Town comparison · Clonegal vs Tullow

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Clonegal or Tullow?

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.

Clonegal, Co. Carlow · Y21 · 249 people | Tullow, Co. Carlow · R93 · 4,916 people

Clonegal is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Tullow’s 2, with 2 level.

Clonegal leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordability
Tullow leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
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Clonegal aheadlevel or not comparableTullow ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClonegalTullow
iClonegal sits in Y21, Tullow in R93. 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.

Clonegal
Tullow

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.

249
Population
4,916

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€240k
Median sale pricelower is better
€265k
Clonegal leads
€210k – €251k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€210k – €308k
5
Sales (24m)
293
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
26.3%

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
3 prim · 1 sec
Tullow leads
Clonegal · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Cluain Na Ngall Primary
143 pupils · Catholic
Tullow · 4 schools (largest first)
Tullow Community School Secondary
871 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
S N Muire Lourdes Primary
212 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Phadraig Naofa Primary
164 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Columbas N S Primary
91 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
0
Creches
9
Tullow leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
5
Tullow leads
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
10
Tullow leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
6
Tullow leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
Tullow leads
1
Sports pitches
15
Tullow 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.

1
Restaurants
5
Tullow leads
0
Cafés
2
Tullow leads
2
Pubs & bars
9
Tullow leads
0
Takeaways
5
Tullow leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
83
Residents per venuelower is better
234
Clonegal 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.

0
Supermarkets
4
Tullow leads
2
Convenience shops
2
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Tullow leads
0
Banks
1
Tullow leads
0
Post offices
1
Tullow leads
0
Hairdressers
3
Tullow leads
0
Dentists
1
Tullow leads
0
Vets
1
Tullow leads
0
Filling stations
4
Tullow leads
0
EV charging
2
Tullow leads
0
Library & community centre
9
Tullow leads
125
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
164
Clonegal 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.

68m · ~80 rush
Waterfordlower is better
70m · ~85 rush
Clonegal leads
93m · ~130 rush
Dublinlower is better
78m · ~115 rush
Tullow leads
142m · ~160 rush
Limericklower is better
129m · ~145 rush
Tullow leads
163m · ~185 rush
Corklower is better
156m · ~180 rush
Tullow leads
186m · ~210 rush
Galwaylower is better
172m · ~195 rush
Tullow leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.2
Clonegal leads
Clonegal · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6ClonegallBelow average
-2ClonegallBelow average
Tullow · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Tullow UrbanDisadvantaged
-10Tullow UrbanDisadvantaged
-10TullowbegDisadvantaged
-7TullowbegBelow average
+1Tullow RuralAbove average
+2Tullow RuralAbove average
28.6%
Third-level educated
23.0%
Clonegal leads
33.7%
Professional class
20.6%
Clonegal leads
7.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.4%
Clonegal leads
84.1%
Owner-occupier
54.6%
Clonegal leads
8.4%
Private rental
21.9%
5.9%
Social housing (LA)
19.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y21 / R93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClonegalY21, TullowR93); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division.

63/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Clonegal leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y21 / R93) 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.

ClonegalTullowOverall (avg)
Safety63646262
Affordability9696
Infrastructure8864
Family7870
Education2042
Environment6469
Economic3032
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#62
National ranklower is better
#66
Clonegal leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Tullow leads
64/100
Safety
62/100
Clonegal leads
52.9
Crime / 1,000lower is better
57.6
Clonegal 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.

Clonegal Below average-3.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonegall -6 (least affluent) → Clonegall -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Tullow Disadvantaged-10.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tullow Urban -12 (least affluent) → Tullow Rural +2 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Wexford), 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 17 CSO Small Areas.

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