AthloneCo. Westmeath vs Killucan-RathwireCo. WestmeathTown level

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

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iAthlone sits in N37, Killucan-Rathwire in N91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Athlone
Killucan-Rathwire

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

TOWNS
Athlone
Co. WESTMEATH · in N37 · pop · 81 small areas
Killucan-Rathwire
Co. WESTMEATH · in N91 · pop · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€293k
€330k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€215k – €352k
€301k – €354k
Sales (24m)
276
16
Price momentum (YoY)
+22.8%
+1.1%
New-build share
11.5%
28.3%
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
8 prim · 3 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Athlone · 11 schools (largest first)
Athlone Community College Secondary
1,161 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Our Lady's Bower Secondary
638 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Marist College Secondary
608 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Marys Ns Primary
586 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N An Cusan Primary
414 pupils · Catholic
S N Cluain Na Cille Primary
398 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Gceithre Maistri Primary
219 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Peters N S Snr Primary
129 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Phoil Naofa Primary
129 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sn Deaghan O Ceallaigh Primary
93 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Athlone N S Primary
56 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Killucan-Rathwire · 2 schools (largest first)
Columba College Secondary
297 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Naomh Iosef N S Primary
290 pupils · Catholic
Creches
27
1
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
13
1
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
85
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
22
1
Parks & playgrounds
13
0
Sports pitches
64
3
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
89m · ~125 rush
61m · ~95 rush
Galway
63m · ~85 rush
113m · ~135 rush
Limerick
102m · ~120 rush
139m · ~155 rush
Waterford
144m · ~160 rush
142m · ~155 rush
Cork
169m · ~190 rush
187m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.9
-2.3
Athlone · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Athlone West UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Athlone East UrbanBelow average
-4Athlone East RuralBelow average
0Athlone West RuralBelow average
+4MoydrumAbove average
Killucan-Rathwire · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-2KillucanBelow average
Third-level educated
42.0%
34.6%
Professional class
32.2%
34.7%
Unemployment
12.0%
8.5%
Owner-occupier
54.3%
74.0%
Private rental
32.1%
14.0%
Social housing (LA)
11.1%
7.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · N37 / N91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AthloneN37, Killucan-RathwireN91); safety & crime are the Westmeath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
58/100
National rank
#35
#89
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
31/100
31/100
Crime / 1,000
99.2
99.2

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.

Athlone Below average-3.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Athlone West Urban -11 (least affluent) → Moydrum +4 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Killucan-Rathwire Below average-2.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Killucan) — 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 (Westmeath) — 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 86 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AthloneKillucan-Rathwire
The verdict

Athlone is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Killucan-Rathwire’s 1, with 2 level: education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Killucan-Rathwire leads on affluence.

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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