FerbaneCo. Offaly vs GeashillCo. 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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iFerbane sits in R42, Geashill in R35. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ferbane
Geashill

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

TOWNS
Ferbane
Co. OFFALY · in R42 · pop 1,216 · 6 small areas
Geashill
Co. OFFALY · in R35 · pop · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€300k
€333k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€250k – €350k
€314k – €341k
Sales (24m)
9
6
Price momentum (YoY)
+247.1%
New-build share
38.9%
66.7%
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
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Ferbane · 2 schools (largest first)
Gallen Community School Secondary
433 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St. Cynoc's National School Primary
189 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Geashill · 1 schools (largest first)
Geashill 1 N S Primary
137 pupils · Catholic
Creches
2
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
4
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
1
Sports pitches
9
2
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.
Galway
80m · ~105 rush
99m · ~125 rush
Dublin
98m · ~135 rush
82m · ~115 rush
Limerick
84m · ~100 rush
107m · ~125 rush
Waterford
130m · ~145 rush
112m · ~125 rush
Cork
151m · ~175 rush
146m · ~170 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
-0.4
Ferbane · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16GallenVery disadvantaged
-6FerbaneBelow average
-5MoyclareBelow average
Geashill · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
0GeashillBelow average
Third-level educated
29.3%
33.3%
Professional class
30.8%
36.2%
Unemployment
10.1%
5.2%
Owner-occupier
83.3%
86.4%
Private rental
9.8%
6.8%
Social housing (LA)
4.0%
4.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R42 / R35
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (FerbaneR42, GeashillR35); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
59/100
National rank
#62
#85
County rank
#1
#3
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.

Ferbane Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Gallen -16 (least affluent) → Moyclare -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Geashill Below average-0.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Geashill) — 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 7 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FerbaneGeashill
The verdict

Geashill is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Ferbane’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. Ferbane leads on affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

Homes for sale in Geashill — the stronger town on the data
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