ClaraCo. Offaly vs CloghanCo. 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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iClara sits in R35, Cloghan in R42. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Clara
Cloghan

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

TOWNS
Clara
Co. OFFALY · in R35 · pop · 13 small areas
Cloghan
Co. OFFALY · in R42 · pop · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€146k
€267k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€100k – €300k
€242k – €278k
Sales (24m)
17
8
Price momentum (YoY)
+54.9%
+5.0%
New-build share
0.0%
76.9%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
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
Cloghan · 1 schools (largest first)
St Marys National School Primary
105 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
3
1
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
7
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
0
Sports pitches
9
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.
Limerick
102m · ~120 rush
77m · ~95 rush
Dublin
79m · ~115 rush
102m · ~135 rush
Galway
80m · ~105 rush
82m · ~105 rush
Waterford
126m · ~140 rush
124m · ~140 rush
Cork
160m · ~180 rush
144m · ~165 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.5
-9
Clara · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-8ClaraDisadvantaged
Cloghan · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-9CloghanDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
26.8%
25.5%
Professional class
27.5%
26.5%
Unemployment
10.9%
11.6%
Owner-occupier
72.1%
74.2%
Private rental
11.1%
9.4%
Social housing (LA)
13.5%
14.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R35 / R42
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaraR35, CloghanR42); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
59/100
63/100
National rank
#85
#62
County rank
#3
#1
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.

Clara Disadvantaged-8.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Clara) — below the national average.
Cloghan Disadvantaged-9.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Cloghan) — 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
ClaraCloghan
The verdict

Clara is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Cloghan’s 0, with 5 level: schools & amenities and affordability. Cloghan doesn’t lead on any.

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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