AshbourneCo. Meath vs Ceanannas Mór (Kells)Co. MeathTown level

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

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iAshbourne sits in A84, Ceanannas Mór (Kells) in A82. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ashbourne
Ceanannas Mór (Kells)

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

TOWNS
Ashbourne
Co. MEATH · in A84 · pop 9,009 · 40 small areas
Ceanannas Mór (Kells)
Co. MEATH · in A82 · pop · 20 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€440k
€348k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€421k – €467k
€339k – €388k
Sales (24m)
83
25
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
61.4%
32.1%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Ashbourne · 4 schools (largest first)
Ashbourne Community School Secondary
1,111 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Nais Deaglain Primary
647 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
481 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Cille Primary
227 pupils · Catholic
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) · 5 schools (largest first)
Eureka Secondary School Secondary
759 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Ciaran's Community School Secondary
597 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Cholmcille Primary
355 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Mercy Ns Primary
326 pupils · Catholic
Kells Parochial N S Primary
60 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
11
5
GP practices
3
1
Pharmacies
4
4
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
13
9
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
10
5
Parks & playgrounds
4
6
Sports pitches
19
11
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.
Dublin
27m · ~55 rush
55m · ~90 rush
Waterford
127m · ~140 rush
152m · ~165 rush
Galway
153m · ~175 rush
141m · ~165 rush
Limerick
148m · ~165 rush
167m · ~185 rush
Cork
187m · ~210 rush
212m · ~235 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.6
-7.3
Ashbourne · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DonaghmoreBelow average
+3KilbrewAbove average
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-14Ceanannas Mór UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Ceanannas Mór RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
33.8%
31.2%
Professional class
37.5%
29.1%
Unemployment
8.9%
12.4%
Owner-occupier
90.0%
63.6%
Private rental
7.5%
20.9%
Social housing (LA)
1.3%
12.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A84 / A82
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AshbourneA84, Ceanannas Mór (Kells)A82); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#2
#1
Safety
47/100
74/100
Crime / 1,000
76
40

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.

Ashbourne Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Donaghmore -4 (least affluent) → Kilbrew +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) Below average-7.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ceanannas Mór Urban -14 (least affluent) → Ceanannas Mór Rural -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Meath) — 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 60 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AshbourneCeanannas Mór (Kells)
The verdict

Ashbourne is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ceanannas Mór (Kells)’s 2: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads on safety 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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