people 16 and over in O'Connell Street are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 5.9% are retired (against 15%) and 3.1% 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.
O'Connell Street grades A+ for walkability
Better than almost every Irish town on two measures together, #1 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.
For jobs and income, O'Connell Street is 65th of 101 Irish towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Booterstown County Dublin | 8,505 | 71% | 4.8% | €94K | A |
| 8 | Castleknock County Dublin | 6,355 | 77% | 5.9% | €110K | A |
| 9 | Grand Canal Dock County Dublin | 8,320 | 77% | 7.7% | €94K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 63 | Christchurch County Dublin | 6,778 | 72% | 11% | €49K | C+ |
| 64 | Ballinfoile and Terryland County Galway | 5,851 | 57% | 9% | €55K | C+ |
| 65 | O'Connell Street County Dublin | 6,749 | 70% | 11% | €58K | C+ |
| 66 | Gillabbey County Cork | 5,857 | 43% | 8.6% | €44K | C+ |
| 67 | St Stephen's Green County Dublin | 5,319 | 65% | 11% | €56K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 101 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of O'Connell Street, and others in County Dublin.
How O'Connell Street compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connell Street | 70% | 11% | €58K | 31.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Temple Bar 0.7 km | 63% | 12% | €52K | 28.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Parnell Square 0.7 km | 68% | 12% | €46K | 31.8 min | D | A+ |
| Summerhill 0.9 km | 60% | 15% | €45K | 32.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Phibsborough 1 km | 60% | 10% | €52K | 31.9 min | D | A+ |
| St Stephen's Green 1.2 km | 65% | 11% | €56K | 25.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Stoneybatter 1.3 km | 69% | 9.9% | €62K | 33.3 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 O'Connell Street, 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 O'Connell Street
What is the unemployment rate in O'Connell Street?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is O'Connell Street a good place to find work?
O'Connell Street earns a C+ for jobs and income, better than 42% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #88 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in O'Connell Street get to work?
8.7% of commuters go by car or van, 40% walk, 5.7% cycle and 32% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from O'Connell Street?
Trips to work, school or college take 31.6 minutes on average; 8.7% take an hour or more and 19% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in O'Connell Street?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what O'Connell Street’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in O'Connell Street 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 O'Connell Street 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).