Town comparison · Brosna vs Castleisland

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Brosna or Castleisland?

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.

Brosna, Co. Kerry · V92 · 174 people | Castleisland, Co. Kerry · V92 · 2,536 people

Brosna and Castleisland are closely matched. Each leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions, with 5 level.

Brosna leads on
access to its nearest city
Castleisland leads on
schools & amenities
91924

Brosna aheadlevel or not comparableCastleisland ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BrosnaCastleisland
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V92 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Brosna
Castleisland

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.

174
Population
2,536

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€177k
Median sale pricelower is better
€220k
Brosna leads
€106k – €250k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€140k – €265k
18
Sales (24m)
55
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
3.6%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
3 prim · 3 sec
Castleisland leads
Brosna · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Primary
40 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Castleisland · 6 schools (largest first)
Castleisland Community College Secondary
422 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph Secondary
242 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa Secondary
187 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain Primary
173 pupils · Catholic
Muire Gan Smal Primary
117 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh Primary
60 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
3
Castleisland leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
2
Castleisland leads
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
Castleisland leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
8
Castleisland leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
Castleisland leads
2
Sports pitches
14
Castleisland 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.

0
Restaurants
10
Castleisland leads
0
Cafés
2
Castleisland leads
0
Pubs & bars
7
Castleisland leads
0
Takeaways
1
Castleisland leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Castleisland leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
N/A
Residents per venue
121

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
3
Castleisland leads
0
Convenience shops
3
Castleisland leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
Castleisland leads
0
Banks
1
Castleisland leads
0
Post offices
1
Castleisland leads
0
Hairdressers
4
Castleisland leads
0
Dentists
2
Castleisland leads
0
Vets
1
Castleisland leads
0
Filling stations
3
Castleisland leads
0
EV charging
0
1
Library & community centre
2
Castleisland leads
174
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
110
Castleisland 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.

73m · ~90 rush
Limericklower is better
78m · ~95 rush
Brosna leads
92m · ~115 rush
Cork
92m · ~115 rush
143m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
148m · ~170 rush
Brosna leads
172m · ~185 rush
Waterfordlower is better
174m · ~190 rush
Brosna leads
203m · ~240 rush
Dublinlower is better
208m · ~245 rush
Brosna leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.7
Brosna leads
Brosna · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11BrosnaDisadvantaged
-4BrosnaBelow average
Castleisland · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10CastleislandDisadvantaged
-6CastleislandBelow average
27.8%
Third-level educated
28.2%
Castleisland leads
35.4%
Professional class
29.3%
Brosna leads
11.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.3%
Brosna leads
81.7%
Owner-occupier
68.8%
Brosna leads
8.7%
Private rental
16.2%
6.0%
Social housing (LA)
11.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V92 / V92

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BrosnaV92, CastleislandV92); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V92 / V92) 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.

BrosnaCastleislandOverall (avg)
Safety66726672
Affordability9999
Infrastructure6565
Family7575
Education4040
Environment8484
Economic3030
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#3
County rank
#3
72/100
Safety
72/100
42.6
Crime / 1,000
42.6

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.

Brosna Below average-7.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Brosna -11 (least affluent) → Brosna -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Castleisland Below average-7.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castleisland -10 (least affluent) → Castleisland -6 (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 (Kerry), 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 11 CSO Small Areas.

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