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Nuns Island

Nuns Island (Galway City) had 1,716 residents in April 2022, part of Galway city and suburbs. The median household had a gross income of €50,770, 14% below the figure for Galway City. 36% of households owned their home, 56% rented privately and 5% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 440 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Galway City Central local electoral area · 9 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
1,716residentsCensus, April 2022
€50,770median household incomegross, 2022
36%of homes owner-occupied56% rented privately
9%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Nuns Island by census small area
Map of Nuns Island: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
Nuns Island · Galway CityNuns Island highlighted; the rest of Galway City in grey
Map of Galway City with Nuns Island highlighted

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for Galway City. 752 households, 2.3 people in each on average.

9%
aged under 15
17%
aged 15–24
39%
aged 25–44
21%
aged 45–64
14%
aged 65 and over
34%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.

€50,770
median gross household income
€42,211
median household income after tax
57%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
8%
of the labour force are unemployed
64%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
43%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none5%
Lower secondary7%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)12%
Further education and apprenticeships11%
Bachelor’s degree35%
Postgraduate29%

Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

871 dwellings on census night; 54% of households live in a house or bungalow and 46% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan11%
Owned outright25%
Rented from a private landlord56%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body5%
Occupied free of rent3%

When homes were built

Before 194644%
1946–197015%
1971–199014%
1991–200012%
2001–201012%
2011–20152%
2016 or later1%
9%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
2%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€330,000median sale price, County Galway3,239 sales, 2025
2.3people per household2022

Median sale price, County Galway

2010€172,000
2011€130,000
2012€114,500
2013€113,625
2014€120,000
2015€128,000
2016€140,000
2017€165,000
2018€180,000
2019€197,500
2020€217,500
2021€224,250
2022€265,000
2023€270,284
2024€290,000
2025€330,000

Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)

Getting about.

How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 39% of households have no car; 19% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike25%
Work or study mainly at home12%
On foot52%
Bus, minibus or coach5%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle7%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes52%
15 to 30 minutes31%
30 to 45 minutes10%
45 minutes to an hour2%
An hour to an hour and a half2%
An hour and a half or more1%
90%of households with broadband2022
990 mto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

440 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 9% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops40
Bakeries4
Pharmacies14
GP surgeries and doctors8
Dentists12
Cafés and pubs129
Restaurants79
Parks12
Playgrounds7
Pitches19
Gyms and sports centres8
Libraries6
Crèches and childcare3
Bus stops67
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
5schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
2,542residents per km²0.7 km²

Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of Galway City.