PortarlingtonCo. Laois vs StradballyCo. LaoisTown level

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

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R32 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Portarlington
Stradbally

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

TOWNS
Portarlington
Co. LAOIS · in R32 · pop · 28 small areas
Stradbally
Co. LAOIS · in R32 · pop · 6 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€295k
€340k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€234k – €330k
€301k – €344k
Sales (24m)
127
16
Price momentum (YoY)
+271.1%
New-build share
9.5%
50.0%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Portarlington · 4 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Íosagáin Secondary
1,135 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Phadraig Primary
563 pupils · Catholic
Presentation Primary School Primary
509 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil An Tsúdaire 2 Primary
79 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Stradbally · 2 schools (largest first)
St Coleman's National School Primary
325 pupils · Catholic
Cosby N S Primary
52 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
10
2
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
4
2
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
22
4
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
3
2
Parks & playgrounds
5
1
Sports pitches
14
4
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.
Dublin
66m · ~100 rush
73m · ~110 rush
Waterford
99m · ~115 rush
80m · ~95 rush
Limerick
95m · ~115 rush
88m · ~105 rush
Galway
115m · ~140 rush
131m · ~155 rush
Cork
134m · ~155 rush
127m · ~150 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.2
-7.4
Portarlington · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Portarlington NorthBelow average
-4Portarlington SouthBelow average
Stradbally · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7StradballyBelow average
Third-level educated
32.2%
27.0%
Professional class
30.6%
31.5%
Unemployment
10.0%
10.0%
Owner-occupier
67.4%
71.4%
Private rental
17.5%
10.2%
Social housing (LA)
10.9%
13.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R32 / R32
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (PortarlingtonR32, StradballyR32); safety & crime are the Laois/Offaly Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
59/100
59/100
National rank
#85
#85
County rank
#1
#1
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.

Portarlington Below average-5.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Portarlington North -8 (least affluent) → Portarlington South -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Stradbally Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Stradbally) — 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 34 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
PortarlingtonStradbally
The verdict

Portarlington is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Stradbally’s 0, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Stradbally doesn’t lead on any.

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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