Photo: JP · CC BY-SA 2.0Work and commuting in Old Bawn
The Jobs & income grade for Old Bawn is B−, #84 of 116 in County Dublin. Getting to work, school or college from Old Bawn takes 29.5 minutes on average, with 9.6% taking an hour or more. Out of work at the 2022 census: 10% of the labour force in Old Bawn (the middle of Irish towns: 9.2%).
What sets Old Bawn apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Old Bawn had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
10% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.4% 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.
Jobs & income in Old Bawn: graded B−
Better than 47% of Irish towns across four measures, #84 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.
The industries behind Old Bawn’s jobs
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Old Bawn: 68%
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 30 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.4% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 55% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 55% 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.
Half the households here have more than €58,890 a year
Before tax, 2022: higher than in 58% of Irish towns.
That puts Old Bawn 17% below the median for County Dublin as a whole, €71,123. Of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 or more, 84 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €52,010. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 2% above Old Bawn’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Within Old Bawn, incomes range from €46K to €63K
Median gross household income in each of the 4 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Old Bawn’s households live: the highest is 1.4 times the lowest. The share of people aged 15 to 64 in work runs from 64% in Tallaght-Avonbeg to 74% in Tallaght-Oldbawn.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght-Kiltipper | 3,097 | €62,939 | 66% |
| Tallaght-Oldbawn | 1,583 | €61,700 | 74% |
| Tallaght-Millbrook | 1,290 | €51,609 | 73% |
| Tallaght-Avonbeg | 585 | €45,946 | 64% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Old Bawn; households and the share in work are Old Bawn’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
In Old Bawn, 24% of commuters leave the car behind
Working mainly from home: 8% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The bus takes 11% of commuters and the train, DART or Luas 2.4%; the middle of Irish towns has 6% and 0.9%. 68% go by car or van, against 52% in the middle of County Dublin.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Old Bawn sits near the middle of Irish towns on the trip to work or school
Trips of under 15 minutes are 27% of the total, against 23% in the middle of County Dublin. Most often, a trip takes 15 to 44 minutes: 57%, against 59% in the middle of County Dublin. The middle of County Dublin averages 31.1 minutes a trip. In County Dublin, 25 of 116 towns counted average a shorter trip.
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 monthly count of people signing on in County Dublin
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).
What adults in Old Bawn do: 55% are in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
How walkable Old Bawn is: A−
Better than 76% of Irish towns on two measures together, #75 of 116 in County Dublin.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (73%).
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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Old Bawn is 56th among 74 Irish towns of 13,100 to 25,300
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballincollig County Cork | 21,940 | 73% | 5.1% | €76K | A+ |
| 2 | Rathmines East County Dublin | 16,923 | 77% | 5.4% | €94K | A+ |
| 3 | Douglas County Cork | 22,029 | 73% | 5.1% | €80K | A+ |
| 4 | Sandymount County Dublin | 22,340 | 75% | 6.3% | €90K | A+ |
| 5 | Templeogue County Dublin | 18,076 | 75% | 4.8% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 54 | Letterkenny County Donegal | 22,549 | 65% | 12% | €50K | B− |
| 55 | Wexford County Wexford | 21,524 | 66% | 11% | €47K | B− |
| 56 | Old Bawn County Dublin | 18,758 | 68% | 10% | €59K | B− |
| 57 | Blanchardstown County Dublin | 24,613 | 69% | 11% | €69K | B− |
| 58 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney County Meath | 15,642 | 69% | 8.7% | €69K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 74 | Ballymun County Dublin | 22,321 | 63% | 16% | €53K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Old Bawn, and others in County Dublin.
Next to Old Bawn: how nearby places compare
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bawn | 68% | 10% | €59K | 29.5 min | B− | A− |
| Bohernabreena 1 km | 69% | 8.1% | €83K | 30.5 min | B+ | C− |
| Tallaght 1.5 km | 70% | 11% | €58K | 29.2 min | B− | A |
| Firhouse 1.8 km | 71% | 6.8% | €81K | 31 min | A− | B+ |
| Kilnamanagh 2.4 km | 71% | 9% | €55K | 27.8 min | B | A− |
| Knocklyon 3 km | 74% | 5% | €101K | 32.3 min | A | B |
| Jobstown 3 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 Old Bawn, 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 Old Bawn
What is the unemployment rate in Old Bawn?
10% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Old Bawn a good place to find work?
Old Bawn earns a B− for jobs and income, better than 47% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #84 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Old Bawn get to work?
68% of commuters go by car or van, 7.7% walk, 3% cycle and 13% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Old Bawn?
Trips to work, school or college take 29.5 minutes on average; 9.6% take an hour or more and 27% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Old Bawn?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Old Bawn’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Old Bawn 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 Old Bawn 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).