Town comparison · Ballinasloe vs Glenamaddy

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Ballinasloe or Glenamaddy?

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.

Ballinasloe, Co. Galway · H53 · 6,597 people | Glenamaddy, Co. Galway · F45 · 242 people

Ballinasloe is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Glenamaddy’s 2, with 1 level.

Ballinasloe leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Glenamaddy leads on
affluencesafety
32128

Ballinasloe aheadlevel or not comparableGlenamaddy ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinasloeGlenamaddy
iBallinasloe sits in H53, Glenamaddy in F45. 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.

Ballinasloe
Glenamaddy

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.

6,597
Population
242

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€230k
Median sale pricelower is better
€204k
Glenamaddy leads
€145k – €319k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€173k – €250k
356
Sales (24m)
28
-0.3%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
5.3%
New-build share
N/A

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.

4 prim · 2 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Ballinasloe leads
Ballinasloe · 6 schools (largest first)
Ardscoil Mhuire Secondary
481 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Colaiste Sheosaimh Secondary
460 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
446 pupils · Catholic
Scoil An Chroi Naofa Primary
296 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sn Ui Cheithearnaigh Primary
190 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Mhuire, Primary
119 pupils · Catholic
Glenamaddy · 2 schools (largest first)
Glenamaddy Community School Secondary
420 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Glenamaddy Ns Primary
145 pupils · Catholic
7
Creches
2
Ballinasloe leads
N/A
GP practices
1
6
Pharmacies
1
Ballinasloe leads
3
Hospitals
0
Ballinasloe leads
12
Bus stops
4
Ballinasloe leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Ballinasloe leads
9
Gyms & leisure
1
Ballinasloe leads
5
Parks & playgrounds
1
Ballinasloe leads
40
Sports pitches
9
Ballinasloe 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.

5
Restaurants
0
Ballinasloe leads
2
Cafés
0
Ballinasloe leads
11
Pubs & bars
4
Ballinasloe leads
8
Takeaways
0
Ballinasloe leads
0
Nightclubs
0
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Ballinasloe leads
236
Residents per venuelower is better
61
Glenamaddy 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.

4
Supermarkets
0
Ballinasloe leads
5
Convenience shops
0
Ballinasloe leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ballinasloe leads
2
Banks
0
Ballinasloe leads
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
0
Ballinasloe leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Ballinasloe leads
8
Filling stations
1
Ballinasloe leads
5
EV charging
0
Ballinasloe leads
2
Library & community centre
1
Ballinasloe leads
194
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
81
Glenamaddy leads

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.

47m · ~70 rush
Galwaylower is better
61m · ~85 rush
Ballinasloe leads
91m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
104m · ~120 rush
Ballinasloe leads
109m · ~145 rush
Dublinlower is better
141m · ~175 rush
Ballinasloe leads
163m · ~175 rush
Waterfordlower is better
196m · ~210 rush
Ballinasloe leads
169m · ~190 rush
Corklower is better
184m · ~205 rush
Ballinasloe leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
Glenamaddy leads
Ballinasloe · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Ballinasloe UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Ballinasloe UrbanDisadvantaged
Glenamaddy · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10GlennamaddyDisadvantaged
-5GlennamaddyBelow average
32.2%
Third-level educated
25.7%
Ballinasloe leads
31.3%
Professional class
30.3%
Ballinasloe leads
19.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.0%
Glenamaddy leads
54.8%
Owner-occupier
71.2%
Glenamaddy leads
27.9%
Private rental
15.2%
14.5%
Social housing (LA)
9.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H53 / F45

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinasloeH53, GlenamaddyF45); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division.

61/100
Quality of Life
60/100
Ballinasloe leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H53 / F45) 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.

BallinasloeGlenamaddyOverall (avg)
Safety61616077
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2235
Family8788
Education3818
Environment8080
Economic4025
020406080100020406080100
#77
National ranklower is better
#81
Ballinasloe leads
#3
County rank
#3
61/100
Safety
77/100
Glenamaddy leads
60.1
Crime / 1,000lower is better
35
Glenamaddy leads

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.

Ballinasloe Disadvantaged-10.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballinasloe Urban -11 (least affluent) → Ballinasloe Urban -9 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Glenamaddy Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glennamaddy -10 (least affluent) → Glennamaddy -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Galway), 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 27 CSO Small Areas.

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