Athy vs Kildare townTown level

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

iAthy sits in R14, Kildare town in R51. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Athy
Kildare town

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

TOWNS
Athy
Co. Kildare · in R14 · pop · 44 small areas
Kildare town
Co. Kildare · in R51 · pop · 35 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€330k
€410k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€289k – €352k
€370k – €441k
Sales (24m)
222
170
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.2%
+68.2%
New-build share
30.0%
37.1%
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
4 prim · 2 sec
3 prim · 1 sec
Athy · 6 schools (largest first)
Árdscoil Na Trionóide Secondary
882 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Athy Community College Secondary
655 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Phadraig Naofa Primary
596 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Mhichil Naofa Primary
502 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Átha Í Primary
155 pupils · Inter DenominationalDEIS
Athy Model School Primary
91 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Kildare town · 4 schools (largest first)
Kildare Town Community School Secondary
1,021 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Primary
1,012 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kildare Town Educate Together Ns Primary
420 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha Primary
215 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
11
8
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
5
5
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
27
23
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
9
7
Parks & playgrounds
4
6
Sports pitches
23
27
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
62m · ~95 rush
49m · ~85 rush
Waterford
77m · ~90 rush
95m · ~110 rush
Limerick
102m · ~120 rush
99m · ~115 rush
Galway
146m · ~170 rush
137m · ~160 rush
Cork
142m · ~165 rush
138m · ~160 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.9
-4.3
Athy · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16Athy West UrbanVery disadvantaged
-6Athy East UrbanBelow average
-6Athy RuralBelow average
Kildare town · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Third-level educated
29.8%
33.1%
Professional class
27.5%
31.7%
Unemployment
14.8%
9.8%
Owner-occupier
60.6%
64.1%
Private rental
19.7%
15.7%
Social housing (LA)
14.4%
13.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R14 / R51
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AthyR14, Kildare townR51); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
57/100
National rank
#66
#93
County rank
#4
#5
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
55.1

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.

Athy Disadvantaged-8.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Athy West Urban -16 (least affluent) → Athy Rural -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kildare town Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kildare) — 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 (Kildare) — 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 79 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportAffordabilityDublin access
AthyKildare town
The verdict

Athy is the stronger town on the data — ahead on 3 of 6 dimensions: schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Kildare town’s edge is affluence, education levels and the Dublin commute.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, affordability and Dublin access, scored head-to-head.