Work and commuting in Oram
Out of work at the 2022 census: 12% of the labour force in Oram, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. The average trip to work, school or college from Oram takes 25.8 minutes, with 11% taking an hour or more. No Jobs & income Grade is given to Oram: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What the numbers say about work in Oram
Fewer people in work than most towns
52% of people aged 15 to 64 in Oram had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Oram had €39,990 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Oram isn’t graded for jobs and income
Oram has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Jobs for 52% of people aged 15 to 64 in Oram
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.
3.9% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 62% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 46% 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 median household in Oram has €39,990 a year
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
Oram’s median is 21% below County Monaghan’s (€50,617). Every town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €37,860. The State median is €60,123, 50% above Oram’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
7.7% of people travelling to work from Oram walk, cycle or take the bus or train
On foot: 5.8% of commuters, next to 10% in the middle of Irish towns. For 85% of commuters, the trip to work is by car or van. By bus: 1.9% of commuters, next to 6% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
No quicker, no slower: the trip to work or school from Oram against the middle of Irish towns
For the middle of County Monaghan, the average trip is 24.6 minutes. Trips of under 15 minutes are 54% of the total, against 47% in the middle of County Monaghan.
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 Live Register in County Monaghan, month by month
1,635 people were signing on in County Monaghan in September 2026. 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).
The everyday places near home in Oram
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.
Around Oram: jobs, pay and the commute
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oram | 52% | 12% | €40K | 25.8 min | — | — |
| Castleblayney 5.1 km | 65% | 13% | €41K | 24.6 min | C− | C |
| Ballybay 13.9 km | 67% | 11% | €42K | 25.3 min | C | 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 Oram, 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 Oram
What is the unemployment rate in Oram?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.9% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Oram get to work?
85% of commuters go by car or van, 5.8% walk, 0% cycle and 1.9% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 3.8% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Oram?
Trips to work, school or college take 25.8 minutes on average; 11% take an hour or more and 54% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Oram?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Oram’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Oram 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 Oram 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).