Town comparison · Ballyhaunis vs Claremorris

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Ballyhaunis or Claremorris?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo · F35 · 2,039 people | Claremorris, Co. Mayo · F12 · 3,065 people

Claremorris is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyhaunis’s 0, with 2 level.

Claremorris leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
171620

Ballyhaunis aheadlevel or not comparableClaremorris ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyhaunisClaremorris
iBallyhaunis sits in F35, Claremorris in F12. 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.

Ballyhaunis
Claremorris

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.

2,039
Population
3,065

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€175k
Median sale pricelower is better
€225k
Ballyhaunis leads
€105k – €222k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€150k – €290k
111
Sales (24m)
225
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.9%
New-build share
0.4%

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 · 2 sec
Claremorris leads
Ballyhaunis · 2 schools (largest first)
Ballyhaunis Community School Secondary
750 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Iosa Primary
382 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Claremorris · 3 schools (largest first)
Mount St Michael Secondary
404 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Cholmáin Secondary
378 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Claremorris National School Primary
358 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
6
Claremorris leads
1
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
3
Claremorris leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
7
Claremorris leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
2
Gyms & leisure
5
Claremorris leads
5
Parks & playgrounds
3
Ballyhaunis leads
17
Sports pitches
18
Claremorris 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.

3
Restaurants
2
Ballyhaunis leads
2
Cafés
1
Ballyhaunis leads
7
Pubs & bars
10
Claremorris leads
5
Takeaways
3
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
120
Residents per venuelower is better
192
Ballyhaunis leads
#64 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#71 of 131 small towns
Ballyhaunis 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
4
Claremorris leads
9
Convenience shops
8
Ballyhaunis leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ballyhaunis leads
2
Banks
3
Claremorris leads
1
Post offices
1
6
Hairdressers
2
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Dentists
1
Claremorris leads
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
5
Claremorris leads
1
EV charging
4
Claremorris leads
2
Library & community centre
1
Ballyhaunis leads
73
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
106
Ballyhaunis 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.

64m · ~90 rush
Galwaylower is better
58m · ~80 rush
Claremorris leads
110m · ~130 rush
Limericklower is better
105m · ~125 rush
Claremorris leads
160m · ~195 rush
Dublinlower is better
171m · ~205 rush
Ballyhaunis leads
189m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
184m · ~205 rush
Claremorris leads
214m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
216m · ~230 rush
Ballyhaunis leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3
Claremorris leads
Ballyhaunis · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
-9BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
Claremorris · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5ClaremorrisBelow average
-1ClaremorrisBelow average
24.2%
Third-level educated
34.4%
Claremorris leads
20.2%
Professional class
32.0%
Claremorris leads
17.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.0%
Claremorris leads
53.2%
Owner-occupier
56.9%
Claremorris leads
31.5%
Private rental
31.5%
9.2%
Social housing (LA)
7.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F35 / F12

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallyhaunisF35, ClaremorrisF12); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

67/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Ballyhaunis leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F35 / F12) 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.

BallyhaunisClaremorrisOverall (avg)
Safety67826682
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8739
Family8486
Education1430
Environment8280
Economic2242
020406080100020406080100
#15
National ranklower is better
#35
Ballyhaunis leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#3
Ballyhaunis 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.

Ballyhaunis Disadvantaged-10.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyhaunis -12 (least affluent) → Ballyhaunis -9 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Claremorris Below average-3.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Claremorris -5 (least affluent) → Claremorris -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 20 CSO Small Areas.

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