Town comparison · Banagher vs Kinnitty

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Banagher or Kinnitty?

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.

Banagher, Co. Offaly · R42 · 1,281 people | Kinnitty, Co. Offaly · R42 · 420 people

Banagher and Kinnitty are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Banagher leads on
schools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
Kinnitty leads on
affluenceeducation levels
222010

Banagher aheadlevel or not comparableKinnitty ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BanagherKinnitty
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R42 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Banagher
Kinnitty

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.

1,281
Population
420

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€195k
Median sale pricelower is better
€245k
Banagher leads
€128k – €275k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€195k – €346k
44
Sales (24m)
10
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
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
Banagher leads
Banagher · 2 schools (largest first)
Banagher College Secondary
563 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Rynaghs N S Primary
251 pupils · Catholic
Kinnitty · 1 schools (largest first)
Ceann Eitigh N S Primary
138 pupils · Catholic
4
Creches
1
Banagher leads
1
GP practices
N/A
3
Pharmacies
0
Banagher leads
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
2
Banagher leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
1
Banagher leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
Banagher leads
12
Sports pitches
3
Banagher 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
0
Banagher leads
1
Cafés
2
Kinnitty leads
5
Pubs & bars
2
Banagher leads
1
Takeaways
0
Banagher leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
128
Residents per venuelower is better
105
Kinnitty 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.

1
Supermarkets
0
Banagher leads
2
Convenience shops
1
Banagher leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
0
Banagher leads
2
Hairdressers
0
Banagher leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Banagher leads
2
Filling stations
0
Banagher leads
2
EV charging
1
Banagher leads
1
Library & community centre
0
Banagher leads
107
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
210
Banagher 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.

72m · ~90 rush
Limericklower is better
75m · ~95 rush
Banagher leads
73m · ~95 rush
Galwaylower is better
96m · ~120 rush
Banagher leads
112m · ~145 rush
Dublinlower is better
101m · ~135 rush
Kinnitty leads
124m · ~140 rush
Waterfordlower is better
108m · ~120 rush
Kinnitty leads
144m · ~165 rush
Corklower is better
136m · ~160 rush
Kinnitty leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.2
Kinnitty leads
Banagher · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BanagherDisadvantaged
-8BanagherDisadvantaged
Kinnitty · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KinnittyBelow average
-5KinnittyBelow average
24.7%
Third-level educated
30.6%
Kinnitty leads
27.5%
Professional class
30.8%
Kinnitty leads
16.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.3%
Kinnitty leads
64.9%
Owner-occupier
75.0%
Kinnitty leads
18.0%
Private rental
14.8%
12.9%
Social housing (LA)
5.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · R42 / R42

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BanagherR42, KinnittyR42); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

63/100
Quality of Life
63/100

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

BanagherKinnittyOverall (avg)
Safety63406340
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8888
Family7979
Education3636
Environment7474
Economic2727
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#62
National rank
#62
#1
County rank
#1
40/100
Safety
40/100
90.8
Crime / 1,000
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.
Kinnitty Below average-6.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kinnitty -7 (least affluent) → Kinnitty -5 (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 (Laois/Offaly), 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 7 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Banagher

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