Town comparison · Ballyagran vs Castleconnell

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Ballyagran or Castleconnell?

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.

Ballyagran, Co. Limerick · V35 · 166 people | Castleconnell, Co. Limerick · V94 · 2,488 people

Castleconnell is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyagran’s 1, with 1 level.

Ballyagran leads on
affordability
Castleconnell leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Ballyagran aheadlevel or not comparableCastleconnell ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyagranCastleconnell
iBallyagran sits in V35, Castleconnell in V94. 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.

Ballyagran
Castleconnell

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.

166
Population
2,488

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€235k
Median sale pricelower is better
€355k
Ballyagran leads
€195k – €288k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €396k
5
Sales (24m)
73
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
30.1%

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
1 prim · 0 sec
Ballyagran · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Beal Atha Grean Primary
106 pupils · Catholic
Castleconnell · 1 schools (largest first)
Castleconnell N S Primary
239 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
3
Castleconnell leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
2
Castleconnell leads
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
11
Castleconnell leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Gyms & leisure
2
Castleconnell leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
Castleconnell leads
4
Sports pitches
11
Castleconnell 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
3
Castleconnell leads
0
Cafés
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Pubs & bars
6
Castleconnell leads
0
Takeaways
1
Castleconnell leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
166
Residents per venuelower is better
226
Ballyagran 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
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Convenience shops
2
Castleconnell leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Castleconnell leads
0
Banks
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
1
Castleconnell leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Castleconnell leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
1
Castleconnell leads
83
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
276
Ballyagran 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.

38m · ~55 rush
Limericklower is better
16m · ~25 rush
Castleconnell leads
68m · ~90 rush
Corklower is better
92m · ~115 rush
Ballyagran leads
107m · ~130 rush
Galwaylower is better
88m · ~110 rush
Castleconnell leads
132m · ~145 rush
Waterfordlower is better
122m · ~135 rush
Castleconnell leads
167m · ~200 rush
Dublinlower is better
133m · ~170 rush
Castleconnell leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
0.5
Castleconnell leads
Ballyagran · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4BallyagranBelow average
-3BallyagranBelow average
Castleconnell · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1CastleconnellBelow average
+2CastleconnellAbove average
26.2%
Third-level educated
45.0%
Castleconnell leads
32.6%
Professional class
43.9%
Castleconnell leads
5.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.8%
Ballyagran leads
80.4%
Owner-occupier
74.5%
Ballyagran leads
8.2%
Private rental
15.9%
7.2%
Social housing (LA)
6.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V35 / V94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallyagranV35, CastleconnellV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Castleconnell leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V35 / V94) 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.

BallyagranCastleconnellOverall (avg)
Safety57426242
Affordability10089
Infrastructure2683
Family8572
Education3246
Environment6562
Economic5040
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#93
National ranklower is better
#66
Castleconnell leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Castleconnell leads
42/100
Safety
42/100
88.4
Crime / 1,000
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.

Ballyagran Below average-3.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyagran -4 (least affluent) → Ballyagran -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Castleconnell Above average+0.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castleconnell -1 (least affluent) → Castleconnell +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 (Limerick), 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 9 CSO Small Areas.

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