Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0How Nobber works: jobs, income and commuting
The 2022 census put unemployment in Nobber at 13%, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. Trips to work, school or college from Nobber take 26.1 minutes on average, with 14% taking an hour or more. Nobber isn’t graded for jobs and income: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What stands out about work in Nobber
Fewer people in work than most towns
59% of people aged 15 to 64 in Nobber had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 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.
Nobber has no Jobs & income Grade
Nobber has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Nobber at work: 59% of people aged 15 to 64
None of the 12 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Meath has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
4% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 54% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 48% 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.
What residents of Nobber work in
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 22%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is public administration, at 4.2%.
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.
€59,140 a year: the median household in Nobber
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Nobber’s median is 16% below County Meath’s (€70,657). 10 of the county’s 12 towns of 2,500 people or more have a higher median. After tax, the median is €51,610. The State median is €60,123, 2% above Nobber’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
15% of Nobber’s trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
The middle of Irish towns has 11% working mainly from home; here it is 6.9%. Public transport takes about the same share as in the middle of Irish towns. 9.9% walk, against 4.3% in the middle of County Meath. By car or van: 78% of commuters, next to 74% in the middle of County Meath.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The trip from Nobber to work or school is a typical one for Irish towns
Across County Meath, the middle town’s trips average 32.9 minutes. Of the 12 towns of County Meath counted, none has a shorter average trip. The middle of County Meath has 29% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 50%.
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.
County Meath on the Live Register since 2019
3,692 people were signing on in County Meath in September 2026. For 71 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. 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).
48% of adults in Nobber are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.7% 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.
Shops, schools and services on foot in Nobber
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a post office 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 Nobber
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobber | 59% | 13% | €59K | 26.1 min | — | — |
| Kingscourt 10 km | 66% | 9.4% | €55K | 26.2 min | B− | C− |
| Mullagh 13 km | 62% | 11% | €53K | 34.4 min | D | C− |
| Kells 13.5 km | 64% | 12% | €52K | 31.7 min | D | C+ |
| Ardee 14.4 km | 63% | 12% | €47K | 27 min | C− | C |
| Carrickmacross 17.1 km | 66% | 12% | €46K | 26.6 min | C | C+ |
| Bailieborough 18 km | 66% | 13% | €47K | 28 min | C− | 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 Nobber, 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 Nobber
What is the unemployment rate in Nobber?
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Nobber get to work?
78% of commuters go by car or van, 9.9% walk, 0% cycle and 5.3% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.9% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Nobber?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.1 minutes on average; 14% take an hour or more and 50% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Nobber?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Nobber’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Nobber 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 Nobber 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).