BorrisCo. Carlow vs CarlowCo. CarlowTown level

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

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iBorris sits in , Carlow in R93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Borris
Carlow

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

TOWNS
Borris
Co. CARLOW · in · pop · 1 small areas
Carlow
Co. CARLOW · in R93 · pop · 90 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€275k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€191k – €360k
€200k – €325k
Sales (24m)
22
970
Price momentum (YoY)
+14.5%
New-build share
13.1%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
8 prim · 4 sec
Borris · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Carlow · 12 schools (largest first)
St. Leo's College Secondary
885 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Presentation College Secondary
804 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's Academy Cbs Secondary
406 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach Secondary
359 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Naomh Fhiach Primary
601 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc Primary
457 pupils · Catholic
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
377 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family Girls N S Primary
317 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family B N S Primary
308 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch Primary
195 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Ceatharlach Primary
130 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa Primary
112 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
0
22
GP practices
0
3
Pharmacies
0
8
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
1
64
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
15
Parks & playgrounds
1
9
Sports pitches
6
52
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.
Waterford
55m · ~70 rush
58m · ~70 rush
Dublin
94m · ~130 rush
69m · ~105 rush
Limerick
129m · ~145 rush
113m · ~130 rush
Cork
141m · ~165 rush
145m · ~165 rush
Galway
178m · ~200 rush
156m · ~180 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.9
-5.1
Borris · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-8BorrisBelow average
Carlow · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Graigue UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Carlow UrbanDisadvantaged
-4Carlow RuralBelow average
-2Graigue RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
29.4%
36.0%
Professional class
31.7%
29.3%
Unemployment
11.2%
12.5%
Owner-occupier
65.3%
53.9%
Private rental
13.1%
26.9%
Social housing (LA)
15.9%
12.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · / R93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Borris, CarlowR93); safety & crime are the Garda division.
Quality of Life
62/100
National rank
#66
County rank
#1
Safety
62/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6

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.

Borris Below average-7.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Borris) — below the national average.
Carlow Below average-5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Graigue Urban -10 (least affluent) → Graigue Rural -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 () — 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 91 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BorrisCarlow
The verdict

Carlow is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Borris’s 2: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and safety. Borris leads on affordability and 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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