Baile ChláirCo. Galway vs LoughreaCo. 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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iBaile Chláir sits in H91, Loughrea in H62. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Baile Chláir
Loughrea

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
Loughrea
Co. GALWAY · in H62 · pop · 23 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€324k
€325k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€324k – €357k
€291k – €384k
Sales (24m)
5
10
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
50.0%
12.5%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
Baile Chláir · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Chlair Na Gaillimhe Primary
313 pupils · CatholicGaelscoil
Loughrea · 3 schools (largest first)
St Raphaels College Secondary
741 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Ide Naofa Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Riabhach Primary
171 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
2
7
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
11
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
5
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
1
6
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
33m · ~55 rush
Limerick
74m · ~90 rush
72m · ~90 rush
Dublin
141m · ~175 rush
130m · ~165 rush
Cork
153m · ~175 rush
151m · ~175 rush
Waterford
184m · ~200 rush
160m · ~175 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.1
-1.3
Baile Chláir · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3ClaregalwayAbove average
+5CarnmoreAffluent
Loughrea · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-1Loughrea UrbanBelow average
Third-level educated
48.5%
40.3%
Professional class
45.4%
34.9%
Unemployment
5.8%
9.1%
Owner-occupier
75.9%
52.7%
Private rental
17.0%
32.0%
Social housing (LA)
3.6%
12.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H91 / H62
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Baile ChláirH91, LoughreaH62); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
69/100
66/100
National rank
#25
#35
County rank
#1
#2
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.
Loughrea Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Loughrea Urban) — below 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 29 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Baile ChláirLoughrea
The verdict

Baile Chláir is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Loughrea’s 2, with 2 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Loughrea leads on schools & amenities and 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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