BallaghaderreenCo. Roscommon vs CastlereaCo. RoscommonTown 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 F45 — 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.
Ballaghaderreen
Castlerea

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

TOWNS
Ballaghaderreen
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F45 · pop · 9 small areas
Castlerea
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F45 · pop · 10 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€134k
€126k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€59k – €157k
€87k – €176k
Sales (24m)
21
35
Price momentum (YoY)
+73.1%
+24.6%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
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
0 prim · 1 sec
2 prim · 1 sec
Ballaghaderreen · 1 schools (largest first)
St Nathy's College Secondary
658 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Castlerea · 3 schools (largest first)
Castlerea Community School Secondary
388 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Annes Con N S Primary
135 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Pol Naofa Primary
54 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
2
3
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
5
4
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
2
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
3
Sports pitches
3
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
85m · ~110 rush
77m · ~100 rush
Limerick
132m · ~150 rush
123m · ~140 rush
Dublin
147m · ~180 rush
141m · ~175 rush
Waterford
208m · ~220 rush
195m · ~210 rush
Cork
211m · ~235 rush
203m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-11.7
-9.9
Ballaghaderreen · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BallaghaderreenDisadvantaged
Castlerea · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-10CastlereaghDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
27.1%
27.7%
Professional class
23.9%
27.1%
Unemployment
19.2%
12.9%
Owner-occupier
58.5%
63.6%
Private rental
27.5%
21.3%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%
11.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F45 / F45
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallaghaderreenF45, CastlereaF45); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
60/100
60/100
National rank
#81
#81
County rank
#3
#3
Safety
77/100
77/100
Crime / 1,000
35
35

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.

Ballaghaderreen Disadvantaged-11.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ballaghaderreen) — below the national average.
Castlerea Disadvantaged-9.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Castlereagh) — 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 (Roscommon/Longford) — 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 19 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallaghaderreenCastlerea
The verdict

Castlerea is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Ballaghaderreen’s 0, with 4 level: affluence, schools & amenities and access to its nearest city. Ballaghaderreen 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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