Baile ChláirCo. Galway vs HeadfordCo. GalwayTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area H91 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Baile Chláir
Headford

Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

TOWNS
Baile Chláir
Co. GALWAY · in H91 · pop · 6 small areas
Headford
Co. GALWAY · in H91 · pop · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€324k
€374k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€324k – €357k
€374k – €379k
Sales (24m)
5
7
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
50.0%
100.0%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Baile Chláir · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Chlair Na Gaillimhe Primary
313 pupils · CatholicGaelscoil
Headford · 2 schools (largest first)
Presentation College Secondary
845 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Headford Primary School Primary
138 pupils · Catholic
Creches
2
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
11
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
1
8
Commute by car● TOWN · from centre
Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.
Galway
15m · ~25 rush
28m · ~50 rush
Limerick
74m · ~90 rush
94m · ~110 rush
Dublin
141m · ~175 rush
164m · ~200 rush
Cork
153m · ~175 rush
174m · ~195 rush
Waterford
184m · ~200 rush
207m · ~220 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.1
0.6
Baile Chláir · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3ClaregalwayAbove average
+5CarnmoreAffluent
Headford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1HeadfordAbove average
Third-level educated
48.5%
43.0%
Professional class
45.4%
43.0%
Unemployment
5.8%
8.4%
Owner-occupier
75.9%
75.5%
Private rental
17.0%
17.3%
Social housing (LA)
3.6%
5.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H91 / H91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Baile ChláirH91, HeadfordH91); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
69/100
69/100
National rank
#25
#25
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
61/100
61/100
Crime / 1,000
60.1
60.1

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index — published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town's poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Baile Chláir Affluent+4.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Claregalway +3 (least affluent) → Carnmore +5 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Headford Above average+0.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Headford) — above the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town's Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety & crime are the Garda division (Galway) — coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 11 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Baile ChláirHeadford
The verdict

Baile Chláir is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Headford’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, affordability and access to its nearest city. Headford leads on public transport.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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