BirrCo. Offaly vs RhodeCo. 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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iBirr sits in R42, Rhode in R35. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Birr
Rhode

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

TOWNS
Birr
Co. OFFALY · in R42 · pop · 13 small areas
Rhode
Co. OFFALY · in R35 · pop · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€217k
€288k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€144k – €295k
€225k – €404k
Sales (24m)
170
31
Price momentum (YoY)
+52.8%
New-build share
11.1%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Birr · 4 schools (largest first)
St.brendan's Community School Secondary
847 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Brendans Monastery Primary
189 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Mercy Primary School Primary
139 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Osmann Primary
86 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Rhode · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
4
1
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
4
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
5
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
0
Sports pitches
12
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.
Dublin
108m · ~145 rush
66m · ~100 rush
Limerick
68m · ~85 rush
121m · ~140 rush
Galway
83m · ~105 rush
99m · ~125 rush
Waterford
112m · ~125 rush
125m · ~140 rush
Cork
132m · ~155 rush
160m · ~180 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10
-6.9
Birr · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Birr UrbanDisadvantaged
Rhode · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BallyburlyBelow average
Third-level educated
30.3%
25.1%
Professional class
28.1%
29.7%
Unemployment
14.8%
9.4%
Owner-occupier
52.9%
82.1%
Private rental
25.1%
8.5%
Social housing (LA)
16.9%
7.2%
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 (BirrR42, RhodeR35); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
59/100
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.

Birr Disadvantaged-10.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Birr Urban) — below the national average.
Rhode Below average-6.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ballyburly) — 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 15 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BirrRhode
The verdict

Birr is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Rhode’s 1, with 3 level: education levels, schools & amenities and affordability. Rhode leads on affluence.

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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