Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 231 residents in Co. Galway.
Home prices sit at a median €372,600, which is 12 years of the town’s median household income. 11 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents. Median gross household income: €30,990 a year.
Roundstone isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Roundstone does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 11 buildings on the National Inventory in Roundstone.
6 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roundstone.
Low-lying near a river: 16% of homes, higher than both Co. Galway’s towns (4.3%) and Irish towns (0.5%). Roundstone’s nearest bathing water is Goirtín, Cloch na Rón, 3.3 km away, rated excellent in 2025. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in the town has radon above the reference level.
| Share of homes | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 27% | 0% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 16% | 4.3% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Day and night, summer and winter, Roundstone averages 10.6°C. A January night in Roundstone drops to 4.2°C on average, above both Co. Galway’s towns (3.0°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C). Also worth knowing: a year brings 1,398 mm of rain to Roundstone.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.0°C | 19.3°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 4.2°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,398 mm | 1,261 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.6°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
12% of residents in Roundstone care, unpaid, for a relative or friend. Allowing for its ages, Roundstone has 86 residents with a disability per 100 expected, lower than both Co. Galway’s towns (106) and Irish towns (106). At the census, 1.4% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2022 | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 12% | 5% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 88% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.4% | 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
Private renters make up 15% of households, below Co. Galway’s towns (36%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. 56% of households own their home.
| Housing | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 25% | 10% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 15% | 36% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 56% | 52% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area H91, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.4 km per km² of paths and tracks, below both Co. Galway’s towns (2.1 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Roundstone has 0.8 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 80% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 67% | 14% | 1.8% |
| Sea within 5 km | 38% | 21% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Expect a dry, breezy day today, the wind reaching 27 km/h and the temperature dipping to 6°C. After that, 5 of the 6 days look dry. In a typical November, days climb to about 11°C and nights sink to 6°C, the yardstick for Roundstone’s forecast.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 4°C | 416 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 268 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 12°C | 305 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 9°C | 409 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
In work: 63% of residents aged 15 to 64, lower than both Co. Galway’s towns (68%) and Irish towns (68%). The commute to work averages 28.9 min. At the census, 20% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
| Census 2022 | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €30,990 | €54,305 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 14% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 63% | 68% | 68% |
| Average trip | 28.9 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.
Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Co. Galway’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (20%). 29% of adults hold a degree.
50.6% of Roundstone’s residents are women
117 women and 114 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 22% | 24% |
| 65+ | 30% | 12% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 19% | 7.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 10% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 28% | 29% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 29% | 47% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Galway and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Roundstone is run by Galway County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. No party holds a majority on Galway County Council: Fine Gael lead with 13 of 39 seats, short of the 20 needed. In the Dáil, Roundstone is part of Galway West, which elects 5 TDs.
| Turnout | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 41% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The pre-1919 share of homes is 17.5%. The Sites and Monuments Record holds 6 entries for the town.
| Heritage | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 476 | 33 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 17.5% | 1.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 6 | 19 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Families in Roundstone have one school within 3 km. The one school within 3 km of Roundstone has 25 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Eanna DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 25 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Roundstone | Co. Galway | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 27% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 15% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Roundstone; with it, the best known within 40 km.
National park · National Parks and Wildlife ServiceConnemara National Park17 km north
Abbey or prioryKylemore Abbey18 km northFortFortDun Aengus32 km southFortFortDún Dúchathair36 km southeastCastleCastleCastlekirk29 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Roundstone’s built heritage counts 11 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 6 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
One notable person was born in Roundstone; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roundstone | 231 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clifden | 1,259 | 12 | — | A | C+ | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Roundstone is 52.1, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Roundstone had 231 people at the 2022 census, up from 221 in 2016: 4.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Galway
231 people live in Roundstone, 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).