Town comparison · Caherdavin vs Kilmallock

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Caherdavin 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.

Caherdavin, Co. Limerick · V94 · 4,073 people | Kilmallock, Co. Limerick · V35 · 1,761 people

Caherdavin is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Kilmallock’s 1, with 1 level.

Caherdavin leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Kilmallock leads on
affordability
32137

Caherdavin aheadlevel or not comparableKilmallock ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CaherdavinKilmallock
iCaherdavin sits in V94, Kilmallock in V35. 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 is a city suburb — 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
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.

4,073
Population
1,761

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€329k
Median sale pricelower is better
€210k
Kilmallock leads
€300k – €373k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€129k – €282k
64
Sales (24m)
111
-7.7%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
9.4%
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.

3 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Caherdavin 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
Kilmallock · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Iósaef Secondary
508 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mocheallóg Primary
280 pupils · CatholicDEIS
9
Creches
3
Caherdavin leads
4
GP practices
N/A
14
Pharmacies
2
Caherdavin leads
3
Hospitals
0
Caherdavin leads
35
Bus stops
2
Caherdavin leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
2
Caherdavin leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Kilmallock leads
17
Sports pitches
14
Caherdavin 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
2
Caherdavin leads
31
Cafés
2
Caherdavin leads
29
Pubs & bars
6
Caherdavin leads
17
Takeaways
2
Caherdavin leads
2
Nightclubs
0
Caherdavin leads
1
Cinema & theatre
1
34
Residents per venuelower is better
135
Caherdavin 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.

10
Supermarkets
1
Caherdavin leads
11
Convenience shops
3
Caherdavin leads
6
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Caherdavin leads
7
Banks
4
Caherdavin leads
2
Post offices
1
Caherdavin leads
26
Hairdressers
5
Caherdavin leads
3
Dentists
0
Caherdavin leads
2
Vets
0
Caherdavin leads
4
Filling stations
4
3
EV charging
0
Caherdavin leads
6
Library & community centre
1
Caherdavin leads
51
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
84
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
38m · ~55 rush
Caherdavin leads
86m · ~110 rush
Corklower is better
65m · ~85 rush
Kilmallock leads
81m · ~105 rush
Galwaylower is better
108m · ~130 rush
Caherdavin leads
120m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
113m · ~125 rush
Kilmallock leads
140m · ~175 rush
Dublinlower is better
167m · ~200 rush
Caherdavin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.4
Caherdavin 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
Kilmallock · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilmallockDisadvantaged
-6KilmallockBelow average
35.7%
Third-level educated
26.6%
Caherdavin leads
30.2%
Professional class
31.5%
Kilmallock leads
12.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.6%
Kilmallock leads
62.1%
Owner-occupier
65.4%
Kilmallock leads
25.4%
Private rental
12.2%
8.7%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V94 / V35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CaherdavinV94, KilmallockV35); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Caherdavin leads

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

CaherdavinKilmallockOverall (avg)
Safety62425742
Affordability89100
Infrastructure8326
Family7285
Education4632
Environment6265
Economic4050
020406080100020406080100
#66
National ranklower is better
#93
Caherdavin leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#3
Caherdavin leads
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.
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 24 CSO Small Areas.

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