Town comparison · Ballinabrannagh vs Tullow

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Ballinabrannagh or Tullow?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ballinabrannagh, Co. Carlow · R93 · 557 people | Tullow, Co. Carlow · R93 · 4,916 people

Ballinabrannagh and Tullow are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Ballinabrannagh leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
Tullow leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordability
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Ballinabrannagh aheadlevel or not comparableTullow ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinabrannaghTullow
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R93 — 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. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Ballinabrannagh
Tullow

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

557
Population
4,916

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€338k
Median sale pricelower is better
€265k
Tullow leads
€305k – €348k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€210k – €308k
6
Sales (24m)
293
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
26.3%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
3 prim · 1 sec
Tullow leads
Ballinabrannagh · 1 schools (largest first)
Ballinabranna Mxd N S Primary
181 pupils · Catholic
Tullow · 4 schools (largest first)
Tullow Community School Secondary
871 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
S N Muire Lourdes Primary
212 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Phadraig Naofa Primary
164 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Columbas N S Primary
91 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
1
Creches
9
Tullow leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
5
Tullow leads
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
10
Tullow leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
6
Tullow leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
Tullow leads
5
Sports pitches
15
Tullow leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

0
Restaurants
5
Tullow leads
2
Cafés
2
0
Pubs & bars
9
Tullow leads
0
Takeaways
5
Tullow leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
279
Residents per venuelower is better
234
Tullow leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
4
Tullow leads
0
Convenience shops
2
Tullow leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Tullow leads
0
Banks
1
Tullow leads
0
Post offices
1
Tullow leads
0
Hairdressers
3
Tullow leads
0
Dentists
1
Tullow leads
0
Vets
1
Tullow leads
0
Filling stations
4
Tullow leads
0
EV charging
2
Tullow leads
0
Library & community centre
9
Tullow leads
N/A
Residents per shop or service
164

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.

55m · ~70 rush
Waterfordlower is better
70m · ~85 rush
Ballinabrannagh leads
77m · ~110 rush
Dublinlower is better
78m · ~115 rush
Ballinabrannagh leads
120m · ~140 rush
Limericklower is better
129m · ~145 rush
Ballinabrannagh leads
141m · ~165 rush
Corklower is better
156m · ~180 rush
Ballinabrannagh leads
164m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
172m · ~195 rush
Ballinabrannagh leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-2.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.2
Ballinabrannagh leads
Ballinabrannagh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5ClogrenanBelow average
+0ClogrenanAbove average
Tullow · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Tullow UrbanDisadvantaged
-10Tullow UrbanDisadvantaged
-10TullowbegDisadvantaged
-7TullowbegBelow average
+1Tullow RuralAbove average
+2Tullow RuralAbove average
32.3%
Third-level educated
23.0%
Ballinabrannagh leads
37.2%
Professional class
20.6%
Ballinabrannagh leads
9.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.4%
Ballinabrannagh leads
89.5%
Owner-occupier
54.6%
Ballinabrannagh leads
3.8%
Private rental
21.9%
5.1%
Social housing (LA)
19.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · R93 / R93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinabrannaghR93, TullowR93); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R93 / R93) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

BallinabrannaghTullowOverall (avg)
Safety62626262
Affordability9696
Infrastructure6464
Family7070
Education4242
Environment6969
Economic3232
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
62/100
Safety
62/100
57.6
Crime / 1,000
57.6

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.

Ballinabrannagh Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clogrenan -5 (least affluent) → Clogrenan +0 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Tullow Disadvantaged-10.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tullow Urban -12 (least affluent) → Tullow Rural +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

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

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 18 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Ballinabrannagh

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