BracknaghCo. Offaly vs ClaraCo. 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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iBracknagh sits in R51, Clara in R35. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Bracknagh
Clara

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

TOWNS
Bracknagh
Co. OFFALY · in R51 · pop 274 · 1 small areas
Clara
Co. OFFALY · in R35 · pop 3,381 · 13 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€335k
€200k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€239k – €398k
€135k – €295k
Sales (24m)
8
85
Price momentum (YoY)
-31.4%
+154.2%
New-build share
0.0%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
2 prim · 1 sec
Bracknagh · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Clara · 3 schools (largest first)
Ardscoil Chiaráin Naofa Secondary
331 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Phroinsiais Naofa Primary
190 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Clara Convent N S Primary
183 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
0
3
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
2
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
0
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
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.
Dublin
67m · ~100 rush
79m · ~115 rush
Galway
119m · ~145 rush
80m · ~105 rush
Limerick
104m · ~120 rush
102m · ~120 rush
Waterford
108m · ~120 rush
126m · ~140 rush
Cork
143m · ~165 rush
160m · ~180 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.5
-2.6
Bracknagh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8BracknaghDisadvantaged
-3BracknaghBelow average
Clara · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8ClaraDisadvantaged
+3ClaraAbove average
Third-level educated
26.8%
36.1%
Professional class
30.2%
38.4%
Unemployment
8.9%
9.3%
Owner-occupier
93.5%
72.1%
Private rental
3.4%
9.0%
Social housing (LA)
1.6%
7.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / R35
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BracknaghR51, ClaraR35); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
Quality of Life
57/100
59/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R51 / 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.

BracknaghClaraOverall (avg)
Safety57635940
Affordability7696
Infrastructure4458
Family7477
Education3634
Environment6569
Economic3937
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#93
#85
County rank
#5
#3
Safety
63/100
40/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
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.

Bracknagh Below average-5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bracknagh -8 (least affluent) → Bracknagh -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Clara Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clara -8 (least affluent) → Clara +3 (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 (Kildare) — 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 14 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BracknaghClara
The verdict

Clara is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Bracknagh’s 2, with 2 level: affluence, education levels and affordability. Bracknagh leads on safety 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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