Town comparison · Clara vs Killurin

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Clara or Killurin?

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.

Clara, Co. Offaly · R35 · 3,381 people | Killurin, Co. Offaly · Y21 · 167 people

Clara is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Killurin’s 1, with 2 level.

Clara leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiesaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Killurin leads on
safety
241810

Clara aheadlevel or not comparableKillurin ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaraKillurin
iClara sits in R35, Killurin in Y21. 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.

Clara
Killurin

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.

3,381
Population
167

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€211k
Median sale pricelower is better
€426k
Clara leads
€141k – €300k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€266k – €558k
84
Sales (24m)
4
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
1.2%
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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Clara leads
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
Killurin · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Seosamh Primary
94 pupils · Catholic
4
Creches
0
Clara leads
1
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Clara leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
0
Clara leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Clara leads
7
Gyms & leisure
1
Clara leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
Clara leads
14
Sports pitches
2
Clara 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.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
0
7
Pubs & bars
0
Clara leads
5
Takeaways
0
Clara leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
282
Residents per venue
N/A

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
0
Clara leads
0
Convenience shops
0
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Clara leads
1
Banks
0
Clara leads
1
Post offices
0
Clara leads
1
Hairdressers
0
Clara leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
0
Clara leads
1
EV charging
0
Clara leads
3
Library & community centre
0
Clara leads
307
Residents per shop or service
N/A

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.

79m · ~115 rush
Dublinlower is better
84m · ~120 rush
Clara leads
80m · ~105 rush
Galwaylower is better
98m · ~120 rush
Clara leads
102m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
93m · ~110 rush
Killurin leads
126m · ~140 rush
Waterfordlower is better
115m · ~130 rush
Killurin leads
160m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
149m · ~170 rush
Killurin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-2.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.1
Clara leads
Clara · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8ClaraDisadvantaged
+3ClaraAbove average
Killurin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5KilleighBelow average
-2KilleighBelow average
36.1%
Third-level educated
28.3%
Clara leads
38.4%
Professional class
38.0%
Clara leads
9.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.3%
Killurin leads
72.1%
Owner-occupier
88.8%
Killurin leads
9.0%
Private rental
5.5%
7.7%
Social housing (LA)
2.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · R35 / Y21

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaraR35, KillurinY21); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division.

59/100
Quality of Life
63/100
Killurin leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R35 / Y21) 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.

ClaraKillurinOverall (avg)
Safety59406364
Affordability9696
Infrastructure5888
Family7778
Education3420
Environment6964
Economic3730
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#85
National ranklower is better
#62
Killurin leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Killurin leads
40/100
Safety
64/100
Killurin leads
90.8
Crime / 1,000lower is better
52.9
Killurin 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.

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.
Killurin Below average-3.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killeigh -5 (least affluent) → Killeigh -2 (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 (Laois/Offaly), 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 14 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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