Western Region
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| Land Mass |
2,601,501 ha |
| % of Ireland |
37.1% |
| Population Density (2011) |
31.51 persons per sq km |
Human Resource
| County Population 2011 (Preliminary) |
819,851 |
| Population Change (2006-2011) |
7.5% |
Key Centres with Population over 5,000 (2006)
| Galway City |
72,729 |
| Ennis |
24,253 |
| Sligo |
19,402 |
| Letterkenny |
17,586 |
| Castlebar |
11,891 |
| Ballina |
10,409 |
| Shannon |
9,222 |
| Tuam |
6,885 |
| Ballinasloe |
6,303 |
| Buncrana |
5,911 |
| Westport |
5,475 |
| Roscommon |
5,017 |
Employment
| Employed (2006) |
329,875 |
| Employment Growth (2002-2006) |
19.0% |
| Labour Force Participation Rate (2006) |
60.1% |
Natural Resources
| Average Farm Size (2000)(ha) |
25.06 |
| Farming, Fishing & Forestry workers (2006) |
23,305 |
Numbers Employed by Sector (2006)
| Total |
329,875 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing |
23,305 |
| Industry |
91,784 |
| Services |
214,786 |
Agency Assisted Employment (2010)
| Employment in Agency Assisted Irish Owned Companies |
14,997 |
| Employment in Agency Assisted Foreign Owned Companies |
19,545 |
Income & Output
| Net Output per Person Engaged (2009)* |
€150,652 |
| Avg. Industrial Wage (2009) |
€28,556 |
* There are some limitations associated with Net Output figures which relate to the ownership of companies and transfer pricing arrangements which may be applied.
Tourism (2010)
| Revenue Generated by Overseas tourists |
€541m |
Enterprise (2009)
| Number of Active Enterprises |
33,966 |
| Percentage of Micro-Enterprises (10 or fewer employees) |
91.4% |
| Percentage Change in Number of Enterprises (2007-2009) |
-8.3% |
Labour Catchments in the Western Region (2006)
| Galway city labour catchment |
64,455 |
| Ennis labour catchment |
21,333 |
| Sligo borough labour catchment |
20,321 |
| Letterkenny labour catchment |
17,886 |
| Castlebar labour catchment |
13,757 |
| Roscommon labour catchment |
7,306 |
| Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment |
6,632 |
* 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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