LoughreaCo. Galway vs OranmoreCo. 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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iLoughrea sits in H62, Oranmore in H91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Loughrea
Oranmore

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

TOWNS
Loughrea
Co. GALWAY · in H62 · pop · 23 small areas
Oranmore
Co. GALWAY · in H91 · pop · 19 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€325k
€427k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€291k – €384k
€370k – €587k
Sales (24m)
10
8
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
12.5%
21.4%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
Loughrea · 3 schools (largest first)
St Raphaels College Secondary
741 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Ide Naofa Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Riabhach Primary
171 pupils · Multi Denominational
Oranmore · 3 schools (largest first)
Calasanctius College Secondary
925 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Íosa Primary
743 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil De Hide Primary
409 pupils · Catholic
Creches
7
13
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
2
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
11
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
5
3
Parks & playgrounds
2
1
Sports pitches
6
9
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
33m · ~55 rush
16m · ~30 rush
Limerick
72m · ~90 rush
67m · ~85 rush
Dublin
130m · ~165 rush
141m · ~175 rush
Cork
151m · ~175 rush
146m · ~170 rush
Waterford
160m · ~175 rush
181m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
7.7
Loughrea · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-1Loughrea UrbanBelow average
Oranmore · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+7OranmoreAffluent
+11ClarinbridgeAffluent
Third-level educated
40.3%
61.4%
Professional class
34.9%
56.4%
Unemployment
9.1%
5.8%
Owner-occupier
52.7%
69.4%
Private rental
32.0%
26.2%
Social housing (LA)
12.3%
2.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H62 / H91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LoughreaH62, OranmoreH91); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
69/100
National rank
#35
#25
County rank
#2
#1
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.

Loughrea Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Loughrea Urban) — below the national average.
Oranmore Affluent+7.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Oranmore +7 (least affluent) → Clarinbridge +11 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 42 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LoughreaOranmore
The verdict

Oranmore is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Loughrea’s 2, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and access to its nearest city. Loughrea leads on 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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