Béal An MhuirtheadCo. Mayo vs CastlebarCo. MayoTown level

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

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iBéal An Mhuirthead sits in F26, Castlebar in F23. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Béal An Mhuirthead
Castlebar

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

TOWNS
Béal An Mhuirthead
Co. MAYO · in F26 · pop · 3 small areas
Castlebar
Co. MAYO · in F23 · pop · 51 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€330k
€326k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€240k – €330k
€240k – €404k
Sales (24m)
9
56
Price momentum (YoY)
-82.2%
-17.8%
New-build share
29.6%
21.8%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
3 prim · 3 sec
Béal An Mhuirthead · 2 schools (largest first)
Sn Croi Muire Primary
131 pupils · CatholicDEISGaelscoil
S N Beal An Mhuirthead Primary
61 pupils · CatholicDEISGaelscoil
Castlebar · 6 schools (largest first)
Davitt College Secondary
880 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St. Geralds College Secondary
665 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Joseph's Secondary School Secondary
539 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Castlebar Primary School Primary
849 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Raifteirí Primary
221 pupils · Catholic
Castlebar Educate Together National School Primary
128 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
2
11
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
2
7
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
1
12
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
16
Parks & playgrounds
1
15
Sports pitches
5
25
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
146m · ~170 rush
74m · ~100 rush
Limerick
201m · ~220 rush
130m · ~150 rush
Dublin
246m · ~280 rush
187m · ~220 rush
Cork
281m · ~305 rush
209m · ~230 rush
Waterford
307m · ~320 rush
241m · ~255 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.4
-2.7
Béal An Mhuirthead · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-8BelmulletDisadvantaged
Castlebar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Castlebar UrbanBelow average
+1Castlebar RuralAbove average
+2BreaghwyAbove average
Third-level educated
28.1%
41.9%
Professional class
31.1%
36.6%
Unemployment
10.4%
11.0%
Owner-occupier
66.7%
57.2%
Private rental
22.1%
32.1%
Social housing (LA)
6.7%
7.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F26 / F23
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Béal An MhuirtheadF26, CastlebarF23); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
68/100
65/100
National rank
#27
#49
County rank
#2
#4
Safety
82/100
82/100
Crime / 1,000
26.9
26.9

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.

Béal An Mhuirthead Disadvantaged-8.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Belmullet) — below the national average.
Castlebar Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castlebar Urban -6 (least affluent) → Breaghwy +2 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Mayo) — 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 54 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Béal An MhuirtheadCastlebar
The verdict

Castlebar is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Béal An Mhuirthead’s 0, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Béal An Mhuirthead doesn’t lead on any.

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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