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 (2016)	42.04 persons per sq km

Human Resource

County Population 2016	258,552
Population Change (2011-2016)	3.0%

Key Centres with Population over 1,400 (2016)

Galway City	79,934
Tuam	8,767
Ballinasloe	6,662
Loughrea	5,556
Oranmore	4,990
Athenry	4,445
Gort	2,994
Bearna	1,998
Moycullen	1,704
Clifden	1,597
Portumna	1,450

Source: CSO Census of Population 2016

Highest Level of Education (2016)

Highest level of education completed by persons whose education has ceased (%)
No Formal/Primary (13.1%)
Secondary (41.7%)
Third Level (45.3%)

Source: CSO Census of Population 2016

Natural Resources

Average Farm Size (2010)	25.8 ha
Farming, Fishing & Forestry workers (2016)	5,668

Employment

Employed (2016)	110,067
Employment Change (2011-2016)	9.2%
Labour Force Participation Rate (2016)	61.2%

Numbers Employed by Sector (2016)

Total	110,067
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	5,668 (5.1%)
Industry & Construction	22,975 (20.9%)
Services	76,510 (69.5%)

Source: CSO Census of Population 2016

Download the 2-page WDC Insights Galway City’s Labour Market – Census 2016

Download the 2-page WDC Insights Galway County’s Labour Market – Census 2016

Agency Assisted Employment (2017)

Employment in Agency Assisted Irish Owned Companies	10,791
Employment in Agency Assisted Foreign Owned Companies	18,195

Source: DBEI, Annual Employment Survey 2017

Local Sustainability

Fertility Rate (2017)*	13.0
Domestic Building Energy Rating (BER) % Grade B and above (2018)**	10.7%
Avg. Disposable Income per Capita (2015)***	€18,991

* Births per year per 1,000 population. Source: CSO Vital Statistics Yearly Summary (Galway city and county own calculation)

** Source: CSO Domestic Buildings Energy Ratings

*** Source: CSO County Incomes and Regional GDP

Tourism (2016)

Number of Overseas Tourists	1,449,000
Revenue Generated by Overseas tourists	€455m

Source: Fáilte Ireland, Regional tourism performance in 2016

Enterprise (2017)

Number of Active Enterprises*	18,727
Percentage of Micro-Enterprises (10 or fewer employees)^	92.5%
Percentage Change in Number of Enterprises (2015-2017)*	7.5%

Source: CSO Business Demography 2017

* Total enterprises includes all ‘business economy’ enterprises (NACE Rev 2 B to N(-642)) plus Health & Social Work, Education, Arts/Entertainment/Recreation and Other Services.

^ Data on enterprise size only includes ‘business economy’ enterprises which account for 78% of total enterprises in Galway.

Labour Catchments in County Galway (2016)*

Download the 2-page county profile of Galway City’s Place of Residence and Place of Work, 2011 and 2016

Download the 2-page county profile of Galway County’s Place of Residence and Place of Work, 2011 and 2016

Galway city labour catchment	70,170 (2016),   64,455 (2006)
Ballinasloe labour catchment	4,804**(2016),   5,135  (2006)
Tuam labour catchment	5,506 (2016),   3,015  (2006)
Loughrea labour catchment	3,070 (2016),   2,311  (2006)
Clifden labour catchment	2,100 (2016),   1,845  (2006)
Gort labour catchment	1,329 (2016),   1,505  (2006)

* 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.

** Part of the Ballinasloe labour catchment extends beyond the boundary of the Western Region and is not fully captured here.

 

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: https://www.wdc.ie/publications/reports-and-papers/