BallinaCo. North Tipperary vs NewportCo. North TipperaryTown 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 V94 — 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.
Ballina
Newport

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

TOWNS
Ballina
Co. NORTH TIPPERARY · in V94 · pop · 11 small areas
Newport
Co. NORTH TIPPERARY · in V94 · pop · 6 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€330k
€258k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€265k – €550k
€185k – €358k
Sales (24m)
19
10
Price momentum (YoY)
-35.1%
+1400.0%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
2 prim · 2 sec
Ballina · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Baile An Atha Primary
413 pupils · Catholic
Newport · 4 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's Secondary School Secondary
725 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Newport College Secondary
364 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Convent Of Mercy Primary
270 pupils · Catholic
S N Na Mbuachailli Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
Creches
3
6
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
2
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
3
Parks & playgrounds
1
2
Sports pitches
8
9
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.
Limerick
27m · ~45 rush
21m · ~35 rush
Galway
95m · ~120 rush
92m · ~115 rush
Cork
102m · ~125 rush
97m · ~120 rush
Waterford
131m · ~145 rush
126m · ~140 rush
Dublin
130m · ~165 rush
136m · ~170 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
7.5
1.9
Ballina · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+8BallinaAffluent
Newport · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+2NewportAbove average
Third-level educated
58.6%
42.9%
Professional class
55.9%
47.8%
Unemployment
5.1%
6.0%
Owner-occupier
76.9%
75.9%
Private rental
15.4%
11.8%
Social housing (LA)
5.8%
11.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V94 / V94
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinaV94, NewportV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
42/100
42/100
Crime / 1,000
88.4
88.4

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.

Ballina Affluent+7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ballina) — above the national average.
Newport Above average+1.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Newport) — 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 (Limerick) — 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 17 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinaNewport
The verdict

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

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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