Town comparison · Adare vs Castleconnell

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Adare or Castleconnell?

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.

Adare, Co. Limerick · V94 · 1,047 people | Castleconnell, Co. Limerick · V94 · 2,488 people

Adare is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Castleconnell’s 2, with 2 level.

Adare leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenities
Castleconnell leads on
public transportaffordability
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Adare aheadlevel or not comparableCastleconnell ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AdareCastleconnell
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V94 — 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. 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.

Adare
Castleconnell

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.

1,047
Population
2,488

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€520k
Median sale pricelower is better
€348k
Castleconnell leads
€365k – €626k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€272k – €379k
70
Sales (24m)
73
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
22.9%
New-build share
30.1%

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.

3 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Adare leads
Adare · 3 schools (largest first)
Scoil Naomh Iosaf Primary
144 pupils · Catholic
Our Ladys Abbey Primary
134 pupils · Catholic
St. Nicholas Church Of Ireland School Primary
52 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Castleconnell · 1 schools (largest first)
Castleconnell N S Primary
239 pupils · Catholic
4
Creches
3
Adare leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
11
Castleconnell leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Castleconnell leads
4
Gyms & leisure
2
Adare leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
2
11
Sports pitches
11

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.

8
Restaurants
3
Adare leads
1
Cafés
1
8
Pubs & bars
6
Adare leads
0
Takeaways
1
Castleconnell leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
62
Residents per venuelower is better
226
Adare 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
1
Castleconnell leads
3
Convenience shops
2
Adare leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Castleconnell leads
1
Banks
1
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
1
Castleconnell leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Adare leads
2
Filling stations
1
Adare leads
2
EV charging
0
Adare leads
2
Library & community centre
1
Adare leads
87
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
276
Adare 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.

18m · ~30 rush
Limericklower is better
16m · ~25 rush
Castleconnell leads
82m · ~105 rush
Corklower is better
92m · ~115 rush
Adare leads
88m · ~110 rush
Galway
88m · ~110 rush
128m · ~140 rush
Waterfordlower is better
122m · ~135 rush
Castleconnell leads
148m · ~185 rush
Dublinlower is better
133m · ~170 rush
Castleconnell leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
4.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
0.5
Adare leads
Adare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3Adare SouthAbove average
+6Adare SouthAffluent
Castleconnell · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1CastleconnellBelow average
+2CastleconnellAbove average
48.2%
Third-level educated
45.0%
Adare leads
47.7%
Professional class
43.9%
Adare leads
6.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.8%
Adare leads
72.3%
Owner-occupier
74.5%
Castleconnell leads
19.8%
Private rental
15.9%
4.3%
Social housing (LA)
6.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V94 / V94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AdareV94, CastleconnellV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V94 / V94) 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.

AdareCastleconnellOverall (avg)
Safety62426242
Affordability8989
Infrastructure8383
Family7272
Education4646
Environment6262
Economic4040
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#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
42/100
Safety
42/100
88.4
Crime / 1,000
88.4

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.

Adare Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Adare South +3 (least affluent) → Adare South +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Castleconnell Above average+0.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castleconnell -1 (least affluent) → Castleconnell +2 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Limerick), 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 11 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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