Town comparison · Ardfert vs Milltown

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Ardfert or Milltown?

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 | Milltown, Co. Kildare · W12 · 184 people

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

Ardfert leads on
safetyaffordability
Milltown leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
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Ardfert aheadlevel or not comparableMilltown ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ArdfertMilltown
iArdfert sits in V92, Milltown in W12. 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
Milltown

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
184

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€254k
Median sale pricelower is better
€504k
Ardfert leads
€171k – €390k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€341k – €588k
41
Sales (24m)
10
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
2.4%
New-build share
N/A

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 · 0 sec
Ardfert · 1 schools (largest first)
Ardfert Central N S Primary
218 pupils · Catholic
Milltown · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Brighde Primary
226 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
1
Ardfert leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
2
Ardfert leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
0
Ardfert leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
Ardfert leads
7
Sports pitches
5
Ardfert 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
0
Ardfert leads
0
Cafés
0
2
Pubs & bars
2
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
367
Residents per venuelower is better
92
Milltown 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
0
Ardfert leads
0
Convenience shops
1
Milltown leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ardfert leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
0
Ardfert leads
0
EV charging
0
1
Library & community centre
0
Ardfert leads
275
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
184
Milltown 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.

110m · ~130 rush
Corklower is better
91m · ~115 rush
Milltown leads
100m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
99m · ~115 rush
Milltown leads
170m · ~195 rush
Galwaylower is better
169m · ~195 rush
Milltown leads
200m · ~215 rush
Waterfordlower is better
184m · ~200 rush
Milltown leads
230m · ~265 rush
Dublinlower is better
229m · ~265 rush
Milltown leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.5
Milltown leads
Ardfert · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9ArdfertDisadvantaged
-6ArdfertBelow average
Milltown · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2FeighcullenBelow average
-1FeighcullenBelow average
35.2%
Third-level educated
39.2%
Milltown leads
29.1%
Professional class
41.3%
Milltown leads
16.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.8%
Milltown leads
60.4%
Owner-occupier
89.2%
Milltown leads
7.4%
Private rental
4.7%
25.4%
Social housing (LA)
3.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V92 / W12

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ArdfertV92, MilltownW12); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V92 / W12) 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.

ArdfertMilltownOverall (avg)
Safety66726663
Affordability9972
Infrastructure6588
Family7566
Education4057
Environment8474
Economic3043
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#35
National rank
#35
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Milltown leads
72/100
Safety
63/100
Ardfert leads
42.6
Crime / 1,000lower is better
55.1
Ardfert leads

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.
Milltown Below average-1.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Feighcullen -2 (least affluent) → Feighcullen -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 5 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Milltown

The stronger town on the data.

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