LismoreCo. Waterford vs PortlawCo. WaterfordTown level

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

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iLismore sits in P51, Portlaw in X91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Lismore
Portlaw

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

TOWNS
Lismore
Co. WATERFORD · in P51 · pop 3,108 · 6 small areas
Portlaw
Co. WATERFORD · in X91 · pop · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€266k
€258k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€182k – €501k
€185k – €315k
Sales (24m)
6
12
Price momentum (YoY)
+72.7%
New-build share
0.0%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Lismore · 3 schools (largest first)
Blackwater Community School Secondary
964 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Bunscoil Bhothar Na Naomh Primary
301 pupils · Catholic
S N Lios Mor Mochuda Primary
24 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Portlaw · 1 schools (largest first)
Portlaw N.s. Primary
209 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
3
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
1
Sports pitches
3
1
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.
Waterford
64m · ~80 rush
23m · ~35 rush
Cork
57m · ~80 rush
98m · ~120 rush
Limerick
101m · ~120 rush
107m · ~125 rush
Dublin
168m · ~205 rush
129m · ~165 rush
Galway
171m · ~195 rush
178m · ~200 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.4
-5.9
Lismore · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Lismore RuralBelow average
-1Lismore UrbanBelow average
Portlaw · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-6PortlawBelow average
Third-level educated
35.7%
29.3%
Professional class
33.8%
27.7%
Unemployment
6.6%
8.3%
Owner-occupier
67.7%
72.4%
Private rental
15.9%
15.3%
Social housing (LA)
11.2%
10.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · P51 / X91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LismoreP51, PortlawX91); safety & crime are the Cork North Garda division.
Quality of Life
64/100
65/100
National rank
#57
#49
County rank
#12
#1
Safety
56/100
51/100
Crime / 1,000
67
75.8

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.

Lismore Below average-1.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Lismore Rural -2 (least affluent) → Lismore Urban -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Portlaw Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Portlaw) — 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 (Cork North) — 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 11 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LismorePortlaw
The verdict

Lismore is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Portlaw’s 2, with 2 level: affluence, education levels and safety. Portlaw leads on affordability and access to its nearest city.

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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