Town comparison · Castleconnell vs Galbally

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Castleconnell or Galbally?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Castleconnell, Co. Limerick · V94 · 2,488 people | Galbally, Co. Limerick · E34 · 269 people

Castleconnell is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Galbally’s 2.

Castleconnell leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Galbally leads on
safetyaffordability
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Castleconnell aheadlevel or not comparableGalbally ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CastleconnellGalbally
iCastleconnell sits in V94, Galbally in E34. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Castleconnell
Galbally

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

2,488
Population
269

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€355k
Median sale pricelower is better
€215k
Galbally leads
€280k – €396k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€176k – €286k
73
Sales (24m)
8
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
30.1%
New-build share
N/A

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Castleconnell · 1 schools (largest first)
Castleconnell N S Primary
239 pupils · Catholic
Galbally · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Gallbhaile Primary
139 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
1
Castleconnell leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Castleconnell leads
0
Hospitals
0
11
Bus stops
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Castleconnell leads
2
Gyms & leisure
2
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Castleconnell leads
11
Sports pitches
5
Castleconnell leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

3
Restaurants
0
Castleconnell leads
1
Cafés
0
Castleconnell leads
6
Pubs & bars
3
Castleconnell leads
1
Takeaways
1
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
226
Residents per venuelower is better
67
Galbally leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

1
Supermarkets
1
2
Convenience shops
0
Castleconnell leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Castleconnell leads
1
Banks
0
Castleconnell leads
1
Post offices
1
1
Hairdressers
0
Castleconnell leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
0
Castleconnell leads
0
EV charging
0
1
Library & community centre
1
276
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
90
Galbally leads

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.

16m · ~25 rush
Limericklower is better
48m · ~65 rush
Castleconnell leads
92m · ~115 rush
Corklower is better
61m · ~85 rush
Galbally leads
88m · ~110 rush
Galwaylower is better
119m · ~145 rush
Castleconnell leads
122m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
92m · ~105 rush
Galbally leads
133m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
153m · ~190 rush
Castleconnell leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
0.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.6
Castleconnell leads
Castleconnell · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1CastleconnellBelow average
+2CastleconnellAbove average
Galbally · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11GalballyDisadvantaged
-6GalballyBelow average
45.0%
Third-level educated
27.1%
Castleconnell leads
43.9%
Professional class
33.8%
Castleconnell leads
8.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
13.6%
Castleconnell leads
74.5%
Owner-occupier
73.8%
Castleconnell leads
15.9%
Private rental
11.3%
6.9%
Social housing (LA)
10.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V94 / E34

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CastleconnellV94, GalballyE34); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Galbally leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V94 / E34) 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.

CastleconnellGalballyOverall (avg)
Safety62426656
Affordability89100
Infrastructure8389
Family7275
Education4626
Environment6282
Economic4032
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#66
National ranklower is better
#35
Galbally leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Castleconnell leads
42/100
Safety
56/100
Galbally leads
88.4
Crime / 1,000lower is better
64.9
Galbally leads

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.

Castleconnell Above average+0.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castleconnell -1 (least affluent) → Castleconnell +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Galbally Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Galbally -11 (least affluent) → Galbally -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Limerick), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 9 CSO Small Areas.

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