Town comparison · Athenry vs Killimor

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Athenry or Killimor?

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.

Athenry, Co. Galway · H65 · 5,306 people | Killimor, Co. Galway · H53 · 317 people

Athenry is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Killimor’s 1, with 2 level.

Athenry leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
Killimor leads on
affordability
281410

Athenry aheadlevel or not comparableKillimor ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AthenryKillimor
iAthenry sits in H65, Killimor in H53. 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.

Athenry
Killimor

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.

5,306
Population
317

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€372k
Median sale pricelower is better
€245k
Killimor leads
€300k – €422k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€130k – €300k
215
Sales (24m)
13
+1.7%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
29.3%
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.

3 prim · 3 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Athenry leads
Athenry · 6 schools (largest first)
Clárin College Secondary
1,102 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Presentation College Secondary
1,081 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste An Eachréidh Secondary
238 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Athenry Primary School Primary
514 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Riada Primary
168 pupils · Catholic
Carnain N.s. Primary
97 pupils · Catholic
Killimor · 1 schools (largest first)
Iomair N S Primary
130 pupils · Catholic
13
Creches
2
Athenry leads
2
GP practices
N/A
4
Pharmacies
1
Athenry leads
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
Killimor leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Athenry leads
8
Gyms & leisure
0
Athenry leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
21
Sports pitches
2
Athenry 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.

8
Restaurants
1
Athenry leads
4
Cafés
0
Athenry leads
12
Pubs & bars
3
Athenry leads
3
Takeaways
1
Athenry leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
197
Residents per venuelower is better
63
Killimor 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.

2
Supermarkets
1
Athenry leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Athenry leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Athenry leads
2
Banks
0
Athenry leads
1
Post offices
2
Killimor leads
7
Hairdressers
1
Athenry leads
1
Dentists
0
Athenry leads
2
Vets
0
Athenry leads
3
Filling stations
0
Athenry leads
3
EV charging
0
Athenry leads
1
Library & community centre
0
Athenry leads
171
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
63
Killimor 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.

24m · ~45 rush
Galwaylower is better
49m · ~75 rush
Athenry leads
69m · ~85 rush
Limericklower is better
71m · ~90 rush
Athenry leads
133m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
132m · ~165 rush
Killimor leads
176m · ~190 rush
Waterfordlower is better
143m · ~155 rush
Killimor leads
148m · ~170 rush
Corklower is better
146m · ~170 rush
Killimor leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
0.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.9
Athenry leads
Athenry · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1AthenryBelow average
+2AthenryAbove average
Killimor · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KillimorBelow average
-5KillimorBelow average
44.8%
Third-level educated
28.3%
Athenry leads
40.7%
Professional class
34.6%
Athenry leads
9.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.1%
Killimor leads
67.0%
Owner-occupier
75.7%
Killimor leads
24.9%
Private rental
6.9%
7.9%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H65 / H53

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AthenryH65, KillimorH53); safety & crime are the Galway Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

67/100
Quality of Life
61/100
Athenry leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H65 / H53) 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.

AthenryKillimorOverall (avg)
Safety67616161
Affordability75100
Infrastructure4822
Family8687
Education6038
Environment7680
Economic6540
020406080100020406080100
#15
National ranklower is better
#77
Athenry leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#3
Athenry leads
61/100
Safety
61/100
60.1
Crime / 1,000
60.1

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.

Athenry Above average+0.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Athenry -1 (least affluent) → Athenry +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Killimor Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killimor -7 (least affluent) → Killimor -5 (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 (Galway), 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 20 CSO Small Areas.

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