Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Dunboyne have higher incomes than those in 95% of Irish towns
Dunboyne grades A− for jobs and income, #3 of 12 in County Meath. 5.4% of the labour force in Dunboyne was out of work at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The trip to work, school or college averages 31.4 minutes from Dunboyne; for 14%, it takes an hour or more.
Work in Dunboyne, in a few figures
Less unemployment than most towns
5.4% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Dunboyne had €88,852 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 31.4 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 14% 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.
Jobs & income in Dunboyne: graded A−
Better than 85% of Irish towns on four measures taken together, #3 of 12 in County Meath.
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.
How many in Dunboyne have a job: 70% of 15-to-64s
Of the 11 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Meath, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 1.2% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 34% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 61% 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.
Before tax, the median household in Dunboyne has €88,852
That puts Dunboyne 26% above the median for County Meath as a whole, €70,657. One of the county’s 11 other towns of 2,500 people or more has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €70,617. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 32% below Dunboyne’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Getting to work or school from Dunboyne takes more time than in the middle of Irish towns
Trips of 15 to 44 minutes are the most common, at 48% (middle of County Meath: 47%). The trip from the middle of County Meath averages 32.9 minutes. Among County Meath’s 12 towns counted, 1 have shorter trips on average. Under 15 minutes: 30% of trips, much as in the middle of County Meath.
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 industries Dunboyne’s residents work in
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 0.7%.
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.
16% of Dunboyne’s trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
Against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns, 4.4% walk and 1.1% cycle. The middle of County Meath has 0.9%; here, 4.7% go by train, DART or Luas. Driving to work: 70% here, 74% in the middle of County Meath.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The Live Register count in County Meath since 2019
3,692 people were signing on in County Meath in September 2026. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 71 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was November 2024, at 3,559. County Meath: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 5,146, 14% 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).
Most of Dunboyne works: 61% of adults are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 15% are full-time students (against 11%), 11% are retired (against 15%) and 2.7% 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.
Walkability in Dunboyne: graded B
Better than 59% of Irish towns on two measures together, #2 of 12 in County Meath.
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (69%).
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, Dunboyne is 22nd among 97 Irish towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Glasnevin County Dublin | 9,299 | 76% | 5.6% | €76K | A |
| 21 | Perrystown County Dublin | 7,581 | 75% | 5.8% | €62K | A |
| 22 | Dunboyne County Meath | 7,155 | 70% | 5.4% | €89K | A− |
| 23 | Farranshone County Limerick | 7,874 | 70% | 6.9% | €63K | A− |
| 24 | Salthill County Galway | 5,445 | 70% | 8.1% | €66K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Dunshaughlin County Meath | 6,644 | 75% | 6.1% | €88K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 51 | Trim County Meath | 9,563 | 70% | 7.9% | €62K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Kells County Meath | 6,608 | 64% | 12% | €52K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 97 | Cherry Orchard County Dublin | 8,280 | 56% | 18% | €53K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Dunboyne, and others in County Meath.
Work next door to Dunboyne
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne | 70% | 5.4% | €89K | 31.4 min | A− | B |
| Clonee 2.2 km | 78% | 6% | €87K | 34.3 min | A | C+ |
| Ongar 3.2 km | 69% | 8.5% | €79K | 34.3 min | B | B |
| Clonsilla 4.1 km | 70% | 7.4% | €79K | 33.3 min | B | B |
| Mulhuddart 5.5 km | 65% | 12% | €65K | 32.2 min | C | B+ |
| Leixlip 5.8 km | 74% | 6.2% | €81K | 31.8 min | A | B |
| Hollystown 5.9 km | 69% | 8.7% | €84K | 31.8 min | B | 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 Dunboyne, 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 Dunboyne
What is the unemployment rate in Dunboyne?
5.4% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.2% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Dunboyne a good place to find work?
Dunboyne earns an A− for jobs and income, better than 85% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #3 of 12 in County Meath.
How do people in Dunboyne get to work?
70% of commuters go by car or van, 4.4% walk, 1.1% cycle and 11% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 14% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Dunboyne?
Trips to work, school or college take 31.4 minutes on average; 14% take an hour or more and 30% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Dunboyne?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Dunboyne’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Dunboyne 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 Dunboyne 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).