Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns, at 5.8%
The share of one-person households is 35%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. In Glenamaddy, 2.3% of homes are holiday homes. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 96% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 557 people lived locally, in 213 households.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Glenamaddy ahead of 64% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Galway’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of Irish towns, at 18%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with one in ten residents. Half of Glenamaddy’s residents are over 37.9, older than in 52% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Newcastle, the oldest of Co. Galway’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 72% of Irish towns
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Glenamaddy, 28% and 22%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 62% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Locally, 42% of households are parents with children.
Fewer flats than 81% of Irish towns: 6.6% of households
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of households have no car or van here. Typically, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€42,180 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €42,180 sits 30% below Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €59,640 across Co. Galway.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
The largest groups were born in the UK (6.4%) and outside the EU and UK (6%). At 19%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in 63% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
40% of Glenamaddy can speak Irish
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 1.4%. Speakers of Irish: 204 residents, two fifths of those aged 3 and over.
Glenamaddy ranks above 95% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 83%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 84% of Glenamaddy · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%) and Irish Traveller (1.3%).
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 63% of Irish towns: 33%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
At 5.7%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 79% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
6.3% of Glenamaddy’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 10% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Glenamaddy
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenamaddy | 557 | — | 37.9 | 18% | 42% |
| Castlerea | 2,348 | 18.2 km | 43.1 | 22% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Galway’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Glenamaddy’s residents
What is the population of Glenamaddy?
Glenamaddy had 557 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glenamaddy?
The median age is 37.9. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glenamaddy?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (204 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glenamaddy?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glenamaddy?
83% are Catholic, 5.8% have no religion and 12% another religion; 4.3% didn’t say.
Is Glenamaddy good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glenamaddy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glenamaddy?
Median gross household income in Glenamaddy was €42,180 in 2022, against €59,640 across Co. Galway and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. 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).