BlessingtonCo. Wicklow vs NewtownmountkennedyCo. WicklowTown level

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

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iBlessington sits in W91, Newtownmountkennedy in A63. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Blessington
Newtownmountkennedy

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

TOWNS
Blessington
Co. WICKLOW · in W91 · pop 330 · 17 small areas
Newtownmountkennedy
Co. WICKLOW · in A63 · pop · 11 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€397k
€441k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €458k
€410k – €476k
Sales (24m)
145
294
Price momentum (YoY)
-15.2%
-23.9%
New-build share
0.0%
18.0%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Blessington · 3 schools (largest first)
Blessington Community College Secondary
715 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Mhuire Senior School Primary
305 pupils · Catholic
S N Muire Primary
268 pupils · Catholic
Newtownmountkennedy · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
4
3
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
3
1
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
18
9
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
0
Parks & playgrounds
5
0
Sports pitches
3
1
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
37m · ~70 rush
38m · ~75 rush
Waterford
100m · ~115 rush
104m · ~120 rush
Limerick
125m · ~145 rush
155m · ~175 rush
Galway
159m · ~185 rush
166m · ~190 rush
Cork
164m · ~185 rush
194m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.7
1.5
Blessington · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-8NewtownBelow average
-1BlessingtonBelow average
+3BurgageAbove average
Newtownmountkennedy · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1Newcastle UpperAbove average
+2Newcastle LowerAbove average
Third-level educated
39.3%
42.9%
Professional class
41.1%
44.6%
Unemployment
7.5%
6.9%
Owner-occupier
73.1%
80.8%
Private rental
16.1%
8.2%
Social housing (LA)
8.3%
7.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W91 / A63
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BlessingtonW91, NewtownmountkennedyA63); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
Quality of Life
66/100
71/100
National rank
#35
#10
County rank
#2
#1
Safety
63/100
70/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
43.8

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.

Blessington Below average-0.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newtown -8 (least affluent) → Burgage +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Newtownmountkennedy Above average+1.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newcastle Upper +1 (least affluent) → Newcastle Lower +2 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 28 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BlessingtonNewtownmountkennedy
The verdict

Blessington and Newtownmountkennedy are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Blessington is ahead on schools & amenities, public transport and affordability; Newtownmountkennedy on affluence, education levels and safety.

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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