Milltown’s story
Milltown has 1 building on the National Inventory
The record adds 1 archaeological site.
Homes built before 1919: 2%, against 3% across Irish towns.
- 1850Milltown Bridge
MilltownCo. Galway
This town in Co. Galway has a population of 211.
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Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
211
CSO, Census 2022 · Galway County Council
Median age
42.7
16% are 65+ · Co. Galway 12%
Degree level
38%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
5%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Milltown a good place to live?
The median home here went for €251,700, 4.5 times the median household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 5% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. The 2022 census put unemployment at 6%. The median home sold for €251,700 from 2023 to 2025.
Milltown isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
What makes Milltown stand out
The 3 things Milltown does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
5% walk, cycle or ride
The median of Irish towns: 23%
CSO, Census 2022
Unemployment rate, Census 2022
Work
6% unemployment
Of the labour force, Census 2022 (the median of Irish towns: 9%)
63% of residents 15 and over are at work.
Median sale price
Housing
32% below the median of Irish towns, €372,600
Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Milltown.
Natural hazards
the River Clare sets Milltown apart: 38% of its homes stand low, more than in 90% of Irish towns
100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, about level with Co. Galway’s towns (100%) and above Irish towns (0%). By estimate, 16% of homes in Milltown carry radon above the reference level. No part of Milltown is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
100%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
Low-lying beside water38%
In high-radon areas100%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
Low-lying near a river38%
Low-lying near the coast0%
| Share of homes | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 38% | 4.3% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 100% | 0% |
16%
of homes over the radon level
98
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Milltown has colder winters than Co. Galway’s towns or Irish towns: January lows of 2.4°C
July afternoons reach 19.2°C here, about level with Co. Galway’s towns (19.3°C) and below Irish towns (19.9°C). Across the year, Milltown averages 9.9°C. A year brings 1,220 mm of rain to Milltown.
19.2°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter8.6°C
Spring13.2°C
Summer18.8°C
Autumn13.9°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.2°C | 19.3°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 2.4°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,220 mm | 1,261 mm | 937 mm |
19.2°C
July high
2.4°C
January low
1,220 mm
Rain a year
137 mm
Wettest month
36
Air frosts
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
More people in Milltown have a disability than its ages would predict: 119 per 100 expected, above Co. Galway’s towns and Irish towns
At the census, 90% of people in Milltown called their health good or very good, above Co. Galway’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (88%) alike. Weighed against its ages, bad health in the town runs at 94 per 100 expected. Just over a third of people in the HSE West and North West health region hold a medical card. A disability affects 27% of people here.
90%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health94
Disability119
Co. Galway110
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 90%Fair 8%Bad or very bad 2%
| Census 2022 | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 10% | 5% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 90% | 88% | 88% |
94
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Galway 110
119
disability per 100 expected · Co. Galway 106
84.5 · 79.7
life expectancy, women · men, the West region, 2016
34%
hold a medical card, HSE West and North West
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
Most households in Milltown own their home: 71%, more than in Co. Galway’s towns and across Irish towns
21% rent privately, about level with Irish towns (22%) and below Co. Galway’s towns (36%). Social housing holds 6% of households.
€252Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Milltown€252K
Co. Galway€373K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 71% | 52% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €252K | €373K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 6% | 10% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 21% | 36% | 22% |
71%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
21%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,637
a month on new tenancies, County Galway
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area H54, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
More homes in Milltown are a short walk from green space than in Co. Galway’s towns or Irish towns: 100%
Milltown has 13.3 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents, higher than both Co. Galway’s towns (5.5 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha). Protected nature near Milltown includes Lough Corrib SAC.
100%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Milltown13.3 ha
Co. Galway5.5 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 1.9% | 14% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Sea within 5 km | 0% | 21% | 0% |
100%
Near a park
13.3 ha
Green space
2 km
Footpaths
1.9%
Protected for nature
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Milltown: sunny today, up to 11 degrees
Today stays dry but breezy, with wind up to 22 km/h and a low of 5°C. Looking ahead, rain stays away on 5 of the next 6 days. What counts as normal for Milltown in November: highs come to 11°C and lows to 4°C.
