Town comparison · Conna vs Mallow

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Conna or Mallow?

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.

Conna, Co. Cork · P51 · 609 people | Mallow, Co. Cork · P51 · 12,934 people

Mallow is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Conna’s 1, with 1 level.

Conna leads on
affluence
Mallow leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
71629

Conna aheadlevel or not comparableMallow ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ConnaMallow
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area P51 — 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.

Conna
Mallow

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.

609
Population
12,934

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€285k
Median sale pricelower is better
€273k
Mallow leads
€225k – €399k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€200k – €340k
21
Sales (24m)
533
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
-5.8%
N/A
New-build share
8.6%

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
7 prim · 3 sec
Mallow leads
Conna · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Naomh Caitriona Primary
155 pupils · Catholic
Mallow · 10 schools (largest first)
Davis College Secondary
1,010 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Mary's Secondary School Secondary
758 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Patrician Academy Secondary
570 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Ghobnatan Primary
497 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis Primary
409 pupils · Catholic
Convent Girls Senior National School Primary
249 pupils · Catholic
S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School Primary
209 pupils · Catholic
Mallow Community National School Primary
204 pupils · Multi Denominational
S N Iosagain Primary
143 pupils · Catholic
S N Rathain Primary
105 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
15
Mallow leads
N/A
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
5
Mallow leads
0
Hospitals
2
Mallow leads
2
Bus stops
8
Mallow leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Mallow leads
0
Gyms & leisure
12
Mallow leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
7
Mallow leads
2
Sports pitches
24
Mallow 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
11
Mallow leads
0
Cafés
8
Mallow leads
2
Pubs & bars
11
Mallow leads
1
Takeaways
4
Mallow leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Mallow leads
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Mallow leads
203
Residents per venuelower is better
359
Conna 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
6
Mallow leads
1
Convenience shops
4
Mallow leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Mallow leads
0
Banks
4
Mallow leads
1
Post offices
2
Mallow leads
0
Hairdressers
11
Mallow leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
7
Mallow leads
0
EV charging
4
Mallow leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Mallow leads
203
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
294
Conna 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.

41m · ~65 rush
Corklower is better
32m · ~55 rush
Mallow leads
93m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
60m · ~80 rush
Mallow leads
79m · ~95 rush
Waterfordlower is better
109m · ~125 rush
Conna leads
164m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
130m · ~155 rush
Mallow leads
170m · ~205 rush
Dublin
170m · ~205 rush

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-1.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.1
Conna leads
Conna · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KnockmourneBelow average
+0KnockmourneAbove average
Mallow · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Mallow South UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Mallow South UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Mallow North UrbanBelow average
-3Mallow RuralBelow average
-2Mallow North UrbanBelow average
-2Mallow RuralBelow average
33.0%
Third-level educated
34.7%
Mallow leads
40.5%
Professional class
31.7%
Conna leads
7.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.4%
Conna leads
77.8%
Owner-occupier
59.6%
Conna leads
14.0%
Private rental
22.1%
5.7%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · P51 / P51

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ConnaP51, MallowP51); safety & crime are the Cork North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
64/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P51 / P51) 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.

ConnaMallowOverall (avg)
Safety64566456
Affordability9999
Infrastructure5757
Family8282
Education4141
Environment6666
Economic4949
020406080100020406080100
#58
National rank
#58
#12
County rank
#12
56/100
Safety
56/100
67
Crime / 1,000
67

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.

Conna Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Knockmourne -4 (least affluent) → Knockmourne +0 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Mallow Below average-5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Mallow South Urban -13 (least affluent) → Mallow Rural -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 (Cork North), 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 53 CSO Small Areas.

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