Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Temple Bar’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 79% of Irish towns
Unemployment in Temple Bar stood at 12% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. For jobs and income, Temple Bar earns a grade of C−, #103 of 116 in County Dublin. The bus or train carries 23% of its commuters.
What sets Temple Bar apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
63% of people aged 15 to 64 in Temple Bar had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
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; 3.6% 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.
On jobs and income, Temple Bar grades C−
Better than 21% of Irish towns on four measures taken together, #103 of 116 in County Dublin.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Jobs for 63% of people aged 15 to 64 in Temple Bar
Of the 115 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Dublin, 9 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, 46% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 58% 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.
The industries behind Temple Bar’s jobs
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 15% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 0%.
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 middle household in Temple Bar: €51,580 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 59% of Irish towns.
Temple Bar’s median is 27% below County Dublin’s (€71,123). 105 of the county’s 115 other towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €43,200. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 17% above Temple Bar’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Not by car: 75% of Temple Bar’s commuters walk, cycle or ride the bus or train
In the middle of County Dublin, 52% drive to work; here it is 11%. 14% work mainly from home, against 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% by bus and 0.9% by rail; here it is 16% and 7%. The middle of County Dublin has 7.4%; here, 44% walk.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Temple Bar has a middling trip to work or school: 28.1 minutes on average
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 57% (middle of County Dublin: 59%). The middle of County Dublin averages 31.1 minutes a trip. 12 of the 116 towns of County Dublin counted have a shorter average trip. Against 9.6% in the middle of County Dublin, 7.6% of trips last an hour or more.
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.
7% more people sign on in County Dublin than in 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 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).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Temple Bar: 58% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 18% are full-time students (against 11%) and 7.1% 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.
Temple Bar earns A+ for walkability
Better than almost every Irish town on two measures together, #2 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.
Temple Bar next to Irish towns of 5,100 to 9,800: 84th of 99 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Ballybofey-Stranorlar County Donegal | 5,406 | 63% | 14% | €41K | C− |
| 83 | Ballybeg County Waterford | 5,226 | 59% | 16% | €45K | C− |
| 84 | Temple Bar County Dublin | 7,276 | 63% | 12% | €52K | C− |
| 85 | Ballinasloe County Galway | 6,597 | 60% | 15% | €50K | C− |
| 86 | Tuam County Galway | 9,647 | 63% | 13% | €48K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Temple Bar, and others in County Dublin.
How Temple Bar compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Bar | 63% | 12% | €52K | 28.1 min | C− | A+ |
| O'Connell Street 0.7 km | 70% | 11% | €58K | 31.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Christchurch 0.8 km | 72% | 11% | €49K | 29.3 min | C+ | A+ |
| The Liberties 1 km | 65% | 9.5% | €57K | 30.7 min | C | A+ |
| St Stephen's Green 1.2 km | 65% | 11% | €56K | 25.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Portobello 1.2 km | 77% | 8.7% | €67K | 28.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Parnell Square 1.3 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 Temple Bar, 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 Temple Bar
What is the unemployment rate in Temple Bar?
12% 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 Temple Bar a good place to find work?
Temple Bar earns a C− for jobs and income, better than 21% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #103 of 116 in County Dublin.
How do people in Temple Bar get to work?
11% of commuters go by car or van, 44% walk, 7.6% cycle and 23% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Temple Bar?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.1 minutes on average; 7.6% take an hour or more and 29% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Temple Bar?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Temple Bar’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Temple Bar 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 Temple Bar 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).