Work, pay and getting to work in Duagh
At the 2022 census, 12% of the labour force in Duagh had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 8.7% of trips from Duagh last an hour or longer; the mean is 24.7 minutes. Jobs and income go ungraded in Duagh: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Jobs and income in Duagh: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Duagh had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.4% 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.
Work and pay in Duagh, ungraded
Duagh has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
How many in Duagh have a job: 60% of 15-to-64s
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
4.4% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 66% 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.
The work of Duagh’s residents, industry by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 21%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is public administration, at 1.7%.
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.
Duagh households: €53,220 a year at the median
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Duagh’s median is 10% above County Kerry’s (€48,320). No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €46,470. The State median is €60,123, 13% above Duagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Walking, cycling, the bus or the train: 6.2% of Duagh’s commuters
4.4% walk and 0.9% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Most go by car or van: 89% of commuters. Mainly from home: 3.5% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 0.9%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Getting to work or school from Duagh takes less time than in the middle of Irish towns
Among County Kerry’s 5 towns counted, 5 have shorter trips on average. Under 15 minutes: 45% of trips, next to 53% in the middle of County Kerry. Across County Kerry, the middle town’s trips average 21.7 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.
19% fewer people sign on in County Kerry than in 2019
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 7%. For 30 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. County Kerry: signing on peaked in April 2020 at 8,848, 26% 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).
Duagh at work: 51% of adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 6.7% 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.
The everyday places near home in Duagh
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (0%).
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.
Jobs and income in the places around Duagh
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duagh | 60% | 12% | €53K | 24.7 min | — | — |
| Abbeyfeale 6.8 km | 60% | 16% | €40K | 27.3 min | D− | D |
| Listowel 7.7 km | 61% | 14% | €40K | 22.3 min | D | C− |
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 Duagh, 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 Duagh
What is the unemployment rate in Duagh?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Duagh get to work?
89% of commuters go by car or van, 4.4% walk, 0.9% cycle and 0.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 3.5% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Duagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.7 minutes on average; 8.7% take an hour or more and 45% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Duagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Duagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Duagh 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 Duagh travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL). 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).