BanagherCo. Offaly vs ClonygowanCo. OffalyTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBanagher sits in R42, Clonygowan in R35. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Banagher
Clonygowan

Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

TOWNS
Banagher
Co. OFFALY · in R42 · pop 1,281 · 5 small areas
Clonygowan
Co. OFFALY · in R35 · pop 308 · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€188k
€270k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€130k – €274k
€260k – €289k
Sales (24m)
46
3
Price momentum (YoY)
+122.5%
New-build share
0.0%
33.3%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Banagher · 2 schools (largest first)
Banagher College Secondary
563 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Rynaghs N S Primary
251 pupils · Catholic
Clonygowan · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mhuire Primary
129 pupils · Catholic
Creches
2
1
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
3
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
1
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Limerick
72m · ~90 rush
101m · ~120 rush
Galway
73m · ~95 rush
105m · ~130 rush
Dublin
112m · ~145 rush
74m · ~110 rush
Waterford
124m · ~140 rush
106m · ~120 rush
Cork
144m · ~165 rush
140m · ~160 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.3
-3.9
Banagher · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BanagherDisadvantaged
-8BanagherDisadvantaged
Clonygowan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6ClonygowanBelow average
-2ClonygowanBelow average
Third-level educated
24.7%
30.3%
Professional class
27.5%
37.6%
Unemployment
16.4%
9.0%
Owner-occupier
64.9%
89.8%
Private rental
18.0%
4.7%
Social housing (LA)
12.9%
3.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R42 / R35
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BanagherR42, ClonygowanR35); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
59/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R42 / R35) 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.

BanagherClonygowanOverall (avg)
Safety63405940
Affordability10096
Infrastructure8858
Family7977
Education3634
Environment7469
Economic2737
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#62
#85
County rank
#1
#3
Safety
40/100
40/100
Crime / 1,000
90.8
90.8

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.

Banagher Disadvantaged-10.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Banagher -12 (least affluent) → Banagher -8 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Clonygowan Below average-3.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonygowan -6 (least affluent) → Clonygowan -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety & crime are the Garda division (Laois/Offaly) — coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 6 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BanagherClonygowan
The verdict

Clonygowan is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Banagher’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. Banagher leads on affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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