HeadfordCo. Galway vs TuamCo. GalwayTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iHeadford sits in H91, Tuam in H54. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Headford
Tuam

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

TOWNS
Headford
Co. GALWAY · in H91 · pop · 5 small areas
Tuam
Co. GALWAY · in H54 · pop · 40 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€374k
€282k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€374k – €379k
€231k – €321k
Sales (24m)
7
20
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
100.0%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 3 sec
Headford · 2 schools (largest first)
Presentation College Secondary
845 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Headford Primary School Primary
138 pupils · Catholic
Tuam · 5 schools (largest first)
High Cross College Secondary
827 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Jarlaths College Secondary
706 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Archbishop Mchale College Secondary
471 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Trinity Primary School Primary
760 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha Primary
224 pupils · Catholic
Creches
1
12
GP practices
0
2
Pharmacies
0
9
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
11
22
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
5
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
8
12
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
28m · ~50 rush
34m · ~60 rush
Limerick
94m · ~110 rush
81m · ~100 rush
Dublin
164m · ~200 rush
149m · ~185 rush
Cork
174m · ~195 rush
160m · ~180 rush
Waterford
207m · ~220 rush
192m · ~205 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
0.6
-5.5
Headford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1HeadfordAbove average
Tuam · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Tuam UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Tuam RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
43.0%
36.5%
Professional class
43.0%
30.7%
Unemployment
8.4%
13.3%
Owner-occupier
75.5%
57.6%
Private rental
17.3%
27.2%
Social housing (LA)
5.0%
9.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H91 / H54
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (HeadfordH91, TuamH54); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
69/100
58/100
National rank
#25
#89
County rank
#1
#4
Safety
61/100
61/100
Crime / 1,000
60.1
60.1

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.

Headford Above average+0.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Headford) — above the national average.
Tuam Below average-5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tuam Urban -9 (least affluent) → Tuam Rural -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (Galway) — 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 45 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
HeadfordTuam
The verdict

Headford and Tuam are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Headford is ahead on affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city; Tuam on schools & amenities, public transport and affordability.

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

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