Ardnacrusha or CastlebankCo. Clare vs SixmilebridgeCo. ClareTown level

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

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iArdnacrusha or Castlebank sits in V94, Sixmilebridge in V95. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ardnacrusha or Castlebank
Sixmilebridge

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

TOWNS
Ardnacrusha or Castlebank
Co. CLARE · in V94 · pop 1,229 · 5 small areas
Sixmilebridge
Co. CLARE · in V95 · pop 2,832 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€478k
€335k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€408k – €562k
€270k – €376k
Sales (24m)
4
105
Price momentum (YoY)
-1.0%
New-build share
40.0%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Ardnacrusha or Castlebank · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Sixmilebridge · 1 schools (largest first)
Sixmilebridge N S Primary
437 pupils · Catholic
Creches
0
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
7
7
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
10m · ~15 rush
20m · ~35 rush
Galway
86m · ~110 rush
68m · ~90 rush
Cork
96m · ~120 rush
100m · ~120 rush
Waterford
129m · ~145 rush
134m · ~150 rush
Dublin
143m · ~180 rush
154m · ~190 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.3
-0.3
Ardnacrusha or Castlebank · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1BallyglassBelow average
+0BallyglassAbove average
Sixmilebridge · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3SixmilebridgeBelow average
+4MountieversAffluent
Third-level educated
35.9%
40.1%
Professional class
44.1%
42.1%
Unemployment
6.7%
7.5%
Owner-occupier
89.1%
76.6%
Private rental
8.8%
13.0%
Social housing (LA)
1.1%
6.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V94 / V95
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ardnacrusha or CastlebankV94, SixmilebridgeV95); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division.
Quality of Life
62/100
70/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V94 / V95) 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.

Ardnacrusha or CastlebankSixmilebridgeOverall (avg)
Safety62427068
Affordability8991
Infrastructure8365
Family7281
Education4652
Environment6280
Economic4052
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#66
#18
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
42/100
68/100
Crime / 1,000
88.4
48.8

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.

Ardnacrusha or Castlebank Below average-0.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyglass -1 (least affluent) → Ballyglass +0 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Sixmilebridge Below average-0.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sixmilebridge -3 (least affluent) → Mountievers +4 (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 14 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ardnacrusha or CastlebankSixmilebridge
The verdict

Sixmilebridge is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Ardnacrusha or Castlebank’s 0, with 4 level: education levels, safety and affordability. Ardnacrusha or Castlebank doesn’t lead on any.

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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