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Galway City Council
Galway County Council
Land Mass | 615,052 ha |
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% of Ireland | 8.8% |
Population Density (2016) | 42.04 persons per sq km |
Human Resource
County Population 2016 | 258,552 |
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Population Change (2011-2016) | 3.0% |
Key Centres with Population over 1,400 (2016)
Galway City | 79,934 |
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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 (%) |
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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 |
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Farming, Fishing & Forestry workers (2016) | 5,668 |
Employment
Employed (2016) | 110,067 |
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Employment Change (2011-2016) | 9.2% |
Labour Force Participation Rate (2016) | 61.2% |
Numbers Employed by Sector (2016)
Total | 110,067 |
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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 |
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Employment in Agency Assisted Foreign Owned Companies |
18,195 |
Source: DBEI, Annual Employment Survey 2017
Income & Output
Net Output per Person Engaged (2012) |
€88,859 |
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Avg. Industrial Wage (2012) | €36,548 |
Avg. Disposable Income per Capita (2015) | €18,991 |
Tourism (2016)
Number of Overseas Tourists | 1,449,000 |
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Revenue Generated by Overseas tourists | €455m |
Source: Fáilte Ireland, Regional tourism performance in 2016
Enterprise (2016)
Number of Active Enterprises | 13,670 |
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Percentage of Micro-Enterprises (10 or fewer employees) | 92.5% |
Percentage Change in Number of Enterprises (2014-2016) | 4.8% |
Source: CSO Business Demography 2016
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) |
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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/