Town comparison · Killimor vs Loughrea

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Killimor or Loughrea?

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.

Killimor, Co. Galway · H53 · 317 people | Loughrea, Co. Galway · H62 · 5,629 people

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

Killimor leads on
affordability
Loughrea leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Killimor aheadlevel or not comparableLoughrea ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KillimorLoughrea
iKillimor sits in H53, Loughrea in H62. 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.

Killimor
Loughrea

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.

317
Population
5,629

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€245k
Median sale pricelower is better
€327k
Killimor leads
€130k – €300k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€255k – €388k
13
Sales (24m)
221
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+21.5%
N/A
New-build share
10.9%

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
3 prim · 2 sec
Loughrea leads
Killimor · 1 schools (largest first)
Iomair N S Primary
130 pupils · Catholic
Loughrea · 5 schools (largest first)
St Brigids College Secondary
754 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Raphaels College Secondary
741 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Ide Naofa Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
St Brendans N S Primary
226 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Riabhach Primary
171 pupils · Multi Denominational
2
Creches
9
Loughrea leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
3
Loughrea leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
12
Loughrea leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
5
Loughrea leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
5
Loughrea leads
2
Sports pitches
13
Loughrea 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
4
Loughrea leads
0
Cafés
2
Loughrea leads
3
Pubs & bars
12
Loughrea leads
1
Takeaways
4
Loughrea leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
63
Residents per venuelower is better
256
Killimor 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.

1
Supermarkets
4
Loughrea leads
1
Convenience shops
5
Loughrea leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Loughrea leads
0
Banks
3
Loughrea leads
2
Post offices
1
Killimor leads
1
Hairdressers
6
Loughrea leads
0
Dentists
2
Loughrea leads
0
Vets
3
Loughrea leads
0
Filling stations
3
Loughrea leads
0
EV charging
4
Loughrea leads
0
Library & community centre
1
Loughrea leads
63
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
156
Killimor 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.

49m · ~75 rush
Galwaylower is better
33m · ~55 rush
Loughrea leads
71m · ~90 rush
Limericklower is better
72m · ~90 rush
Killimor leads
132m · ~165 rush
Dublinlower is better
130m · ~165 rush
Loughrea leads
143m · ~155 rush
Waterfordlower is better
160m · ~175 rush
Killimor leads
146m · ~170 rush
Corklower is better
151m · ~175 rush
Killimor leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.5
Loughrea leads
Killimor · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KillimorBelow average
-5KillimorBelow average
Loughrea · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Loughrea UrbanBelow average
-1Loughrea UrbanBelow average
28.3%
Third-level educated
37.1%
Loughrea leads
34.6%
Professional class
33.0%
Killimor leads
8.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
13.1%
Killimor leads
75.7%
Owner-occupier
52.7%
Killimor leads
6.9%
Private rental
31.1%
5.3%
Social housing (LA)
13.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H53 / H62

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KillimorH53, LoughreaH62); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

61/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Loughrea leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H53 / H62) 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.

KillimorLoughreaOverall (avg)
Safety61616661
Affordability10088
Infrastructure2235
Family8780
Education3851
Environment8088
Economic4057
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#77
National ranklower is better
#35
Loughrea leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Loughrea leads
61/100
Safety
61/100
60.1
Crime / 1,000
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.

Killimor Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killimor -7 (least affluent) → Killimor -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Loughrea Below average-3.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Loughrea Urban -6 (least affluent) → Loughrea Urban -1 (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 (Galway), 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 24 CSO Small Areas.

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