11°C / 5°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November11°C
December9°C
January8°C
February9°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 368 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 243 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 267 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 343 mm |
11°C / 5°C
Today
None
Rain, next 24 hours
15 km/h
Wind
94%
Humidity
9 h 16 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
More of the 15 to 64s in Milltown work than in Co. Galway’s towns or across Irish towns: 79%
Of those in the labour force, 5.5% are unemployed. The average trip to work took 33 min, above Co. Galway’s towns (23.8 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min) alike. By car: that was how 88% of commuters travelled at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van88%
Bus3%
Walk2%
| Census 2022 | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 79% | 68% | 68% |
| Average trip | 33 min | 23.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 31% | 37% | 31% |
€56,460
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Galway €59,641
5%
worked mainly from home, 2022
12%
trips of an hour or more
11,344
on the Live Register, County Galway, September 2026
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.
Who lives here
Irish is an everyday language in Milltown: 3% speak it daily, above Co. Galway
Born abroad: 15% of residents, below both Co. Galway’s towns (26%) and Irish towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.1% of the town. Children are 21% of the town.
42.7median age
MilltownCo. GalwayIreland
Ages · share of residents
16%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none11%
Lower secondary8%
Leaving Cert36%
Diploma or cert8%
Degree or higher38%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 53.1% of Milltown
112 women and 99 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 22% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 7.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 7.7% | 10% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 29% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.4% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 38% | 47% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Galway and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
More people in Milltown vote than in Co. Galway’s towns or Irish towns: 57% turnout at the local elections
Milltown is run by Galway County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. General election turnout: 62%, above both Co. Galway’s towns (58%) and Irish towns (59%). No party holds a majority on Galway County Council: Fine Gael lead with 13 of 39 seats, short of the 20 needed.
13/39seats held by Fine Gael
Seats on Galway County · June 2024
Fine Gael13
Fianna Fáil11
Independent7
Independent Ireland6
Sinn Féin2
| Turnout | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 62% | 58% | 59% |
7
Councillors
13/39
Fine Gael seats on Galway County, the largest party
57%
turnout, June 2024
4
TDs elected for Galway East
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
The national inventory lists one building in Milltown
Beneath and around the town lie 1 recorded archaeological sites. Relative to its size, Milltown keeps 47 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents, higher than Co. Galway’s towns (33) and near Irish towns (48). Also worth knowing: homes built before 1919 account for 2.4% of the housing.
1inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional1
Among them
- Milltown Bridge 1850
1
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1850
earliest dated inventory building
1
places pictured on the history page
| Heritage | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 47 | 33 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 19 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Schools
Schools around Milltown have lost ground: pupils −3% since 2019, below Co. Galway’s towns and Irish towns
The one school within 3 km of Milltown has 99 pupils.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile an MhuilinnLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 99 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Milltown | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 15% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −3% | +2% | +4% |
99
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−3%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
1.8 km
to the nearest primary school
11 km
to the nearest secondary school
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.
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and 11 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Milltown; these are the best known within 40 km.
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary12 km south
CastleFeartagar Castle5.9 km southwest
CathedralGalway Cathedral39 km south
MuseumGalway City Museum40 km south · 162K visitors a year (2011)
CastleAughnanure Castle33 km southwest
CastleCastle Hackett14 km southPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: TuamRCCathedral.jpg : JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Feartagar Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway Cathedral: Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway City Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aughnanure Castle: The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Hackett: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Milltown
15pages on Milltown
The big questions
Out and about
Famous people from Milltown
8 notable people were born in Milltown.
M
Mary Mitchell O'ConnorIrish politician · born 1959J
Jim CarneyIrish Poet and Broadcaster · born 1950G
Gay McManusIrish Gaelic football player · born 1958J
Joe WaldronGaelic footballer · born 1951N
Noel TierneyIrish Gaelic football player · 1942–2024P
Pádraig CoyneIrish Gaelic football player · born 1960Milltown’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
TuamClaremorrisBallyhaunisMilltown
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 211 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuam | 9,647 | 11 | C | A− | C+ | C |
| Claremorris Mayo | 3,857 | 14 | A+ | A− | B | A− |
| Ballyhaunis Mayo | 2,773 | 18 | B+ | A+ | B | C+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Milltown
Is Milltown growing?
Milltown had 211 people at the 2022 census, up from 199 in 2016: 6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Is Milltown a young town or an old one?
The median age in Milltown is 42.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
About Milltown
Urban area in Co. Galway
211 people live in Milltown, 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)
- Population
- 211 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Galway
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Local electoral area
- Tuam
- Dáil constituency
- Galway East
- Name in Irish
- Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:27286
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).