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Drayton Villa, Kilcoursey, Clara, Co. Offaly (1)Photo: Mike Searle (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Offaly · 2026

Best places to live in County Offaly

Households in the county have a median gross income of €56,048 (2022). With 4 towns graded overall in County Offaly, there is no county ranking: that takes five. Highest graded in County Offaly is Clara, which stands #132 of 320 in the country. County Offaly grew by 6.7% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.

In national order; the letter compares each town with every town in Ireland of 2,500+. How grades work

Graded towns

In national order; each national rank links to the national list.

Every town in County Offaly →
#TownScoreGrade · national rankWhat drives it
–Clara3,403 people51.7top 41.1%B#132 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A+, safety B+·lowest: health D
–Tullamore15,598 people43.7bottom 36.4%C+#204 of 320 nationallyStrongest: hazard risk A, cost of living B·lowest: health C
–Birr4,726 people42.1bottom 33.2%C#214 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A+, hazard risk B+·lowest: health D
–Edenderry7,888 people38.5bottom 25.4%C#239 of 320 nationallyStrongest: hazard risk B+, cost of living B+·lowest: jobs & income D
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Best places to live, county by county

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Photos: Clara, Mike Searle (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #58 of 4 November 2026. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).