Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Doon
From Doon, trips to work, school or college average 28 minutes; for 7.8%, it takes an hour or more. At the 2022 census, 9.9% of the labour force in Doon had no job; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Doon: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
Work in Doon: the figures worth knowing
Work near the middle
65% of people aged 15 to 64 in Doon had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
9.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 2.6% 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.
Doon isn’t graded for jobs and income
Doon has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
The industries behind Doon’s jobs
The second-largest is Commerce and trade, at 19% (against 26% across Irish towns), and transport and communications is the smallest of the seven, at 4.7%.
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.
In work in Doon: 65% of the 15-to-64s
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Limerick, 9 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
2.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 47% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 50% 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.
Doon at the median: €52,420 a household
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Doon’s median is 6% below County Limerick’s (€55,952). Of the county’s 15 towns of 2,500 or more, 6 have a higher median. After tax, the median is €46,780. The State median is €60,123, 15% above Doon’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: 8.9% of Doon’s commuters
The car or van carries most commuters: 82%. Mainly from home: 7.7% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Almost no one goes by bus or rail, against 6% and 0.9% in the middle of Irish towns. Walking takes 8.1% of commuters and cycling 0.8%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Doon spends about as long getting to work or school as the middle of Irish towns
Across County Limerick, the middle town’s trips average 23 minutes. In County Limerick, 15 of 15 towns counted average a shorter trip. The middle of County Limerick has 37% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 39%. The middle of County Limerick has 57% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 46%, the commonest length.
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.
How the count signing on in County Limerick has moved
11,541 people were signing on in County Limerick in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 1%. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 10,525. County Limerick saw its highest month in July 2019: 14,661 people signing on, 12% 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).
In Doon, 50% of adults are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 19% are retired (against 15%) and 8.5% 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.
Getting around Doon on foot
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
Neighbouring places to Doon, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doon | 65% | 9.9% | €52K | 28 min | — | — |
| Moroe 10.8 km | 68% | 7.4% | €69K | 26.1 min | B+ | C− |
| Caherconlish 14.7 km | 67% | 7.5% | €54K | 27 min | B− | C− |
| Newport 15.3 km | 69% | 7% | €63K | 22.8 min | A | C− |
| Tipperary 15.9 km | 59% | 15% | €37K | 22.8 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 Doon, 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 Doon
What is the unemployment rate in Doon?
9.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 2.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Doon get to work?
82% of commuters go by car or van, 8.1% walk, 0.8% cycle and 0% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 7.7% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Doon?
Trips to work, school or college take 28 minutes on average; 7.8% take an hour or more and 39% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Doon?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Doon’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Doon 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 Doon 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).
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