BandonCo. Cork vs CrossbarryCo. CorkTown level

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

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iBandon sits in P72, Crossbarry in T12. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Bandon
Crossbarry

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

TOWNS
Bandon
Co. CORK · in P72 · pop 6,899 · 26 small areas
Crossbarry
Co. CORK · in T12 · pop 399 · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€330k
€485k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€267k – €394k
€320k – €630k
Sales (24m)
387
9
Price momentum (YoY)
+0.0%
New-build share
9.7%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 3 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Bandon · 5 schools (largest first)
St. Brogan's College Secondary
861 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Na Toirbhirte Secondary
451 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh Secondary
429 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Bandon Primary School Primary
376 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Droichead Na Banndan Primary
167 pupils · Catholic
Crossbarry · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
9
0
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
7
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
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.
Cork
30m · ~50 rush
22m · ~35 rush
Limerick
117m · ~135 rush
108m · ~125 rush
Waterford
131m · ~145 rush
122m · ~135 rush
Galway
186m · ~210 rush
178m · ~200 rush
Dublin
201m · ~235 rush
192m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.7
-4.6
Bandon · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BandonDisadvantaged
-7BandonBelow average
-4BallymodanBelow average
-2BallymodanBelow average
+3KilbroganAbove average
+3KilbroganAbove average
+7InishannonAffluent
+10InishannonAffluent
Crossbarry · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BallymurphyDisadvantaged
+0BallymurphyAbove average
Third-level educated
33.0%
28.5%
Professional class
32.4%
39.0%
Unemployment
11.3%
7.9%
Owner-occupier
59.9%
89.3%
Private rental
25.4%
6.6%
Social housing (LA)
11.4%
0.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · P72 / T12
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BandonP72, CrossbarryT12); safety & crime are the Cork West Garda division.
Quality of Life
70/100
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P72 / 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.

BandonCrossbarryOverall (avg)
Safety70896661
Affordability8472
Infrastructure5286
Family8364
Education5355
Environment6662
Economic6064
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#18
#35
County rank
#5
#9
Safety
89/100
61/100
Crime / 1,000
17.3
58.8

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.

Bandon Below average-3.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bandon -9 (least affluent) → Inishannon +10 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Crossbarry Below average-4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballymurphy -9 (least affluent) → Ballymurphy +0 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Cork West) — 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 27 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BandonCrossbarry
The verdict

Bandon is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Crossbarry’s 1, with 2 level: education levels, schools & amenities, safety and affordability. Crossbarry leads on access to its nearest city.

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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