Town comparison · Clonygowan vs Tullamore

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Clonygowan or Tullamore?

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.

Clonygowan, Co. Offaly · R35 · 308 people | Tullamore, Co. Offaly · R35 · 15,333 people

Clonygowan and Tullamore are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Clonygowan leads on
affluenceaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Tullamore leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
81529

Clonygowan aheadlevel or not comparableTullamore ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClonygowanTullamore
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R35 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Clonygowan
Tullamore

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.

308
Population
15,333

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€270k
Median sale pricelower is better
€290k
Clonygowan leads
€260k – €289k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€213k – €350k
3
Sales (24m)
480
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+6.2%
N/A
New-build share
11.9%

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
8 prim · 3 sec
Tullamore leads
Clonygowan · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mhuire Primary
129 pupils · Catholic
Tullamore · 11 schools (largest first)
Tullamore College Secondary
726 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Colaiste Choilm Secondary
696 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Sacred Heart Secondary School Secondary
579 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Joseph's N.s. Primary
371 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Primary
266 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tullamore Educate Together Ns Primary
244 pupils · Multi Denominational
Arden Boys Ns Primary
213 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil An Eiscir Riada Primary
189 pupils · Catholic
Charleville N S Primary
170 pupils · Church Of Ireland
S N Naomh Philomena Primary
166 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Naomh Brighde Buach Primary
114 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
15
Tullamore leads
N/A
GP practices
9
0
Pharmacies
12
Tullamore leads
0
Hospitals
2
Tullamore leads
2
Bus stops
38
Tullamore leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Tullamore leads
1
Gyms & leisure
16
Tullamore leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
9
Tullamore leads
0
Sports pitches
42
Tullamore 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
18
Tullamore leads
0
Cafés
17
Tullamore leads
0
Pubs & bars
18
Tullamore leads
0
Takeaways
18
Tullamore leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Tullamore leads
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Tullamore leads
N/A
Residents per venue
207

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
9
Tullamore leads
0
Convenience shops
14
Tullamore leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
7
Tullamore leads
0
Banks
4
Tullamore leads
0
Post offices
1
Tullamore leads
0
Hairdressers
22
Tullamore leads
0
Dentists
4
Tullamore leads
0
Vets
4
Tullamore leads
0
Filling stations
10
Tullamore leads
0
EV charging
6
Tullamore leads
0
Library & community centre
3
Tullamore leads
N/A
Residents per shop or service
183

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.

74m · ~110 rush
Dublinlower is better
77m · ~110 rush
Clonygowan leads
105m · ~130 rush
Galwaylower is better
91m · ~115 rush
Tullamore leads
101m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
99m · ~115 rush
Tullamore leads
106m · ~120 rush
Waterfordlower is better
115m · ~130 rush
Clonygowan leads
140m · ~160 rush
Corklower is better
149m · ~170 rush
Clonygowan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.1
Clonygowan leads
Clonygowan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6ClonygowanBelow average
-2ClonygowanBelow average
Tullamore · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Tullamore UrbanDisadvantaged
-8Tullamore UrbanBelow average
-2Tullamore RuralBelow average
+3Tullamore RuralAbove average
30.3%
Third-level educated
34.6%
Tullamore leads
37.6%
Professional class
31.3%
Clonygowan leads
9.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.4%
Clonygowan leads
89.8%
Owner-occupier
57.6%
Clonygowan leads
4.7%
Private rental
27.6%
3.8%
Social housing (LA)
12.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · R35 / R35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClonygowanR35, TullamoreR35); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

59/100
Quality of Life
59/100

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

ClonygowanTullamoreOverall (avg)
Safety59405940
Affordability9696
Infrastructure5858
Family7777
Education3434
Environment6969
Economic3737
020406080100020406080100
#85
National rank
#85
#3
County rank
#3
40/100
Safety
40/100
90.8
Crime / 1,000
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.

Clonygowan Below average-3.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonygowan -6 (least affluent) → Clonygowan -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Tullamore Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tullamore Urban -11 (least affluent) → Tullamore Rural +3 (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 (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 57 CSO Small Areas.

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