Town comparison · Ballinrobe vs Bellavary

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Ballinrobe or Bellavary?

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.

Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo · F31 · 2,579 people | Bellavary, Co. Mayo · F23 · 191 people

Ballinrobe is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Bellavary’s 2, with 2 level.

Ballinrobe leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Bellavary leads on
affluenceeducation levels
21229

Ballinrobe aheadlevel or not comparableBellavary ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinrobeBellavary
iBallinrobe sits in F31, Bellavary in F23. 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.

Ballinrobe
Bellavary

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.

2,579
Population
191

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€239k
Median sale pricelower is better
€280k
Ballinrobe leads
€149k – €280k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€233k – €340k
136
Sales (24m)
4
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
16.2%
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.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Ballinrobe leads
Ballinrobe · 2 schools (largest first)
Ballinrobe Community School Secondary
840 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St. Josephs N. S. Primary
453 pupils · Catholic
Bellavary · 1 schools (largest first)
Ballyvary Central N S Primary
204 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
1
Ballinrobe leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
2
Ballinrobe leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
5
Gyms & leisure
0
Ballinrobe leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Ballinrobe leads
12
Sports pitches
3
Ballinrobe 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.

4
Restaurants
0
Ballinrobe leads
1
Cafés
0
Ballinrobe leads
3
Pubs & bars
1
Ballinrobe leads
0
Takeaways
1
Bellavary leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
322
Residents per venuelower is better
96
Bellavary 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.

2
Supermarkets
0
Ballinrobe leads
1
Convenience shops
1
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
3
Banks
0
Ballinrobe leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
1
Ballinrobe leads
2
EV charging
0
Ballinrobe leads
0
Library & community centre
0
234
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
64
Bellavary 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.

49m · ~75 rush
Galwaylower is better
81m · ~105 rush
Ballinrobe leads
110m · ~130 rush
Limericklower is better
131m · ~150 rush
Ballinrobe leads
178m · ~215 rush
Dublinlower is better
177m · ~210 rush
Bellavary leads
189m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
211m · ~235 rush
Ballinrobe leads
221m · ~235 rush
Waterfordlower is better
238m · ~250 rush
Ballinrobe leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.2
Bellavary leads
Ballinrobe · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BallinrobeBelow average
-4BallinrobeBelow average
Bellavary · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4BellavaryBelow average
-1BellavaryBelow average
34.2%
Third-level educated
36.2%
Bellavary leads
30.3%
Professional class
40.8%
Bellavary leads
12.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.0%
Bellavary leads
62.5%
Owner-occupier
88.7%
Bellavary leads
28.7%
Private rental
4.6%
7.8%
Social housing (LA)
2.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F31 / F23

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinrobeF31, BellavaryF23); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

77/100
Quality of Life
65/100
Ballinrobe leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F31 / F23) 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.

BallinrobeBellavaryOverall (avg)
Safety77826582
Affordability10099
Infrastructure8825
Family8579
Education5846
Environment8276
Economic4246
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#2
National ranklower is better
#50
Ballinrobe leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#4
Ballinrobe leads
82/100
Safety
82/100
26.9
Crime / 1,000
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.

Ballinrobe Below average-5.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballinrobe -7 (least affluent) → Ballinrobe -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Bellavary Below average-2.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bellavary -4 (least affluent) → Bellavary -1 (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 (Mayo), 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 12 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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