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Home to 317 people, this town lies in Co. Galway.
Killimor takes 4 years of the median household income to buy the median home, at €208,500. 31% of residents are 65 or over. Nearly a fifth of adults are graduates.
Killimor is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Killimor does most differently from other towns.
4 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Killimor.
One school lies within 3 km of Killimor. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 136.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iomair N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 136 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +20% | +2% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 15% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 27% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
The EPA’s radon map puts 3.5% of homes in Killimor above the reference level. Its nearest bathing water is Bathing Place at Portumna, 11 km away, rated excellent in 2025. No part of Killimor is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
1,003 mm of rain falls in a year, lower than Co. Galway’s towns (1,261 mm) yet higher than Irish towns (937 mm). Day and night, summer and winter, Killimor averages 9.9°C. July afternoons in Killimor average 19.6°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.2°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.6°C | 19.3°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,003 mm | 1,261 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
At the census, 31% of people here had a disability, above both Co. Galway’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%). 77% of people in Killimor rate their own health good or very good. Unpaid caring falls to 3.8% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 31% | 22% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 3.8% | 5% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Owners make up 64% of households, about level with Irish towns (61%) and above Co. Galway’s towns (52%). Council and housing-body homes hold 18% of households.
| Housing | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 14% | 36% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €209K | €373K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 18% | 10% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 52% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area H53, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Protected sites cover 5.4% of the land within 5 km, lower than Co. Galway’s towns (14%) yet higher than Irish towns (1.8%). Every 1,000 residents of Killimor share 6.5 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 5.4% | 14% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.2% | 1.8% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Later in the week, highs run between 7°C and 11°C, peaking on Thursday. The forecast for Killimor beside its normal weather: a typical November day reaches 11°C and drops to 4°C at night. Any rain today should be slight, though the wind picks up to 21 km/h; the low is 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 289 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 200 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 235 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 279 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Co. Galway’s towns (28%) and Irish towns (23%). The unemployment rate comes to 12%. The census counted 6.4% of workers working mainly from home.
| Census 2022 | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 52% | 37% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 73% | 68% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 12% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 26.5 min | 23.8 min | 27.6 min |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, higher than both Co. Galway’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (14%). 13% of the people living here were born in another country.
50.5% of Killimor’s residents are women
160 women and 157 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 22% | 24% |
| 65+ | 31% | 12% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 22% | 7.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 26% | 10% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 31% | 29% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 2.2% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 19% | 47% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Galway and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout: 62%, higher than both Co. Galway’s towns (58%) and Irish towns (59%). Galway County Council has no ruling majority: Fine Gael hold 13 of its 39 seats, short of the 20 needed. Killimor answers to one council, Galway County Council; Ireland has no town tier.
| Turnout | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 52% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 62% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record holds 4 entries for the town. 13.2% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Co. Galway’s towns (1.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%). Killimor’s built heritage counts 3 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Killimor | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 95 | 33 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 13.2% | 1.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 4 | 19 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Killimor; these are the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens10 km southeast
Historic house · Office of Public WorksClonmacnoise27 km northeast
CastleRedwood Castle12 km east
CastleBirr Castle27 km east
CathedralClonfert Cathedral18 km northeast
CathedralSt Brendan's Cathedral19 km westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Killimor’s built heritage counts 3 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 4 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
2 notable people were born in Killimor; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Henry Benedict Medlicott: James Fisher, Public domain · Mary Harney: Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killimor | 317 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Portumna | 1,690 | 9.7 | — | A+ | C+ | C+ |
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 18 | C | A+ | D | C |
| Loughrea | 6,322 | 19 | B | A− | C | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Killimor is 51, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Killimor had 317 people at the 2022 census, up from 311 in 2016: 1.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Galway
317 people live in Killimor, in the area of Galway County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).