Town comparison · Ballintemple vs Glasheen

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Ballintemple or Glasheen?

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.

Ballintemple, Co. Cork · P25 · 635 people | Glasheen, Co. Cork · T12 · 4,340 people

Glasheen is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Ballintemple’s 0, with 1 level.

Glasheen leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafetyaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
32029

Ballintemple aheadlevel or not comparableGlasheen ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallintempleGlasheen
iBallintemple sits in P25, Glasheen in T12. 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.

Ballintemple
Glasheen

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.

635
Population
4,340

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€505k
Median sale pricelower is better
€400k
Glasheen leads
€395k – €680k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€314k – €511k
57
Sales (24m)
56
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
3.5%
New-build share
0.0%

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
2 prim · 0 sec
Glasheen leads
Ballintemple · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Baile Ui Chroinin Primary
63 pupils · Catholic
Glasheen · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B Primary
422 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Muire Gan Smal C Primary
315 pupils · CatholicDEIS
3
Creches
3
N/A
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
6
Glasheen leads
0
Hospitals
1
Glasheen leads
0
Bus stops
46
Glasheen leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
1
Parks & playgrounds
4
Glasheen leads
2
Sports pitches
10
Glasheen 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
6
Glasheen leads
0
Cafés
6
Glasheen leads
0
Pubs & bars
5
Glasheen leads
0
Takeaways
4
Glasheen leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
N/A
Residents per venue
207

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
2
Glasheen leads
0
Convenience shops
3
Glasheen leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Glasheen leads
0
Banks
3
Glasheen leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
5
Glasheen leads
0
Dentists
4
Glasheen leads
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Glasheen leads
0
EV charging
2
Glasheen leads
0
Library & community centre
0
635
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
189
Glasheen 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.

36m · ~60 rush
Corklower is better
5m · ~10 rush
Glasheen leads
119m · ~135 rush
Limericklower is better
91m · ~110 rush
Glasheen leads
102m · ~115 rush
Waterfordlower is better
110m · ~125 rush
Ballintemple leads
190m · ~215 rush
Galwaylower is better
161m · ~185 rush
Glasheen leads
197m · ~230 rush
Dublinlower is better
180m · ~215 rush
Glasheen leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-2.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.7
Glasheen leads
Ballintemple · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4BallintempleBelow average
-1BallintempleBelow average
Glasheen · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Glasheen CBelow average
-5Glasheen CBelow average
+3Glasheen BAbove average
+5Glasheen AAffluent
+8Glasheen AAffluent
+9Glasheen BAffluent
28.0%
Third-level educated
45.0%
Glasheen leads
35.1%
Professional class
36.2%
Glasheen leads
7.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.8%
Ballintemple leads
88.4%
Owner-occupier
60.8%
Ballintemple leads
6.5%
Private rental
26.2%
3.4%
Social housing (LA)
9.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · P25 / T12

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallintempleP25, GlasheenT12); safety & crime are the Cork North Garda division.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P25 / T12) 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.

BallintempleGlasheenOverall (avg)
Safety66566661
Affordability8272
Infrastructure4586
Family7864
Education6055
Environment8262
Economic6264
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#9
County rank
#9
56/100
Safety
61/100
Glasheen leads
67
Crime / 1,000lower is better
58.8
Glasheen 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.

Ballintemple Below average-2.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballintemple -4 (least affluent) → Ballintemple -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Glasheen Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glasheen C -7 (least affluent) → Glasheen B +10 (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 (Cork North), 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 20 CSO Small Areas.

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