Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 89% of Irish towns: 39% of households have no car or van
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Galvone, 12%. On the census count, a third of households are parents with children. The neighbourhood has more shared households of unrelated adults than 83% of Irish towns, at 13%. 5,412 residents in 2,021 households: that is Galvone at the 2022 Census.
Since 2016, Galvone has changed by +5%, slower than 68% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Limerick’s towns, +9%.
Half of Galvone is under 36.2, younger than 69% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Galvone, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 52% of Irish towns: 12%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Galvone, 36.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.4% in Galvone, less than in 67% 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
By occupation, elementary occupations are over-represented: 20%, against a typical 11%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%. Here, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Galvone has 26%.
A neighbourhood of flats: 30% of households live in one
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
The share of households with broadband is 84%; 13% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €41,000 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €41,000 a year before tax, the median household income is 32% under that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Limerick, the figure is €55,950.
More residents with another country’s citizenship than 79% of Irish towns: 22%
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (11%) and in Poland (5%). Few places have as many residents born outside Ireland: 26% here, more than in two thirds of Irish towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns: 0.6%
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
Speakers of Irish: 1,176 residents, 28% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Limerick, Farranshone has the highest share (1.9%). As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 62% of Irish towns, at 73%
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: 77% of Galvone · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (9.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.7%) and Black or Black Irish (3.6%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 77% here, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns. On average, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 85% of Irish towns: 28%
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.
Higher than in nearly three fifths of Irish towns: 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 19% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Galvone
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Galvone’s adults, 6.1% went on to postgraduate study and 19% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
In its size band (4,875 to 5,991), the 13th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Gillabbey (25.6) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Galvone in age: Duleek (35.2), Tullow (36.2), Glasheen (36.3) and Ferrybank (36.5).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Galvone
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galvone | 5,412 | — | 36.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 0.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 0.9 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 1.1 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 1.2 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 1.4 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 1.6 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Galvone’s residents
What is the population of Galvone?
Galvone had 5,412 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Galvone?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 69% of Irish towns. 20% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Galvone?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,176 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Galvone?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Galvone?
73% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 15% another religion; 20% didn’t say.
Is Galvone good for families?
33% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Galvone are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Galvone?
Median gross household income in Galvone was €41,000 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).