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Galway

Map of Galway

Map of Galway

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Link to Local Authorities:
Galway City Council
Galway County Council

Land Mass 615,052 ha
% of Ireland 8.8%
Population Density (2011) 40.73 persons per sq km

Human Resource

County Population 2011 (Preliminary) 250,541
Population Change (2006-2011) 8.1%

Key Centres with Population over 1,000 (2006)

Galway City 72,729
Ballinasloe 6,303
Tuam 6,885
Loughrea 4,532
Oranmore 3,513
Athenry 3,205
Gort 2,734
Clifden 1,497
Portumna 1,377
Oughterard 1,305
Moycullen 1,237

Employment

Employed (2006) 104,495
Employment Growth (2002-2006) 22.6%
Labour Force Participation Rate (2006) 61.6%

Natural Resources

Average Farm Size (2000)(ha) 24.6
Farming, Fishing & Forestry workers (2006) 5,968

Numbers Employed by Sector (2006)

Total 104,495
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 5,968
Industry 29,533
Services 68,994

Most Important Industrial Sectors 2009

Top three industrial sectors account for 58% of total industrial employment
1. Other manufacturing*
2. Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
3. Manufacture of food products

* Other manufacturing includes the manufacture of medical instruments.

Agency Assisted Employment (2010)

Employment in Agency Assisted
Irish Owned Companies
5,193
Employment in Agency Assisted Foreign Owned
Companies
9,585

Income & Output

Net Output per Person Engaged
(2009)
€104,748
Avg. Industrial Wage (2009) €28,236
Avg. Disposable Income per Capita (2008) €21,680

Tourism (2010)

Number of Overseas Tourists 864,000
Revenue Generated by Overseas tourists €237m

Enterprise (2009)

Number of Active Enterprises 10,834
Percentage of Micro-Enterprises (10 or fewer employees) 90.9%
Percentage Change in Number of Enterprises (2007-2009) -6.0%

Labour Catchments in county Galway (2006)*

Galway city labour catchment 64,455
Ballinasloe labour catchment 5,135
Tuam labour catchment 3,015
Loughrea labour catchment 2,311
Clifden labour catchment 1,845
Gort labour catchment 1,505

* The labour catchment of a town is that area from which it draws most of its workforce. These figures are the number of workers living in the catchment areas of these towns.

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Further detail is contained in the report Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region: A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments available at: http://www.wdc.ie/publications/reports-and-papers/reports-2009/

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