Town comparison · Ardfert vs Listowel

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Ardfert or Listowel?

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.

Ardfert, Co. Kerry · V92 · 1,100 people | Listowel, Co. Kerry · V31 · 4,063 people

Ardfert and Listowel are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Ardfert leads on
affluenceeducation levels
Listowel leads on
schools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
102220

Ardfert aheadlevel or not comparableListowel ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ArdfertListowel
iArdfert sits in V92, Listowel in V31. 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.

Ardfert
Listowel

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.

1,100
Population
4,063

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€254k
Median sale pricelower is better
€250k
Listowel leads
€171k – €390k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€192k – €309k
41
Sales (24m)
164
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+92.3%
2.4%
New-build share
1.2%

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
3 prim · 3 sec
Listowel leads
Ardfert · 1 schools (largest first)
Ardfert Central N S Primary
218 pupils · Catholic
Listowel · 6 schools (largest first)
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
344 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Michael's College Secondary
327 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Na Ríochta Secondary
174 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Listowel Presentation Primary Primary
194 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Realt Na Maidne Primary
179 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail Primary
141 pupils · CatholicDEIS
2
Creches
6
Listowel leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
3
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
5
Listowel leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
Listowel leads
7
Sports pitches
11
Listowel 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.

1
Restaurants
1
0
Cafés
4
Listowel leads
2
Pubs & bars
0
Ardfert leads
0
Takeaways
2
Listowel leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
367
Residents per venuelower is better
580
Ardfert 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.

1
Supermarkets
4
Listowel leads
0
Convenience shops
3
Listowel leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ardfert leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
1
Listowel leads
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
3
Listowel leads
0
EV charging
1
Listowel leads
1
Library & community centre
1
275
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
313
Ardfert 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.

100m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
70m · ~90 rush
Listowel leads
110m · ~130 rush
Corklower is better
115m · ~135 rush
Ardfert leads
170m · ~195 rush
Galwaylower is better
138m · ~160 rush
Listowel leads
200m · ~215 rush
Waterfordlower is better
181m · ~195 rush
Listowel leads
230m · ~265 rush
Dublinlower is better
202m · ~235 rush
Listowel leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-9.9
Ardfert leads
Ardfert · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9ArdfertDisadvantaged
-6ArdfertBelow average
Listowel · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Listowel UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Listowel UrbanDisadvantaged
-8Listowel RuralBelow average
-2Listowel RuralBelow average
35.2%
Third-level educated
31.0%
Ardfert leads
29.1%
Professional class
28.7%
Ardfert leads
16.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
17.9%
Ardfert leads
60.4%
Owner-occupier
59.8%
Ardfert leads
7.4%
Private rental
20.3%
25.4%
Social housing (LA)
17.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V92 / V31

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ArdfertV92, ListowelV31); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Listowel leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V92 / V31) 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.

ArdfertListowelOverall (avg)
Safety66727172
Affordability99100
Infrastructure6589
Family7572
Education4029
Environment8482
Economic3052
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#35
National ranklower is better
#10
Listowel leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Listowel 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.

Ardfert Below average-7.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ardfert -9 (least affluent) → Ardfert -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Listowel Disadvantaged-9.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Listowel Urban -12 (least affluent) → Listowel Rural -2 (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 26 CSO Small Areas.

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