RosslareCo. Wexford vs The BallaghCo. WexfordTown level

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

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iRosslare sits in Y35, The Ballagh in Y21. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Rosslare
The Ballagh

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

TOWNS
Rosslare
Co. WEXFORD · in Y35 · pop 1,611 · 7 small areas
The Ballagh
Co. WEXFORD · in Y21 · pop 285 · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€284k
€269k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€235k – €414k
€228k – €347k
Sales (24m)
166
14
Price momentum (YoY)
-20.7%
-47.2%
New-build share
2.9%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Rosslare · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
The Ballagh · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
1
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
17
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
60m · ~75 rush
62m · ~75 rush
Dublin
117m · ~150 rush
97m · ~130 rush
Cork
156m · ~180 rush
158m · ~180 rush
Limerick
170m · ~190 rush
170m · ~190 rush
Galway
232m · ~255 rush
213m · ~235 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.3
-9.4
Rosslare · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-3RosslareBelow average
The Ballagh · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BolaboyDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
37.2%
25.0%
Professional class
38.9%
28.0%
Unemployment
7.9%
10.2%
Owner-occupier
69.8%
78.5%
Private rental
13.1%
8.8%
Social housing (LA)
14.0%
11.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · Y35 / Y21
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RosslareY35, The BallaghY21); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
64/100
63/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y21) 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.

RosslareThe BallaghOverall (avg)
Safety64646364
Affordability9496
Infrastructure6888
Family7078
Education3820
Environment8264
Economic3330
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#57
#62
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
64/100
64/100
Crime / 1,000
52.9
52.9

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.

Rosslare Below average-3.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Rosslare) — below the national average.
The Ballagh Disadvantaged-9.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Bolaboy) — 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 (Wexford) — 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 8 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RosslareThe Ballagh
The verdict

Rosslare is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to The Ballagh’s 1, with 3 level: affluence, education levels and public transport. The Ballagh leads on 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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