Town comparison · Abbeydorney vs Kenmare

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Abbeydorney or Kenmare?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry · V92 · 218 people | Kenmare, Co. Kerry · V93 · 2,566 people

Kenmare is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Abbeydorney’s 1, with 2 level.

Abbeydorney leads on
affordability
Kenmare leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
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Abbeydorney aheadlevel or not comparableKenmare ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AbbeydorneyKenmare
iAbbeydorney sits in V92, Kenmare in V93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Abbeydorney
Kenmare

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

218
Population
2,566

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€269k
Median sale pricelower is better
€295k
Abbeydorney leads
€180k – €326k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€250k – €433k
16
Sales (24m)
138
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
7.2%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Kenmare leads
Abbeydorney · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mainistir O Dtorna Primary
124 pupils · Catholic
Kenmare · 2 schools (largest first)
Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine Secondary
614 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Johns Ns Primary
404 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
4
Kenmare leads
N/A
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
2
Kenmare leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
1
Abbeydorney leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
4
Kenmare leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
4
Kenmare leads
2
Sports pitches
11
Kenmare leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

0
Restaurants
18
Kenmare leads
1
Cafés
8
Kenmare leads
2
Pubs & bars
11
Kenmare leads
0
Takeaways
3
Kenmare leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
73
Residents per venuelower is better
64
Kenmare leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
4
Kenmare leads
2
Convenience shops
2
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
3
Kenmare leads
1
Post offices
1
1
Hairdressers
5
Kenmare leads
0
Dentists
2
Kenmare leads
0
Vets
1
Kenmare leads
1
Filling stations
3
Kenmare leads
0
EV charging
4
Kenmare leads
1
Library & community centre
1
36
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
99
Abbeydorney leads

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.

106m · ~130 rush
Corklower is better
80m · ~100 rush
Kenmare leads
91m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
129m · ~145 rush
Abbeydorney leads
159m · ~185 rush
Galwaylower is better
199m · ~225 rush
Abbeydorney leads
196m · ~210 rush
Waterfordlower is better
181m · ~195 rush
Kenmare leads
223m · ~260 rush
Dublinlower is better
248m · ~285 rush
Abbeydorney leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
Kenmare leads
Abbeydorney · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7AbbeydorneyBelow average
-4AbbeydorneyBelow average
Kenmare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2KenmareBelow average
-1KenmareBelow average
30.5%
Third-level educated
40.1%
Kenmare leads
33.3%
Professional class
36.7%
Kenmare leads
9.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.0%
Abbeydorney leads
75.9%
Owner-occupier
56.7%
Abbeydorney leads
9.9%
Private rental
26.7%
11.2%
Social housing (LA)
12.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V92 / V93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AbbeydorneyV92, KenmareV93); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Kenmare leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V92 / V93) 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.

AbbeydorneyKenmareOverall (avg)
Safety66727072
Affordability9989
Infrastructure6589
Family7578
Education4041
Environment8482
Economic3042
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#35
National ranklower is better
#18
Kenmare leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Kenmare leads
72/100
Safety
72/100
42.6
Crime / 1,000
42.6

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.

Abbeydorney Below average-5.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Abbeydorney -7 (least affluent) → Abbeydorney -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kenmare Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kenmare -2 (least affluent) → Kenmare -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Kerry), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 14 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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