Photo: Padraigobrian · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 94% of Irish towns: half of Galbally is over 43.3
Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Galbally, 0.9%. This Co. Limerick town counted 269 residents and 107 households at the 2022 Census. In Galbally, 96% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. At 27%, the share of one-person households is higher than in two thirds of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Galbally has changed by +4%, slower than 71% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of Irish towns: 22%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Galbally. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Irish towns: 3.4%
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
In Galbally, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 28% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 22%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
Galbally sits below 96% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.9%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Set against 43% across Ireland’s towns, 45% of households are parents with children in Galbally. Each household has 2.5 people on average. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Galbally: 0.7% of homes are holiday homes, above 76% of Irish towns
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
Most homes are connected: 71% have broadband, and 25% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). For holiday homes, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. The census found that 17% of households have no car or van in Galbally.
Median household income here: €46,790 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€46,790 a year before tax puts the median household 22% below Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Limerick overall, the median comes to €55,950.
Only 7.4% of Galbally’s residents were born outside Ireland
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 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 3%, Galbally is behind 99% of Irish towns on that count. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (4.8%), then in Poland (1.5%).
2.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
In all, 95 residents aged 3 and over (37%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 89%
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: 96% of Galbally · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 95% of Irish towns: 9.4%. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Galbally ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 8.2%
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.
Here 32% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 34%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 81% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 5.6% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 18% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Galbally are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galbally | 269 | — | 43.3 | 22% | 45% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 12.0 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 15.1 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Galbally’s residents
What is the population of Galbally?
Galbally had 269 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Galbally?
The median age is 43.3. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Galbally?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (95 people), and 2.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Galbally?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.4% were born abroad and 3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Galbally?
89% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 1.9% another religion; 1.5% didn’t say.
Is Galbally good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Galbally are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Galbally?
Median gross household income in Galbally was €46,790 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).