CastlebarCo. Mayo vs CrossmolinaCo. MayoTown level

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

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iCastlebar sits in F23, Crossmolina in F26. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Castlebar
Crossmolina

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

TOWNS
Castlebar
Co. MAYO · in F23 · pop · 51 small areas
Crossmolina
Co. MAYO · in F26 · pop 1,740 · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€326k
€270k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€240k – €404k
€65k – €303k
Sales (24m)
56
5
Price momentum (YoY)
-17.8%
New-build share
21.8%
33.3%
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 · 3 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Castlebar · 6 schools (largest first)
Davitt College Secondary
880 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St. Geralds College Secondary
665 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Joseph's Secondary School Secondary
539 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Castlebar Primary School Primary
849 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Raifteirí Primary
221 pupils · Catholic
Castlebar Educate Together National School Primary
128 pupils · Multi Denominational
Crossmolina · 2 schools (largest first)
St. Tiernan's College Secondary
237 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Crossmolina N.s. Primary
242 pupils · Catholic
Creches
11
3
GP practices
2
1
Pharmacies
7
2
Hospitals
2
0
Bus stops
12
6
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
16
0
Parks & playgrounds
15
1
Sports pitches
25
5
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.
Galway
74m · ~100 rush
111m · ~135 rush
Limerick
130m · ~150 rush
163m · ~180 rush
Dublin
187m · ~220 rush
201m · ~235 rush
Cork
209m · ~230 rush
242m · ~265 rush
Waterford
241m · ~255 rush
262m · ~275 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.7
-1.8
Castlebar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Castlebar UrbanBelow average
+1Castlebar RuralAbove average
+2BreaghwyAbove average
Crossmolina · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4Crossmolina NorthBelow average
+1Crossmolina SouthAbove average
Third-level educated
41.9%
34.9%
Professional class
36.6%
38.3%
Unemployment
11.0%
6.8%
Owner-occupier
57.2%
78.5%
Private rental
32.1%
12.5%
Social housing (LA)
7.6%
4.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F23 / F26
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CastlebarF23, CrossmolinaF26); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
65/100
68/100
National rank
#49
#27
County rank
#4
#2
Safety
82/100
82/100
Crime / 1,000
26.9
26.9

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.

Castlebar Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castlebar Urban -6 (least affluent) → Breaghwy +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Crossmolina Below average-1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Crossmolina North -4 (least affluent) → Crossmolina South +1 (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 (Mayo) — 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 56 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CastlebarCrossmolina
The verdict

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

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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