Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Portmagee
The average trip to work, school or college from Portmagee takes 20.1 minutes; for 5%, it takes an hour or more. On census day in 2022, 22% of its workers worked mainly from home. At the 2022 census, 11% of the labour force in Portmagee had no job, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%.
What the numbers say about work in Portmagee
More people in work than most towns
83% of people aged 15 to 64 in Portmagee had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Portmagee had €39,700 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 20.1 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 5% 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.
Work and pay in Portmagee, ungraded
Portmagee has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs for 83% of people aged 15 to 64 in Portmagee
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.1% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 50% 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 middle household in Portmagee: €39,700 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Portmagee’s median is 18% below County Kerry’s (€48,320). Every town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €36,960. The State median is €60,123, 51% above Portmagee’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
County Kerry on the Live Register since 2019
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 7%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 30 months. County Kerry saw its highest month in April 2020: 8,848 people signing on, 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).
Shops, schools and services on foot in Portmagee
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a pharmacy: 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.
Portmagee and its neighbours: work and income
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portmagee | 83% | 11% | €40K | 20.1 min | — | — |
| Cahirciveen 12.1 km | 60% | 24% | €39K | 19.9 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 Portmagee, 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 Portmagee
What is the unemployment rate in Portmagee?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How long is the commute from Portmagee?
Trips to work, school or college take 20.1 minutes on average; 5% take an hour or more and 48% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Portmagee?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Portmagee’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Portmagee 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 Portmagee 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).