AdareCo. Limerick vs Newcastle WestCo. LimerickTown level

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

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iAdare sits in V94, Newcastle West in V42. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Adare
Newcastle West

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

TOWNS
Adare
Co. LIMERICK · in V94 · pop · 3 small areas
Newcastle West
Co. LIMERICK · in V42 · pop · 26 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€595k
€180k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€553k – €780k
€144k – €279k
Sales (24m)
7
37
Price momentum (YoY)
+9.8%
+2.6%
New-build share
33.3%
8.3%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Adare · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Naomh Iosaf Primary
144 pupils · Catholic
Our Ladys Abbey Primary
134 pupils · Catholic
Newcastle West · 5 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire & Íde Secondary
771 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Desmond College Secondary
515 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil O Curain B Primary
249 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Josephs Convent Primary
222 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil O Doghair Primary
214 pupils · Catholic
Creches
3
8
GP practices
0
2
Pharmacies
2
4
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
1
11
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
6
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
2
15
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.
Limerick
18m · ~30 rush
40m · ~60 rush
Cork
82m · ~105 rush
83m · ~105 rush
Galway
88m · ~110 rush
109m · ~135 rush
Waterford
128m · ~140 rush
148m · ~160 rush
Dublin
148m · ~185 rush
169m · ~205 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
5.8
-5.5
Adare · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6Adare SouthAffluent
Newcastle West · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Newcastle UrbanBelow average
+2Newcastle RuralAbove average
Third-level educated
52.6%
31.7%
Professional class
48.0%
30.2%
Unemployment
4.5%
9.8%
Owner-occupier
72.3%
54.4%
Private rental
17.5%
30.5%
Social housing (LA)
4.8%
10.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V94 / V42
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AdareV94, Newcastle WestV42); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
42/100
42/100
Crime / 1,000
88.4
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+5.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Adare South) — above the national average.
Newcastle West Below average-5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newcastle Urban -7 (least affluent) → Newcastle Rural +2 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Limerick) — 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 29 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AdareNewcastle West
The verdict

Adare and Newcastle West are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Adare is ahead on affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city; Newcastle West on schools & amenities, public transport and 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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