There were 271 homeless adults in Galway last month according to the latest report from the Department of Housing.
That’s an increase of eight from the report for May 2023, and up from 240 in the same month last year.
Across the western region of Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon there were 97 families in emergency accommodation between June 19 – 25, up from 94 last month.
Those families included a total of 203 children in emergency accommodation, and 54 of them were single parent families.
Of the 340 homeless adults in the three western counties last month, 177 were men and 163 were women.
Broken down by age bracket, the largest share of people in emergency accommodation were aged from 25-44 years old, 155 people, while another 106 were 45-64 years old, and 72 homeless adults were aged from 18-24.
There were also 7 people in the west over the age of 65 who were living in emergency accommodation last month.
Nationwide there were a total of 8,835 homeless adults in June. There were 1,804 families in emergency accommodation, with 3,765 child dependants.
