Jobs and earnings in Doohamlat, and the trip to work
Unemployment in Doohamlat stood at 12% at the 2022 census, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Jobs and income go ungraded in Doohamlat: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What Doohamlat’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
64% of people aged 15 to 64 in Doohamlat 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; 5% 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.
Jobs and income in Doohamlat, without a grade
Doohamlat has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs held by Doohamlat’s residents, by industry
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 23%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is public administration, at 3.5%.
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 Doohamlat, 64% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Monaghan has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 5% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 67% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 57% 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.
Household income in Doohamlat: €52,360 at the median
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Doohamlat 3% above the median for County Monaghan as a whole, €50,617. No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €49,260. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 15% above Doohamlat’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Not by car: 2.7% of Doohamlat’s commuters walk, cycle or ride the bus or train
Hardly anyone takes the bus or train to work; the middle of Irish towns has 6% by bus and 0.9% by rail. Driving dominates: 89% go to work by car or van. Mainly from home: 8.1% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Close to the middle of Irish towns: trips from Doohamlat average 27.2 minutes
The middle of County Monaghan has 47% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 44%. An hour or more: 11% of trips, next to 8.8% in the middle of County Monaghan. In the middle of County Monaghan, the trip averages 24.6 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.
Signing on in County Monaghan: the count since 2019
1,635 people were signing on in County Monaghan in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 11%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 49 months. County Monaghan saw its highest month in July 2019: 2,830 people signing on, 13% 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 work, studying or retired: 57% of Doohamlat’s adults work
Compared with Irish towns, 7.5% are retired (against 15%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places within walking distance in Doohamlat
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Of the everyday places, a food shop 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 Doohamlat
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doohamlat | 64% | 12% | €52K | 27.2 min | — | — |
| Ballybay 4.9 km | 67% | 11% | €42K | 25.3 min | C | B− |
| Castleblayney 5.7 km | 65% | 13% | €41K | 24.6 min | C− | C |
| Monaghan 15.6 km | 68% | 11% | €45K | 22.1 min | B− | C+ |
| Cootehill 17.9 km | 69% | 11% | €39K | 23.9 min | C+ | B+ |
| Carrickmacross 18.7 km | 66% | 12% | €46K | 26.6 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 Doohamlat, 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 Doohamlat
What is the unemployment rate in Doohamlat?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Doohamlat get to work?
89% of commuters go by car or van, 2.7% walk, 0% cycle and 0% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 8.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Doohamlat?
Trips to work, school or college take 27.2 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 44% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Doohamlat?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Doohamlat’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Doohamlat 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 Doohamlat 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).