Town comparison · Bruff vs Kilmallock

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Bruff or Kilmallock?

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.

Bruff, Co. Limerick · V35 · 887 people | Kilmallock, Co. Limerick · V35 · 1,761 people

Bruff is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilmallock’s 1, with 3 level.

Bruff leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
Kilmallock leads on
schools & amenities
92320

Bruff aheadlevel or not comparableKilmallock ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BruffKilmallock
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V35 — 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.

Bruff
Kilmallock

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.

887
Population
1,761

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€240k
Median sale pricelower is better
€210k
Kilmallock leads
€145k – €330k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€129k – €282k
29
Sales (24m)
111
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
5.4%

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
1 prim · 1 sec
Kilmallock leads
Bruff · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Dean Cussen Primary
215 pupils · Catholic
Kilmallock · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Iósaef Secondary
508 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mocheallóg Primary
280 pupils · CatholicDEIS
2
Creches
3
Kilmallock leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
2
Kilmallock leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
2
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
2
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Kilmallock leads
5
Sports pitches
14
Kilmallock 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.

1
Restaurants
2
Kilmallock leads
2
Cafés
2
4
Pubs & bars
6
Kilmallock leads
2
Takeaways
2
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Kilmallock leads
99
Residents per venuelower is better
135
Bruff 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.

0
Supermarkets
1
Kilmallock leads
0
Convenience shops
3
Kilmallock leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Kilmallock leads
0
Banks
4
Kilmallock leads
0
Post offices
1
Kilmallock leads
0
Hairdressers
5
Kilmallock leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
4
Kilmallock leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
1
Kilmallock leads
887
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
84
Kilmallock 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.

28m · ~45 rush
Limericklower is better
38m · ~55 rush
Bruff leads
75m · ~95 rush
Corklower is better
65m · ~85 rush
Kilmallock leads
102m · ~125 rush
Galwaylower is better
108m · ~130 rush
Bruff leads
114m · ~130 rush
Waterfordlower is better
113m · ~125 rush
Kilmallock leads
156m · ~190 rush
Dublinlower is better
167m · ~200 rush
Bruff leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.4
Bruff leads
Bruff · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BruffDisadvantaged
-3BruffBelow average
Kilmallock · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilmallockDisadvantaged
-6KilmallockBelow average
29.4%
Third-level educated
26.6%
Bruff leads
36.2%
Professional class
31.5%
Bruff leads
11.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.6%
Bruff leads
72.7%
Owner-occupier
65.4%
Bruff leads
13.9%
Private rental
12.2%
11.0%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V35 / V35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BruffV35, KilmallockV35); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
57/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V35 / V35) 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.

BruffKilmallockOverall (avg)
Safety57425742
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2626
Family8585
Education3232
Environment6565
Economic5050
020406080100020406080100
#93
National rank
#93
#3
County rank
#3
42/100
Safety
42/100
88.4
Crime / 1,000
88.4

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.

Bruff Below average-6.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bruff -9 (least affluent) → Bruff -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kilmallock Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilmallock -9 (least affluent) → Kilmallock -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 (Limerick), 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 10 CSO Small Areas.

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