Town comparison · Caherdavin vs Castletroy

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Caherdavin or Castletroy?

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.

Caherdavin, Co. Limerick · V94 · 4,073 people | Castletroy, Co. Limerick · V94 · 16,540 people

Castletroy is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Caherdavin’s 1, with 2 level.

Caherdavin leads on
affordability
Castletroy leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
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Caherdavin aheadlevel or not comparableCastletroy ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CaherdavinCastletroy
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V94 — 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.
!Caherdavin & Castletroy are city suburbs — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.

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

Caherdavin
Castletroy

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.

4,073
Population
16,540

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€330k
Median sale pricelower is better
€380k
Caherdavin leads
€301k – €378k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€310k – €441k
69
Sales (24m)
506
-0.8%
Price momentum (YoY)
+1.9%
10.1%
New-build share
49.2%

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.

3 prim · 1 sec
Schools
6 prim · 1 sec
Castletroy leads
Caherdavin · 5 schools (largest first)
Thomond Community College Secondary
606 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Technological University Of The Shannon Third-level
enrolment n/a · technological_university
Scoil Chriost Ri B Primary
290 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Muire Na Heireann Primary
273 pupils · CatholicDEIS
J F K Memorial School Primary
220 pupils · Catholic
Castletroy · 8 schools (largest first)
Limerick City East Secondary School Secondary
714 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
University Of Limerick Third-level
enrolment n/a · university
Scoil Moin A Lin Primary
847 pupils · Catholic
Milford Grange N School Primary
479 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Chaladh An Treoigh Primary
417 pupils · Catholic
Knockea National School Primary
198 pupils · Catholic
Donoughmore N S Primary
146 pupils · Catholic
Bohermore N S Primary
97 pupils · Catholic
9
Creches
16
Castletroy leads
4
GP practices
N/A
14
Pharmacies
5
Caherdavin leads
3
Hospitals
1
Caherdavin leads
35
Bus stops
38
Castletroy leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
19
Castletroy leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
3
Castletroy leads
17
Sports pitches
34
Castletroy 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.

40
Restaurants
14
Caherdavin leads
31
Cafés
19
Caherdavin leads
29
Pubs & bars
8
Caherdavin leads
17
Takeaways
12
Caherdavin leads
2
Nightclubs
1
Caherdavin leads
1
Cinema & theatre
2
Castletroy leads
34
Residents per venuelower is better
295
Caherdavin leads

Caherdavin is a small town and Castletroy is a large town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the residents-per-venue row instead.

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

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

10
Supermarkets
6
Caherdavin leads
11
Convenience shops
9
Caherdavin leads
6
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Caherdavin leads
7
Banks
4
Caherdavin leads
2
Post offices
1
Caherdavin leads
26
Hairdressers
5
Caherdavin leads
3
Dentists
2
Caherdavin leads
2
Vets
3
Castletroy leads
4
Filling stations
5
Castletroy leads
3
EV charging
5
Castletroy leads
6
Library & community centre
2
Caherdavin leads
51
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
385
Caherdavin 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.

3m · ~5 rush
Limericklower is better
9m · ~15 rush
Caherdavin leads
81m · ~105 rush
Galwaylower is better
86m · ~110 rush
Caherdavin leads
86m · ~110 rush
Corklower is better
91m · ~115 rush
Caherdavin leads
120m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
118m · ~130 rush
Castletroy leads
140m · ~175 rush
Dublinlower is better
138m · ~175 rush
Castletroy leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
5.5
Castletroy leads
Caherdavin · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-20Abbey DVery disadvantaged
-20Abbey DVery disadvantaged
-5Limerick North RuralBelow average
-5CoolraineBelow average
-4Limerick North RuralBelow average
+0CoolraineAbove average
+5Shannon AAffluent
+9Shannon AAffluent
Castletroy · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+4BallysimonAffluent
+7BallysimonAffluent
35.7%
Third-level educated
59.5%
Castletroy leads
30.2%
Professional class
42.5%
Castletroy leads
12.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.5%
Castletroy leads
62.1%
Owner-occupier
59.2%
Caherdavin leads
25.4%
Private rental
37.9%
8.7%
Social housing (LA)
3.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V94 / V94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CaherdavinV94, CastletroyV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V94 / V94) 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.

CaherdavinCastletroyOverall (avg)
Safety62426242
Affordability8989
Infrastructure8383
Family7272
Education4646
Environment6262
Economic4040
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
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.

Caherdavin Below average-4.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Abbey D -20 (least affluent) → Shannon A +9 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Castletroy Affluent+5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballysimon +4 (least affluent) → Ballysimon +7 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 70 CSO Small Areas.

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